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The Cedarlawn cemetery hex

Wed,05/07/25-4:28PM, 216 Reads 1,565 Statewide
Cemeteries fascinate me. Call me weird but I love history and from the time I was six years old I loved to accompany my grandmother to Cedarlawn Cemetery on West Capitol Street to put out fresh flowers on my recently deceased grandfather’s grave.
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Mississippi Partners with Lumina Foundation to Launch FutureReady States Initiative

Tue,07/15/25-3:00AM, 216 Reads
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Family of Fannie Lou Hamer Donates Civil Rights Leader’s Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History

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Thu,10/16/25-10:00AM, 216 Reads
The family of Fannie Lou Hamer has donated the civil rights leader’s Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to ensure her legacy of activism is shared with future generations.
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Reeves commutes wrong sentence that kept man imprisoned extra 5 years

By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,12/15/25-11:04AM, 216 Reads 6,180 Statewide
For the first time since becoming governor in 2020, Tate Reeves has commuted a prison sentence.
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Former legislator says to remember the people before passing laws to make voting harder

Sun,03/15/26-3:44PM, 216 Reads 3,011 Statewide
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Magnolia Mornings: April 7, 2026

By MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE STAFF MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE STAFF
Tue,04/07/26-10:44AM, 216 Reads 6,324 Statewide
Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion
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Mississippi culture bearer: Calvin Phelps, Pike School of Art

By SUSAN MARQUEZ - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE SUSAN MARQUEZ - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Thu,04/09/26-4:52PM, 216 Reads 4,485 Statewide
This is the second in a series celebrating the culture bearers in our state. These are the painters, planners, policymakers, and patrons who diligently and passionately work to protect, preserve, and raise the cultural aspects that define a community.
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Mississippi Supreme Court allows Favre’s defamation lawsuit against Auditor White to continue

By FRANK CORDER - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE FRANK CORDER - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Mon,05/12/25-1:00PM, 215 Reads 5,838 Statewide
Favre filed the lawsuit against White in 2023 over statements the State Auditor made in media outlets related to the NFL Hall of Famer’s alleged ties to the misuse of TANF funds.
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Opinion: Life is so much more than suffering

Tue,05/20/25-6:50PM, 215 Reads 9,036 Statewide
It is a sad sign of the times that an explosion at a building, such as the one reported this past weekend in California, does not cause the shock that it once would have. These attacks happen too often; most of us are numb to them, sometimes even when people are killed.
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Jeremy Matthews catches the No. 15 JTRAN bus on North State Street after grocery shopping at Piggly Wiggly, Monday, May 19, 2025 in Jackson, Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Jackson quietly settles long-standing consent decree over transit system

By MAYA MILLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY MAYA MILLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,05/27/25-1:20PM, 215 Reads 5,285 Statewide
Just before municipal elections this year, the city of Jackson quietly settled a more than decade-long battle over public transportation standards for people who have disabilities.
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