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The Clarksdale Police department has released the following information on felony crimes, including the arrest of a woman for allegedly . . .

EDITORIAL: Think long-term on stimulus money

EDITOR'S NOTE: Lt. Governor Delbert Hoseman met with local city and county officials in Cleveland Wednesday to discuss the spending . . .

Auditor Arrests Public Schools Employees for Fraud and Embezzlement

State Auditor Shad White announced Special Agents from his office have arrested Michael Ludlow and Mickey Bellande, Jr. after both . . .

Clarksdale’s Jeanette Page earns home care recognition

The Mississippi Association for Home Care (MAHC) is proud to announce that Jeanette Page, CAN, of Clarksdale, has received statewide . . .

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The following are a list of community and state agency phone numbers and the names of key personnel who can . . .

Though officials have not accused him of a crime, Brett Favre said he would refund the welfare money and made an initial payment of $500,000.

Brett Favre hasn’t returned welfare funds as promised a year ago
By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 2,446 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 03:53 PM
Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre has not repaid $600,000 he received in Mississippi welfare money after promising one year ago that he would.
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Woman arrested for shooting a car
By The Press Register, 2,423 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 11:10 AM
The Clarksdale Police department has released the following information on felony crimes, including the arrest of a woman for allegedly shooting a car in April.
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Gov. Tate Reeves walks out of the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 26, 2020, as he prepares to speak to media about the coronavirus during a press conference. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

College board, unable to work without Reeves appointments, calls emergency meeting
By Molly Minta - Mississippi Today, 240 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 10:09 AM
The board of trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning is scrambling to hold a special emergency meeting this Friday to consider several university agenda items — a meeting that wouldn’t be necessary had Gov. Tate Reeves made four new college board appointments on time.
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EDITORIAL: Think long-term on stimulus money
By The Press Register, 521 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 10:15 AM

EDITOR'S NOTE: Lt. Governor Delbert Hoseman met with local city and county officials in Cleveland Wednesday to discuss the spending of state and federal stimulus by cities and counties.

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Auditor Arrests Public Schools Employees for Fraud and Embezzlement
By The Press Register, 356 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 10:03 AM
State Auditor Shad White announced Special Agents from his office have arrested Michael Ludlow and Mickey Bellande, Jr. after both were indicted for fraud and embezzlement. Both Ludlow and Bellande are former maintenance employees at the Biloxi Public School District. Demand letters were presented to both men upon arrest.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : May 06, 2021
By Press Release - MSDH, 174 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 09:51 AM
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

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Hospitals to kick off Medicaid expansion ballot drive
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 3,713 Reads
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 05:03 PM
A nonprofit backed by the Mississippi Hospital Association plans next week to kick off its petition drive to put Medicaid expansion before voters on the 2022 midterm ballot, hoping to override a recalcitrant Legislature and put expansion in the state constitution.
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Clarksdale’s Jeanette Page earns home care recognition
By Special to the Press Register, 1,494 Reads
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 12:00 PM
The Mississippi Association for Home Care (MAHC) is proud to announce that Jeanette Page, CAN, of Clarksdale, has received statewide recognition as the recipient of the annual Home Health Aide of the Year Award.
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Pay raises for state employees yet to be determined
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 292 Reads
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 11:34 AM
How many of Mississippi’s roughly 26,000 state employees will receive raises and the amounts they receive will not be known until later this year.
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