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Mississippi Department of Corrections cancels prison visitation to prevent spread of COVID
By Brittany Brown - Mississippi Today, 184 Reads
Posted On Tue, 07/27/2021 - 01:36 PM
Visitation at all Mississippi Department of Corrections prisons has been suspended, Commissioner Burl Cain said in an internal memo Monday.
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Quarles, Dahl to exchange vows July 13
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Sat, 07/03/2021 - 02:00 AM
Artheidra Quarles and Tyson Dahl announce their engagement and upcoming marriage.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Juanita and Simon Quarles.
The prospective bridegroom is the son of Almarie Dahl and Roosevelt Crain Sr.
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West, Davis to exchange vows July 2
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Sat, 06/26/2021 - 02:00 AM
Sadie West of Itta Bena and Kelvin Hilton of Morgan City announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Jasmine West, to Deontae Davis of Greenwood.
The prospective bridegroom is the son of Earline Davis of Greenwood.
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How Black women and the church shaped Deesha Philyaw’s writings
By Brittany Brown - Mississippi Today, 680 Reads
Posted On Thu, 06/24/2021 - 09:43 AM
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Young creatives share why they left Mississippi
By Candace McKenzie - Mississippi Today, 740 Reads
Posted On Wed, 06/09/2021 - 03:53 PM
Growing up in Greenwood in the 1980s, Sue Anna Joe was an artsy person.
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Senate panel ponders parameters of a new medical marijuana bill
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 636 Reads
Posted On Fri, 06/04/2021 - 10:03 AM
The basic principles of the medical marijuana initiative approved by Mississippi voters in November — but struck down recently by the state Supreme Court — should be honored, members of the Senate Public Health Committee were told Thursday.
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Lawmakers can set special election for ballot initiative fix at any date
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 587 Reads
Posted On Thu, 05/27/2021 - 04:45 PM
Below is a political column by Bobby Harrison:

Votes by Mississippians on past efforts to amend the state Constitution have not been confined to November general elections.
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Holmes Co. schools, failing and under investigation, hires new superintendent
By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 927 Reads
Posted On Thu, 05/20/2021 - 05:01 PM
The Holmes County Consolidated School District, one of the state’s most troubled districts that is under investigation by the state education department, has a new superintendent — a former principal who has never held a district-level position and has been in Holmes County less than two years.
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Here’s how people in the Delta are working to overcome COVID-19 vaccine transportation barriers
By Kelsey Davis Betz - Mississippi Today, 729 Reads
Posted On Thu, 05/20/2021 - 04:59 PM
When the pandemic first hit and halted most university operations, faculty at Mississippi Valley State University found themselves with a fleet of unused transit buses that usually took students to and from class.
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The Nature Conservancy in Mississippi releases thirty-eight 2.5-year-old Gopher Tortoises to celebrate National Gopher Tortoise Day.
By Press Release - Nature Conservancy in Mississippi, 474 Reads
Posted On Wed, 04/21/2021 - 10:49 AM
Last weekend The Nature Conservancy in Mississippi released thirty-eight 2.5-year-old Gopher Tortoises to celebrate National Gopher Tortoise Day.
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