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CHOCTAW, Miss. A great friend to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and to Indian Country, Senator Thad Cochran, passed away Thursday morning at his home in Oxford, Mississippi. His life of public service to every Mississippian and certainly every Choctaw tribal member during... Read More.

The town of Scooba has a special election set for June 18 to elect a new mayor, but it may not be necessary. Mayor Marion Smoot resigned May 7. She won the post in the 2017 municipal elections. In the meantime, Alderwoman Maxine Puckett is serving... Read More.

While Senator Thad Cochran’s political career took him all over the country, it was here, in his home state of Mississippi, he was loved the most. Local officials say his loss is enormous. Personable, strong and gifted. That’s how State Rep. Greg Snowden described Sen. Thad... Read More.

Imagine being the first in your family to graduate from college. Then, imagine being the first member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to earn a medical degree from the School of Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. That’s one... Read More.

One man had to be airlifted after a train and truck collided in southern Kemper County Wednesday afternoon. Kemper County Sheriff James Moore says it happened on Tamola Road, which is close to Highway 45 North. Sheriff Moore says the train was traveling south on the... Read More.

Update: The victim in a May 16 shooting in Attala County has died. Amy Edwards Sanders, 32, died over the weekend at a Jackson hospital. Sanders was the victim of a shooting at a home west of Kosciusko during the early morning hours of May 16. One... Read More.

A nightclub shooting in rural central Mississippi has left a 16-year-old dead and two other people injured. Holmes County Sheriff Willie March tells local news outlets the shooting happened late Thursday outside the Magic City nightclub near Lexington. March says 16-year-old James Brown died early Friday... Read More.