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County Administrator part of local checks, balances

In the 1980s then state auditor Ray Mabus started putting county officials in jail for graft, bribes and corruption under . . .

Supervisors terminate county administrator, librarian appears before board

The Coahoma County Board of Supervisors terminated County Administrator Morgan Wood Monday on a 3-2 vote along racial lines. Wood . . .

EDITORIAL: A Big Move for Clarksdale

The news on Page One of your Clarksdale Press Register is about Delta Health Systems settling in at Clarksdale’s hospital . . .

FLOYD INGRAM: A need for healthcare

I was about 7-years-old and will not bore you with the details of how I got a four-inch gash on . . .

Hosemann hosts forum at DSU in Cleveland

Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann hosted an elected officials forum for Bolivar, Coahoma, Sunflower and Washington Counties on Wednesday at the . . .

Mississippians continue gathering signatures for six initiatives, including legalizing recreational marijuana and restoring the old state flag. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Six active ballot initiatives could be halted by Mississippi Supreme Court ruling
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 230 Reads
Fri, 05/07/2021 - 02:21 PM
A pending decision by the Mississippi Supreme Court could end citizen efforts to put several issues on the statewide election ballot for voters to decide.
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Mike Bianco is about to reach his 800th win at Ole Miss. Can his 2021 team get to Omaha?
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 585 Reads
Fri, 05/07/2021 - 02:47 PM
When Ole Miss next wins a baseball game — quite possibly this weekend in a three-game series at Texas A&M — it will mark Mike Bianco’s 800th victory at the university and his 900th as a college baseball coach.
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Clarksdale’s Jeanette Page earns home care recognition
By Special to the Press Register, 1,742 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, 349 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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Another round of severe weather tears through Mississippi
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 329 Reads
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 11:25 AM
A second round of severe weather in three days tore through Mississippi on Tuesday, spawning tornadoes and heavy rains that have damaged property but caused no reported injuries.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : May 05, 2021
By Press Release - MSDH, 286 Reads
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 11:19 AM
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

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PSC issues new rule on no-call legislation that omits rule objectional to telephone companies
By Steve Wilson, 4,913 Reads
Tue, 05/04/2021 - 04:23 PM
The Mississippi Public Service Commission will be making a change to its no-call regulations that won’t put responsibility on telephone companies to stop the unwanted calls.
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Angela Fluker
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On Tue, 05/04/2021 - 02:02 PM
Angela Geraya Fluker, 38, of Robbinsdale, Minn., died April 18, 2021 at North Memorial Health Hospital.

Funeral services are 11 a.m. Friday, April 30, 2021 at Woolf Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jimmy Glasper officiating. Burial is at St. John Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 29, 2021.
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Jimmie Liner
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On Tue, 05/04/2021 - 01:59 PM
Jimmie Liner, 69, of Oxford, died April 21, 2021 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford.

Funeral services are at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1, 2021 at Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. LC Tyler officiating. Burial is at Heavenly Rest Cemetery in Lyon. Visitation is 1 to 5 p.m. Friday, April 30, 2021.
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