Mississippi Sales Tax Holiday set for this weekend

Shoppers in Mississippi will once again get a break on the back to school shopping with the annual Sales Tax Holiday. Beginning Friday, July 12 at 12:01 AM, shoppers in the Magnolia State won't have to pay sales tax on certain clothing and footwear items ... Read More.
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Body of Missing Winston County Man Found

The Winston County Sheriff's Department announced Saturday that the body of Clovis Lee Parker Jr. has been recovered.  In a Facebook post, the Sheriff's Department said, "Please keep his family in your prayers during this time." The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation had issued a Silver... Read More.
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Man Sentenced in Child Porn Case

A Pearl River man will serve 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.  The U-S Attorney's Office says Garald Benson Johnson, 43, admitted that he filmed himself having sex with a minor.  He was indicted last year and entered his guilty plea... Read More.
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Standoff Ends in Redwater, Man in Custody

A standoff with an armed man who was barricaded in a home on the Choctaw Indian Reservation ended last night after almost seven hours with the man being taken into custody.  A tribal spokeswoman says the incident began around 2 pm on Dixon Road... Read More.
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Silver Alert Issued for Carthage Man

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for a Carthage man who's been missing since last Tuesday.  David Todd Stewart, 60, was last seen in the 700 block of Midway Road in Leake County, walking in an unknown direction.   Family members... Read More.
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Chase Leads to Felony Arrests in Neshoba

Two Walnut Grove men are facing felony charges in Neshoba County after a 17-mile chase which began west of Philadelphia and ended just across the Leake County line.  Travon Thornsberry and Matthew Whitacre were arrested after crashing their vehicle in a ditch.  It happened... Read More.
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Mississippi Accent Rated Tops in America

A study of the way we talk has turned up some interesting results. An online language learning marketplace called Preply analyzed more than half a million social media posts reacting to 165 different American accents and came up with the one considered the most... Read More.
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Updated: Local Storm Damage Reported

Neshoba County got some storm damage Wednesday.  In Philadelphia, trees fell on a house as severe weather moved through the area and local emergency management reported numerous trees down across the southern part of the county.  A tree was blown down along County Road... Read More.
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Fatal Wreck in Holmes County

A Georgia man was killed Sunday when his motorcycle collided with a pickup on Highway 12 in Holmes County.  The Highway Patrol says Henry Hooker, 44, was eastbound and the truck driven by a Tchula man was westbound when the accident happened around 3... Read More.
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Report: 2024 Egg Bowl to be played on Black Friday

There will be no Thanksgiving Day football for the Magnolia State’s two biggest college football teams. Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger reports that The Egg Bowl, the annual game between Ole Miss and Mississippi State, will be played this year on Black Friday (November 29) rather... Read More.
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