Gilliland named to the Tennessee Sports Writers’ all-state team
Northpoint Christian basketball standout Christian Gilliland has been named to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s Division II-A All-State team.
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Author: Bob Bakken
RAIN – A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES comes to the Heindl Center
Northwest Mississippi Community College’s Heindl Center for the Performing Arts will be presenting “RAIN – A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES.”
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Museum presents historic photograph to county courthouse
When 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American teenager from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi, was murdered in the mid-1950s, the men charged with his death were prosecuted by DeSoto County attorney Gerald W. Chatham.
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Olive Branch stenographer scores big money on Wheel of Fortune
Lashawn Marshall is a federal official court reporter and stenographer from Olive Branch.
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Olive Branch police to check for non-resident car tags staying in the city
Mayor Ken Adams is getting calls expressing concerns that vehicles with out-of-state tags have a permanent place in city subdivisions.
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Bills to protect children from inappropriate, obscene material signed
Bill signings to protect children from accessing obscene, inappropriate, and pornographic materials.
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Tuesday sports: South Panola wins battle of softball Tigers
A Region 3-6A softball championship and the top seed from the region in the postseason was on the line when South Panola traveled up I-55 to take on Hernando Tuesday evening.
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Baptist DeSoto to host free baby fair
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto is hosting a free baby fair on Saturday, May 6.
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March 24 tornado damage approaching $100 million
“Insured losses from the March 24, 2023 storms in the Mississippi Delta are approaching $100 million,” said Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney.
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Brief filed against FDA mail-order abortion regime
Amicus brief urging the Supreme Court of the United States to reject the FDA’s attempt to push a national mail-order abortion regime in violation of federal law, of state laws, and of the Court’s Dobbs opinion.
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