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Indianola enforces curfew after mass shooting
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Board of Alderman for the City of Indianola has approved a midnight curfew for Indianola residents. The Mayor and Board of Alderman announced the decision Friday after a shooting at a nightclub killed three people and injured over a dozen more last weekend. The emergency proclamation said that the decision was […]
‘I feel God here’; Oldest Southern Baptist church on the coast celebrates 150th anniversary
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - For 150 years, Handsboro Baptist Church has opened its doors to new, and long-time guests. Sunday marked the 150th-anniversary celebration. Members representing decades as early as the 50s sat in the Handsboro Baptist Church pews once again. “I love it, it is like coming home,” Patty...
PUBLIC LEGAL NOTICES; Ocean Springs and Jackson County
The Ocean Springs Weekly Record Newspaper is currently publishing Public "LEGAL NOTICES" or "LEGALS" on a weekly basis. The "Legals" we publish relate to Jackson County and Ocean Springs exclusively. What is a "LEGAL?" Public Legal Notices are legally mandated publications that contain information alerting people that may cause a...
Harness and Running Horse Races at The Neshoba County Fair
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (WTOK) - Day three of the Neshoba County Fair welcomed Harness and Running Horse Races at the racetrack. Hundreds gathered in the stands and around the track to watch the harness and running horse races. From people who own horses to spectators, everyone was gathered to have a...
Hattiesburg Girl Scout donates fruit, vegetable garden to Lighthouse Rescue Mission
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Alaynna Patterson is a member of Girls Scouts Troop 3854. For her community service project, Patterson decided to donate a raised garden to the Lighthouse Rescue Mission in Hattiesburg. “You can really make impact on the people around here just by doing something small,” Patterson said....
This $800 million project will not be in Mississippi, but will likely affect thousands of Mississippi drivers
Although the project is not in Mississippi, when completed, it will likely affect hundreds of thousands of Mississippi drivers who travel north on I-55 every year. Officials in Tennessee have announced plans to replace the I-55 bridge over the Mississippi River in Memphis — a route that connects much of Mississippi to Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois. The project is slated to cost nearly $800 million.
Ohio man sentenced for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl in Mississippi
A Dayton, Ohio man was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison for possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute it while he resided in Oxford in April 2021. According to court documents, Justin Elkins, 35, previously pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi to one count of attempting to possess fentanyl with intent to distribute the drug in Oxford in April 2021 after officers intercepted a package sent through the U.S. mail containing the drug. Elkins was sentenced Friday afternoon by U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock to 96 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
National Civil Rights Museum commemorate 60th anniversary of 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer project
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The National Civil Rights Museum hosted a community symposium on the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer project Saturday. The events of that summer are being deemed as one of the last interracial civil rights efforts of the 1960's. This project was designed to put national attention to the violent oppression experienced by Mississippi Black residents who were trying to vote.
Counties with the most born-and-bred residents in Mississippi
The combination of inflation and increased work-from-home opportunities brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted migration patterns across the United States, the effects of which are still being felt in 2024, according to the latest Census Bureau data. In the first year of the pandemic, migration out of densely populated, expensive cities like New […]
Pass Christian Fire Department Has 2 Recruits Answer the Call
JACKSON (GG) — Firefighter Class 210 of the Mississippi State Fire Academy is making a difference and twenty-two (22) members will graduate from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1001 Firefighter I-II course held at the Mississippi State Fire Academy in Jackson,MS. Caleb Counselman and Samuel Phillips of the...
Wayne County school board addresses consolidation rumors
WAYNESBNORO, Miss. (WDAM) - In Waynesboro, neighbors are asking the Wayne County School Board about the future of Buckatunna School, specifically its gym. The building was torn down last month after it was condemned by engineers, forcing the basketball team to play its season at Wayne County High School. Along...
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