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Reverse auctions secretly killed by special interests

It didn’t take long for the powers that be to kill reverse auctions — about two years or so. They . . .

Fishing can be great for the soul

Fishing ain’t for everybody, I get it. You either love it or hate it — there’s no in-between. Whether you . . .

Is that all there is to a pandemic?

The bubonic plague killed about half the people in Europe in the Middle Ages. It was called the Black Death . . .

Petition presented at board meeting

A group of individuals appeared before the Marion County Board of Supervisors on Monday to discuss the road conditions, mostly . . .

Mississippi Covid-19 Update : June 08, 2021

Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi. New cases of COVID-19: 57 Positive test results . . .

Is that all there is to a pandemic?
By Kelley Williams, 5,301 Reads
Sat, 06/12/2021 - 03:29 PM
The bubonic plague killed about half the people in Europe in the Middle Ages. It was called the Black Death. Influenza killed about 15% of the world’s population in 1918-19. It was called the Spanish Flu. (John Barry’s The Great Influenza suggests it first appeared in Kansas.) Justinian’s Plague was the first major plague in recorded histor
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Special master says state is making progress toward mental health goals, but needs monitoring
By Steve Wilson, 4,351 Reads
Thu, 06/10/2021 - 01:01 PM
The special master in charge of helping the state Department of Mental Health meet federal requirements says the state is making progress, but it needs outside monitoring for compliance.
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COVID-19 grant program promised to prioritize minority businesses. Did it?
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 3,897 Reads
Fri, 06/11/2021 - 04:49 PM
An emergency grant program for small businesses during the worst of the pandemic last year was supposed to give priority to minority and women-owned businesses in Mississippi in giving out grants up to $25,000 each from federal COVID-19 relief passed by Congress.
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Porter, Smith win
By Susan Amundson, 3,868 Reads
Tue, 06/08/2021 - 08:22 PM
Republicans Andrea Porter and Mike Smith won their respective seats in the only two contested aldermen races in Tuesday’s general election.
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Randolph used a 2012 law to quietly award pay raises to himself and the state's judges earlier this year. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

Supreme Court chief quietly gave pay raise to himself and other judges without legislative approval
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 3,776 Reads
Wed, 06/09/2021 - 05:53 PM
Supreme Court Justice Michael Randolph used a little-known provision in a 2012 law to quietly — and without legislative approval — award pay raises to himself and all of the state’s judges earlier this year.
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"It's hard out here. There aren't any jobs around here, but I keep looking," said Michael Scott Beard, 34. Beard is homeless and living in his van. He readily does the few odd jobs that come his way to make a few dollars so he can eat and put gas in his van. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Jobless Mississippians fear what’s next as $300 unemployment checks end
By Sara DiNatale - Mississippi Today, 2,965 Reads
Fri, 06/11/2021 - 10:11 AM
It takes $80 to fill the gas tank inside the beat-up white cargo van 34-year-old Michael Beard calls home.
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Opinion: Bat coming home to roost
By Kelley Williams, 2,063 Reads
Tue, 06/08/2021 - 03:39 PM
The Bat Lady is a researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China. Her name is Dr. Shi Zheng-li. She goes on virus-hunting expeditions in bat caves and does “gain of function” genetic manipulations on coronaviruses to make them more infectious and more deadly to humans.
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Baylor indicted on sex crime
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Wed, 06/09/2021 - 10:20 AM
A Sandy Hook man has been indicted for two counts of child molestation against a victim under the age of 14.
John Richard Baylor, 24, was indicted on the charges stemming from a period of April 1, 2019 until Aug. 28, 2019, according to the indictment.
Baylor has posted a bond in the amount of $30,000.

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A Slithery Catch: Fearless youngsters stand out at Snake Grabbin' Rodeo
By David W. Healy , 1,203 Reads
Sat, 06/12/2021 - 10:41 AM
CHATHAM —To be a good snake grabber, you have to be quick and fearless — or else they will slither away.
Both Kolby Cox and Price Dickerson understand this well. The two were, perhaps, the biggest standouts at the Grabuone Outfitters Inc. Snake Grabbin’ Rodeo at Lake Washington this past weekend.
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MDOC Commissioner Burl Cain

MDOC Commissioner Burl Cain Talks Prisons at Rotary
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Tue, 06/08/2021 - 01:37 PM

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Is that all there is to a pandemic?

The bubonic plague killed about half the people in Europe in the Middle Ages. It was called the Black Death. Influenza killed about 15% of the world’s population in 1918-19. It was called the Spanish Flu. (John Barry’s The Great Influenza suggests it first appeared in Kansas.) Justinian’s Plague was the first major plague in recorded histor