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Family and supporters of Lusia “Lucy” Harris, one of the greatest women’s basketball players ever, are driving a public movement to have Delta State University’s Walter Sillers Coliseum renamed in her honor. Sillers was integral in DSU’s founding but also supported segregation. (By Kevin Edwards)

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Family, others work to honor hoops star

By KEVIN EDWARDS KEVIN EDWARDS - Staff Writer
Sat,06/04/22-2:00AM, 14,742 Reads
The family of one of Leflore County’s greatest athletes wants her alma mater to recognize her legacy on its campus.
So far, however, the effort has not been able to make any progress.
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Charles McLaurin talks about the legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer during a panel discussion last weekend at Historic Club Ebony. Photo by Bryan Davis/Emmerich Newspapers/Copyright 2024

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Freedom Summer at 60: The Story Behind the Strategy That Opened Mississippi to the World

By BRYAN DAVIS - THE ENTERPRISE-TOCSIN BRYAN DAVIS - THE ENTERPRISE-TOCSIN
Tue,06/25/24-11:58PM, 14,630 Reads 69,273 Statewide
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Mississippi revenue collections rebound in November

By FRANK CORDER - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE FRANK CORDER - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Fri,12/06/24-1:50PM, 14,656 Reads 29,351 Statewide
Five months into the fiscal year, Magnolia State revenues exceed estimates by over $26 million.
Mississippi state revenues rebounded in November, after dipping below legislative estimates the prior month.
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Man sentenced to life for attack

By KEVIN EDWARDS KEVIN EDWARDS - Staff Writer
Wed,01/22/25-2:00AM, 14,584 Reads
Marvin Ivey has been sentenced to life in prison for his attack on Neysha Sanders in 2022.
More than two years after the attack, which cost Sanders one of her eyes, her brother, Alix Sanders Jr., testified to the court that his sister has made progress but is still on her recovery journey.
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