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Family calls Mississippi guardsman’s recovery ‘a miracle’ after heat stroke
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – It has been once year since Colby Maury-Rice, a guardsman from Hattiesburg, suffered a severe heat stroke during drills at Camp Shelby. The 19-year-old has been working to overcome the obstacles left by the stroke. He’s regaining his ability to walk, speak and read.
Bay Residents Discover Family Connected To 90-Year-Old Quilt
Last month, Bay St. Louis residents Mary Serfeils and Tara Godbold rehomed a nearly 90-year-old quilt with family, The East Coast Echo reported. Serfelis found the quilt at a yard sale in Long Beach in 2021. — “It was not there with a nice, neat stack of beautiful quilts,” she said. “It was mixed in with old sheets and bath towels. The lady running the sale said she knew nothing about it. She was cleaning out her sister’s house had and never seen the quilt before.”
Fannie Lou Hamer's legacy on display at this year's DNC in Chicago
It was appropriate that a strong, horn-mad voice from yesteryear became among the most powerful at another national convention of the Democratic Party. One after the other, Democrats at the recent gathering in Chicago invoked the voice and image of legendary Mississippi Civil Rights Movement icon Fannie Lou Hamer, a firebrand Sunflower County sharecropper. ...
Ten Games to Watch — Week 2
Here are ten games to watch for Week 2. The ninth-ranked Chargers make the long three-plus hour trip to Hattiesburg to face the top-ranked Warriors in a season opening Top 10 showdown of state title contenders in Class 7A and Class 6A. Both teams will be breaking in new starting quarterbacks in Kellen Hall for Oak Grove and Brayden Trusty for Grenada. Regardless both teams have a plethora of weapons to spread the ball around too. Kylin Champagne at running back along with A.J. Lewis and Charles Stevenson at receiver will be the primary targets for Oak Grove, ranked No. 1 in Class 7A and the defending MHSAA Class 7A state champions. Defensive tackle and Ole Miss commit Andrew Maddox along with linebackers Jaylan Moore (Jackson State commit), Mac McDaniel, and Malachi Henderson will lead the Warrior defense. The Chargers, the Class 6A runner-ups last season and ranked No. 2 in Class 6A, will have running back Macaleb Taylor along with receivers Zayion Cotton and Chance Jenkins will be the top targets. Defensive end Jarques Perry, linebackers Jahmani Washington and Semaj Avery along with defensive back Zack Townsend will lead a stout Grenada defense. This game will be close, and the Warrior defense gets one key stop late and get a key significant early season win at home.
Arts center to be named after superintendent
The 1,200-seat performing arts center at Germantown High School is on schedule to open in early 2025. The Charlotte Seals Performing Arts Center is part of a $44 million project. The school opened a building holding 24 new classrooms earlier this summer. As of Monday morning, the panels bearing former...
QB Williams now at Tupelo but not yet eligible
Braylen Williams, one of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in the state, has transferred from Nettleton to Tupelo. Williams moved to Tupelo over the summer and is enrolled at Tupelo High School. He has been practicing with the Golden Wave since they opened preseason camp on Aug. 5. Williams is listed on the Tupelo roster on both MaxPreps and Scorebook Live, but he is not yet eligible to play ...
The 7th Annual Oyster Bowl – Pass Christian v. Long Beach, Part 1 = History
The first week of football is upon us and the big rivalry starts the season off with two West Harrison County opponents, hoping to begin their season right. Opening their 100th official season of high school football, the Long Beach Bearcats will host the cross-town rival Pass Christian Pirates at the Lumpkin Magee Stadium in the city of Long Beach for the 7th Annual Oyster Bowl sponsored by The Gazebo Gazette (the Harrison County independent newspaper).
4 fatal shootings by Mississippi law officers were justified, state's attorney general says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The use of force was justified in four fatal shootings by Mississippi law enforcement officers last year, Attorney General Lynn Fitch said Wednesday. Fitch based her findings on investigations conducted by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. One shooting happened May 16, 2023, and involved four Meridian Police Department officers, the attorney general said. A man entered the lobby of an assisted care facility and threatened employees with a pistol before officers were called. The man barricaded himself inside the facility, and officers killed him after encountering him with a weapon, police said. On June 3, 2023, a Union County Sheriff’s Department deputy responded to a call about a domestic disturbance in Myrtle and killed a man who had a shotgun. Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said the deputy fired multiple shots and retreated.
Medicaid awards managed care contracts after two-year stalemate
Three companies will begin new contracts to manage the care of Mississippi Medicaid beneficiaries in July of 2025, barring further legal holdups. For-profit, incumbent companies Magnolia Health and Molina Healthcare and new, nonprofit TrueCare were each awarded four-year, $3.8 billion contracts beginning Aug. 12. The contracts were stalled for two...
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