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Court of Appeals Decisions - May 17, 2022

Listed below are the Mississippi Court of Appeals decisions for the week of May 17, 2022: Smith, Joel, J. X . . .

Letter to the Editor: Vote NO May 24

This is information the county needs to know before they vote on May 24. Our new Superintendent went to the . . .

Many COVID deaths were preventable

This week, Americans are commemorating the death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic as it surpasses the once unimaginable 1 million . . .

High interest or high inflation?

We don’t envy the Federal Reserve Board as it tries to walk the tightrope between two undesirable economic outcomes: high . . .

Marion County stars shine at next level

Though the high school baseball and softball seasons are coming to an end, a rather large group of Marion County . . .

Spectickles for May 20, 2022
By COMIC - SPECTICKLES
Fri,05/20/22-2:10AM, 15 Reads
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Iryna Martsyniuk, 50, stands next to her house, heavily damaged after a Russian bombing in Velyka Kostromka village, Ukraine, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Martsyniuk and her three young children were at home when the attack occurred in the village, a few kilometres from the front lines, but they all survived unharmed. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Live updates | G7 countries eye $18 BN for Ukraine defense
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,05/20/22-1:34AM, 82 Reads
KOENIGSWINTER, Germany — Germany’s finance minister says the Group of Seven leading economies are set to agree on more than $18 billion in aid for Ukrainian defense efforts.
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Alabama coach Nick Saban watches players warm up for the College Football Playoff championship NCAA football game against Georgia on Jan. 10, 2022, in Indianapolis. Saban called out Texas A&M on Wednesday night, May 18 for “buying” players in its top-ranked recruiting class with name, image and likeness deals, saying Crimson Tide football players earned more than $3 million last year “the right way.” (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Column: A wildly entertaining spat between 2 coaching stars
By PAUL NEWBERRY - AP Sports Columnist
Fri,05/20/22-1:25AM, 89 Reads
Why did they wait so long to allow college athletes to make a few bucks on the side?

Think of all the wildly entertaining shenanigans we've missed out on over the years.

Let's play the feud!
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A customer wearing a face mask waits to buy vegetables at the Maravillas market in Madrid, Thursday, May 12, 2022. Russia's war in Ukraine has accelerated inflation across Europe, with prices for energy, materials and food surging at rates not seen for decades. Inflation is expected to hit nearly 7% this year in the 27-nation EU and is contributing to slowing growth forecasts. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

'I can’t see the light': War fuels surging prices in Europe
By COLLEEN BARRY - AP Business Writer
Fri,05/20/22-1:25AM, 74 Reads
MILAN (AP) — Edoardo Ronzoni inspects a construction site near Milan that he shut down in March as costs for materials skyrocketed.
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