Tuition increases at every public university but JSU

Doctor Thomas Dobbs says with the COVID-19 pandemic response winding down and Mississippi’s medical marijuana program getting cranked up, changing leadership at the State Department of Health during this transition made sense.  Dobbs will resign as State Health Officer at the end of July.   He […]
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After a quick, decisive win last night, the Kosciusko Whippets traveled to Gentry High School in Indianola, Sunflower County, and clinched their next round berth. The action started slower but soon picked up with Kosciusko scoring five runs in the second to show that their […]
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Ted Rall: When It Cares, the US Government Is Extremely Efficient | Mississippi Capital  Spot On Mississippi

Gov. Tate Reeves vetoed a bill intended to make it easier for some people who lost their voting rights as a result of a Jim Crow-era provision of the state’s 1890 Constitution to regain their right to vote.The constitutional provision, originally written to keep Black Mississippians from voting, prohibits those convicted of certain felonies from being able to vote unless their suffrage rights are restored by a two-thirds vote of both chambers of the Legislature or by a gubernatorial pardo

Alumnus to Lead Mississippi School for Math and Science  U.S. News & World Report

Military Training Happening in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida  U.S. News & World Report

New Mississippi Law Bans COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates  U.S. News & World Report

The Attala County Circuit Clerk’s Office will be closed Tuesday, April 26. The office is closing to allow the staff to attend funeral services of Fifth District Circuit Judge George Mitchell.
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A full scale emergency response drill will be held Thursday, April 28. Kosciusko Fire Chief Duane Burdine said the drill will begin around 9:00 am and will involve city and county emergency services. Responding units will be dispatched over the radio and crews will respond […]
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Mississippi Man Turns Children’s Caskets Into Emotional Art  U.S. News & World Report

The Kosciusko Whippets started their playoff run Friday evening hosting the Gentry High School Rams of Indianola.  In the regular season, they were undefeated in regional play, and tonight’s game showed why:  The home team shut them out and ended the game with a score […]
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Nancy New, a once prominent private school and nonprofit founder, and her son Zach New pleaded guilty to state criminal charges in Mississippi’s sprawling welfare scandal on Friday.The 69-year-old former educator is pleading guilty to four counts of bribing a public official, two counts of fraud against the government, five counts of wire fraud and racketeering. Her deal comes with a total maximum sentence of 99 years, with 25 to serve.But state prosecutors have recommended that the state

There are now only 11 other counties in Mississippi with an average gas price that’s higher than Attala County.  And Leake and Neshoba counties aren’t much cheaper.  AAA says gas is averaging $3.92 in Attala, more than 13 cents above the statewide average.  The auto […]
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Mississippi Board Adds 7 New Early Learning Collaboratives  U.S. News & World Report

The Kosciusko Police Department held its second Coffee with a Cop Friday morning at The Sip. Guests stopped in to get a free cup of coffee and speak with police officers and investigators from the Kosciusko Police Department.
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Till Relatives Seek Accuser’s Prosecution in 1955 Kidnapping  U.S. News & World Report

Mississippi Brave Michael Harris II would seem to be on a fast track to Atlanta, his hometown. (Courtesy Mississippi Braves)Outfielder Michael Harris II, the No. 1 prospect in the Atlanta Braves organization, has gotten off to a blistering start with the Class AA Mississippi Braves.Rick Cleveland
Harris hit safely in the Braves first 10 games and was one of only three players in all of Minor League baseball to do so. He has reached base in all 12 M-Braves games and is hitting .319 with three do

Three members of the Kosciusko High School Track team have advanced to the State Meet. Jerell Erving (discus), Presley Fulgham (pole vault), and Raven Pernell (long jump) all captured North State Championships at the track meet Thursday in Pontotoc. The trio will compete at the […]
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Every public university but Jackson State University will raise tuition rates this coming school year, continuing a trend that puts the cost of college increasingly out of reach for the average family in Mississippi. The Institution of Higher Learning Board of Trustees approved the new tuition rates at its regular meeting Thursday. The board voted to waive a requirement to wait 30 days after introducing new tuition rates in lieu of immediate adoption. For the coming school year, avera

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LELAND — The Black Bayou Water Association, which now connects to nearly 3,000 rural customers in the Delta, was started about 30 years ago by a rice and soybean farmer with no water service experience. David Koehn, now 76, had plans to build a mobile home park on his land in Washington County, but didn’t have a central water source to offer residents. At the time, Koehn and others in the area drank from their personal shallow well, usually filled with brown, iron-laden water.&

Madison County school officials placed more than 20 books in restricted circulation last week following complaints from parents about their contents. Students must have parental permission to check out one of the restricted books in the district’s elementary, middle, and high school libraries.A team of educators will review the challenged books for “mature content” and make recommendations to district leaders, said Gene Wright, director of communications for Madison Count

The City of Kosciusko has announced a planned Clean-Up Day. The date is set for Saturday, April 23 from 9:00 am – noon. Volunteers will be that morning at the Attala County Coliseum. All trash can be taken to the Waste Management garbage can that […]
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The 2nd annual Coffee with a Cop has been set for Friday, April 22. Coffee with a Cop is a community outreach project from Kosciusko Chief of Police Chris Wray. It gives members of the community a chance to sit down with police officers to […]
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On April 21st, 2022, at around 1:30pm, Kosciusko Police Officers responded to the area of Sunflower Grocery Store for a report of a hit and run vehicle accident. KPD officers were given a vehicle description, vehicle tag number, and direction of travel for the vehicle […]
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Mississippi Education Superintendent Wright Set to Retire  U.S. News & World Report

Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney on Thursday penned a letter urging the state’s largest hospital and insurer to utilize the same mediation process that was used to settle their contract dispute in 2018.Chaney told Mississippi Today that the state’s Department of Insurance will be addressing concerns regarding patients’ access to the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s organ transplant unit and children’s hospital, services that cannot be found

Mississippi Superintendent of Education Carey Wright announced her retirement, effective June 30, at the State Board of Education meeting on Thursday. Wright, who first took on the role in 2013, has been the longest-serving superintendent of education since the state board was created in 1982. “This board is accepting her retirement with much regret and much gratitude for the work that she has done,” said Board Chair Rosemary Aultman when making the announcement at the mee

The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees will no longer approve tenure in Mississippi, per amended policies the board quietly approved at its regular meeting Thursday. Going forward, the presidents of Mississippi’s eight public universities will have the final say on whether to grant faculty members tenure, a type of indefinite appointment that protects academic freedom in higher education. Faculty who are denied tenure by a university president will still be able to app