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Opinion: Another reason why Democrats are in a slump
Wed,03/19/25-6:38PM , 385 Reads 12,059 Statewide
There’s plenty of conversation about why the Democratic Party is in such a funk. There are a number of reasons, but a recent conversation on CNN added a notable topic to the list.
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Opinion: Conservatives and Tesla
Tue,03/18/25-7:16PM , 576 Reads 14,289 Statewide
Hold on a minute. As tennis bad boy John McEnroe used to scream in the 1980s, “You cannot be serious!” Or as all of our fathers used to say a generation ago, “This I gotta see!”
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Kannon Sellers, 18, of Columbia has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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Female juvenile recovering from gun shot, 18-year-old charged
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL - Publisher
Sat,03/15/25-9:34AM , 18,144 Reads
A female juvenile was shot in the head Friday night in the area of Broodmoor Avenue and Lafayette Street, and she is currently being treated at the hospital. An 18-year-old Columbia man is being held without bond for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and a juvenile was released from custody with possible future charges.
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Splintered wood is all that's left of the barn and workshop at the Leflore County home of Beth and Glen Stevens following Friday night's tornado. (By Kevin Edwards, Copyright 2025 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

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Tornado damages scores of homes in Greenwood area, but no deaths or injuries reported
By TIM KALICH AND KEVIN EDWARDS - Greenwood Commonwealth
Sat,03/15/25-9:12AM , 1,899 Reads 66,957 Statewide
A tornado that touched down around midnight Friday near Greenwood has damaged scores of homes and cars and put thousands without power, but no injuries or deaths have been reported, according to emergency management officials in Leflore and Carroll counties.
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