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Crooked Letter Sports Podcast: On to the Super Regionals…

Mississippi State and Ole Miss will both face familiar rivals in NCAA Baseball Super Regionals; this weekend. State plays at . . .

Millsaps, Ole Miss top earnings list

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New Shell station too close to Pearl

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Sheriff’s Arrest docket

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The Post Office can spice up any retirement

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Trump settlement looks mighty fishy
Wed,06/03/26-5:26PM , 2,226 Reads 26,450 Statewide
Donald Trump has expressed his belief that a record third impeachment against him might result if the Democrats take back control of the House of Representatives in the November mid-term elections.
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Morgan Brown named 2026 recipient of the Jerrelyn Redmond Jackson Veasley Lifetime Athletic and Scholastic Award
Wed,06/03/26-8:38AM , 1,806 Reads
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Greenwood Leflore Hospital delays potential closure to July 31
By BRENT MAZE - The Greenwood Commonwealth
Thu,06/04/26-11:56AM , 1,689 Reads 12,382 Statewide
Greenwood Leflore Hospital has pushed back its potential closure date from June 15 to July 31.

Hospital officials met with staff today and issued a new updated Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act letter notifying them of the improved financial situation.
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KHS basketball teams open busy June summer schedules
Fri,06/05/26-2:38PM , 847 Reads
KHS basketball teams open busy June summer schedules

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Kosciusko High School basketball teams will stay busy throughout June as the Whippets and Lady Whippets begin their 2026 summer basketball schedules with practices, shootouts, team camps and summer league games.
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Emily Presley, a naloxone trainer with Communicare, demonstrates the use of naloxone and explains its life-saving potential during a training session at the Northeast Mississippi Addiction Summit in Tupelo, Miss., on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2024. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

Mississippi is among 10 states in federal program to expand sustainable access to mental health care

Mississippi is one of 10 states joining a federal program that funds community mental health centers to expand their services, enabling them to sustainably provide care regardless of a patient’s ability to pay.

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Kosciusko, 39090, MS

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Current Temp

79°F

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Chance of Rain: 70%
Max Temp: 87°F
Min Temp: 72°F
Feels Like: 88°F
Dew Point: 73°F
Humidity: 94%
Sunrise: 5:49 AM
Sunset: 8:05 PM

Wind Speed: 5 mph
Wind Direction: SW
Wind Gust: 13 mph
Sky Cover: 89%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 73°F
Moon Rise: NA
Moon Set: 12:13 PM

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

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