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JSU scholarships available

The Jackson-Hinds Alumni Chapter of Jackson State University’s National Alumni Association scholarship deadline is Feb. 1. The selection committee must receive applications by the deadline from 2016 high school graduating students interested in attending JSU. […]

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Non-profits urged to apply for WBC grants

The U.S. Small Business Administration is seeking eligible private, non-profit organizations (501c) in Mississippi interested in hosting a Women’s Business Center to apply for grants. Mississippi was one of only a few states that was […]

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Deadline nears to apply for NAACP contest

Time is running out to apply to participate in the NAACP ACT-SO competition. The NAACP’s Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics is a yearlong achievement program designed to recruit, stimulate, and encourage high academic and […]

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Greek groups to host Boots and Brim Dance

 The Madison County (MS) Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and the Epsilon Kappa Kappa Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., along with Uplift Incorporated (501 c3), will host the second annual […]

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Apply now for Youth Waterfowl Hunt

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks is now accepting applications for the Special Youth Waterfowl Hunt on Trim Cane Wildlife Management Area. The special youth hunt will be held Feb. 6. The WMA […]

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Mississippi authorities recover abducted 6-year-old, boy unharmed

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Mississippi authorities recover abducted 6-year-old, boy unharmed

LEXINGTON, Mississippi — A man who abducted his 6-year-old son from a Holmes County home has surrendered to authorities.

Highway Patrol spokesman Warren Strain says 43-year-old Terrell Milton Adams called the sheriff’s office Tuesday told deputies where he was and was arrested. The boy, 6-year-old Sirvontez Adams, was not harmed… […]

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Police seek help to find suspects who stole tablets

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By Lonnie Ross

Tablets stolen from Pearl Walmart
PEARL, MS – WLBT reports the Pearl Police Department is asking for help in identifying two suspects accused of stealing several tablets from Walmart.

Police say the thefts happened Monday at approximately 11:44 p.m. The Samsung Galaxy 3 tablets were worth $2,160.

The suspects and their vehicle were captured on surveillance video and shown in the following photos…. […]

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East Mississippi police chief killed in accident

Authorities said a police chief in east Mississippi was killed after being struck by a car while directing traffic Tuesday.

Clarke County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Barry White said Enterprise Police Chief Randy Boykin died while being flown to the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in Jackson.

Boykin had been chief for 12 years and also worked as a part-time deputy. White said Boykin directed traffic at the main intersection in town every weekday morning to help with school traffic. […]