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Sen. Wicker writes to Kristi Noem opposing feared ‘ICE warehouse’ in Byhalia

By MUKTA JOSHI - MISSISSIPPI TODAY MUKTA JOSHI - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,02/05/26-11:46AM, 290 Reads 3,224 Statewide
Mukta Joshi is part of The New York Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship.
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CA top Accelerated Readers

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Wed,03/18/26-6:00PM, 290 Reads

Columbia Academy congratulates its top Accelerated Readers from its third nine weeks. Top readers for each grade include, front row, from left, Saylor Coker, second grade; Preston Thomas, first grade; and Reed Tubbs, third grade; back row, Calla Till, sixth grade; Cali Smith, fifth grade; and Hunter Upton, fourth grade.
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Opinion: Two other education ideas

Fri,12/12/25-7:00PM, 289 Reads 9,135 Statewide
A thoughtful column on the Mississippi Today website laid out a couple of education ideas that have nothing to do with the pending school choice proposal that would allow families, with state assistance, to enroll their children in whatever school they wish.
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Fentanyl killed 72,776 in 2023

By PETER GILDERSON PETER GILDERSON
Wed,12/17/25-2:50PM, 289 Reads 5,393 Statewide
Fentanyl is a highly potent synthetic opioid drug that has a legitimate use in painkilling--such as in advanced cancer--as well as other illegitimate uses in pleasurable situations. This addicting drug is 30 to 50 times more potent than heroine, and 100 times more than morphine. Analogues of fentanyl often cannot be detected in urine samplings.
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