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No rain but plenty of heat
Temperatures are back in the 70s Monday morning with clear skies. Expect a scorching hot next couple of days. Highs will range between the mid to upper 90s this afternoon with real feel values between 105 and 115. Tonight, temperatures will return to the mid 70s with highs stretching between...
A player of Mississippi lottery hits the jackpot, wins $100,000 in a scratch-off game
Wow, what a stroke of luck! A gentleman from Mississippi managed to scoop a whopping $100,000 by purchasing a mere $5 scratch-off ticket. According to Mississippi Lottery officials, the top prize in the “Lucky Break” scratch-off game was won by a man from Blue Springs. The fortunate individual...
Residents seeking school board seat can start qualifying Aug. 7
Lafayette County residents can soon start qualifying to run for one of two Lafayette County School Board seats in the November election. The district seats up for election are District 3, currently held by Dr. Judith Thompson and District 4, currently held by Mike Gooch; however, Gooch has said he is not seeking re-election, according […] The post Residents seeking school board seat can start qualifying Aug. 7 appeared first on The Oxford Eagle.
VFD welcomes students back to school
Students in the Vicksburg Warren School District were back in class Friday to officially kick off the 2024-25 school year, and plenty of City of Vicksburg officials made the rounds to welcome them back into classrooms. Vicksburg Fire Chief Derrick Stamps said members of the Vicksburg Fire Department were at schools all over the district […]
Premiere of award-winning 48 Hour Film Project ‘Postal Parasites’ is Aug. 9
NATCHEZ — The short film that won Natchez Film Company the third-place award in the 48 Hour Film Project: New Orleans competition “Postal Parasites” has a local premiere scheduled for Aug. 9 at the Natchez Civic Center, the production company announced. Doors open at 6 p.m. and festivities will include a presentation from the Mississippi […] The post Premiere of award-winning 48 Hour Film Project ‘Postal Parasites’ is Aug. 9 appeared first on Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper.
2025 wide receiver Dillon Alfred is fully committed to Ole Miss football
Four-star wide receiver Dillon Alfred decommitted from Ole Miss just over a month ago. Yesterday, he announced he was committing again, and this time, he would be staying for good. After his decommitment from the program on June 24, Alfred was still considering the Rebels, with Clemson as another significant...
Lane Kiffin optimistic about what's been assembled on defense, but demands results to show up on the field
Back on Nov. 11 of last year, Ole Miss' defense simply had no answers for Carson Beck, Brock Bowers and the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens. The Rebels had a season-high 52 point hung on them as they left with College Football Playoff hopes down the drain. However, in some ways,...
ECCC Welcomes Ashley Beals Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach
Decatur, MS—East Central Community College welcomes Ashley Beals as an assistant Women’s basketball coach. Beals will join Head Women’s Basketball coach Pringle’s staff for the 2024-25 Women’s Basketball season. Beals brings 5 years of experience as a coach at the high school level. From 2018...
Harvesting Hope: Vicksburg Farmers’ Market collecting donations throughout August
The Vicksburg Farmers’ Market takes over Washington Street Park during Saturday mornings in the summer. But during August it will also be collecting donations to help meet a community need. Director Rebecca Sigh said the Farmers’ Market will be collecting donations of baby wipes, cleaning supplies and other infant care items each Saturday throughout August […]
Singer LeToya Luckett Ties The Knot with Entrepreneur Taleo Coles In Lavish Houston Ceremony
Former Destiny’s Child member LeToya Luckett has officially entered a new chapter in her life as a happily married woman. The 43-year-old singer wed entrepreneur Taleo Coles in a luxurious ceremony at Le Tesserae in Houston, Texas, on July 27. The couple’s love story began over two years ago...
Two Mississippi men sentenced after pleading guilty to raping a child
Two Mississippi men have been sentenced after pleading guilty to raping a child. 64-year-old Kim Stewart Lodge and 35-year-old Keldrick Jernell Magee were accused of raping a 2-year-old boy in Bassfield. The incident occurred back in December 2021 when a 2-year-old was reported missing. Hours later he was found naked...
Miss Mississippi Teen USA Addie Carver makes Top 5 finalists
By Brett Campbell The Daily Leader Miss Mississippi Teen USA Addie Carver made the Top 5 in the finals for Miss Teen USA. The field of 51 candidates was first narrowed during the live broadcast Thursday night to the Top 20 — Nebraska, Illinois, District of Columbia, Maryland, Texas, South Dakota, Alabama, Kansas, Missouri, Mississippi, […] The post Miss Mississippi Teen USA Addie Carver makes Top 5 finalists appeared first on The Oxford Eagle.
Counties with the highest unemployment in Mississippi
Despite a relatively low unemployment rate, Americans continue to fear job losses amid ongoing economic uncertainty. Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rates in Mississippi using Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Counties are ranked by their preliminary unemployment rate in June 2024, with initial ties broken by the number of unemployed […]
Former Commander of Camp Shelby Receives Promotion as Adjutant General of the State
A retired leader of Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center has had an eventful week in Jackson, Mississippi. On Wednesday, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves appointed Bobby Ginn as the new Adjutant General of Mississippi. This comes just after Ginn’s recent promotion to major general on Monday. On August 1st,...
USPS seeking to recruit mail carriers for rural communities
On Thursday, Hattiesburg hosted one of the 37 job fairs organized by the United States Postal Service across two states. (WDAM) reported this event. The USPS recently conducted job fairs in Alabama and Mississippi with the aim of hiring workers to serve over 100 cities. The postal service is currently...