Christmas Coloring Contest Winner

Mackalya Murphree, 8, was the first person to drop a letter to Santa in the Clarksdale Press Register mailbox and was also the winner of the newspaper coloring contest. Mackalya is a second grader at Presbyterian Day School and the daughter of Christine Murphree of Clarkssdale.

Clarksdale police investigate fifth shooting in July
By The Press Register, 1,027 Reads
Thu, 07/29/2021 - 11:05 AM
Clarksdale police are looking for answers in the city’s fifth shooting this month after a man reported being shot on a north Clarksdale street on Tuesday.
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Ann Hoskins named County Administrator, Comptroller
By Floyd Ingram, 460 Reads
Sun, 08/01/2021 - 03:00 AM
It’s budget time in Coahoma County and Ann Hoskins was named County Administrator just in time to dive into the county’s budget of more than $18 million.
Hoskins was named the new County Administrator last week by the Coahoma County Board of Supervisors. Hoskins will continue her duties as Coahoma County Comptroller.
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Family: Police force caused Black man's death in Mississippi
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Thu, 07/29/2021 - 03:28 PM
BRAXTON, Miss. (AP) — Relatives of a Black Mississippi man who died in police custody are blaming his death on alleged excessive force by deputies.

Damien Cameron died Monday after police tried to place him under arrest and removed him from a home in Rankin County, news outlets reported.
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Two residential burglaries reported over weekend
By The Press Register, 200 Reads
Mon, 08/02/2021 - 10:55 AM
Clarksdale police reported a quiet weekend with only two reports of shots fired and no violent crime as brutally hot temperatures apparently kept people at home.

Police investigators are working two home burglaries and an auto burglary.
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Turn off, turn on: Simple step can thwart top phone hackers
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Wed, 07/28/2021 - 12:33 AM
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got some advice on how to help keep his cellphone secure.

Step One: Turn off phone.
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Thompson in national spotlight
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Thu, 07/29/2021 - 09:36 PM
It’s yet to be seen what will come out of the House investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the nation’s Capitol.
There’s one near certainty, however.
The proceedings are going to substantially raise the national profile of Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson.
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Johnny Gaston
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Fri, 07/30/2021 - 10:19 AM
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Opinion: Tuna Town only four hours away
By Wyatt Emmerich, 430 Reads
Thu, 07/29/2021 - 11:06 AM
My son Lawrence was home from college and suggested we go fishing off the coast of Louisiana. He asks every visit home and I usually find a good excuse not to go. This time I thought about my age and the years left and decided to give it a try.
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Census: 1 in 5 dorms, prisons had no data at end of US count
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Sat, 07/31/2021 - 07:06 AM
By the end of the U.S. head count last year, the Census Bureau had no data for almost a fifth of the nation's occupied college dorms, nursing homes and prisons, requiring the statistical agency to make eleventh-hour calls to facilities in an effort to collect information or use a last-resort statistical method to fill in gaps.
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Tim Kalich

Masks are a dilemma again
By Tim Kalich, 248 Reads
Fri, 07/30/2021 - 08:12 PM
GREENWOOD -- Here we go again, with people getting upset with state and federal health officials for changing their advice when it comes to mask wearing.
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