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Barnes & Noble in Gulfport will collect donated books at checkout Nov. 1–Dec. 14, 2026, to benefit Elijah’s Closet families in South Mississippi, WXXV reported.
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The Falcon Ridge Farm Fall Festival near Toone offers hayrides, pig races, pumpkins and an America 250 corn maze on weekends through Oct. 31.
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Incumbent U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde‑Smith campaigned at the Pearl Community Center Oct. 14, 2026, as Mississippi candidates increased outreach with the midterms less than three weeks away, WJTV reported.
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A black bear entered the emergency department at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson around 2 a.m. Oct. 12 and ate donated Halloween candy; no injuries, Alaska’s News Source reported.
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Ripley’s Friday lunch sale supports Christmas for Diversicare residents; Dr. June Powell is remembered ahead of an Oct. 17 memorial.
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The Hardeman County STEM Center gives 4th-8th graders robotics, drones and a NASA Moon Tree, backed by $42,000 in grants written by director Deana Sain.
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The Hardeman County Sheriff’s Office asks anyone holding a reserve deputy badge from a prior administration to return it while the program is restructured.
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Three Tennessee constitutional amendments on bail, a state property tax ban, and crime victims’ rights are on the Nov. 3 ballot for Middleton voters.
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Skyview High girls walked off a Sept. 29 cross-country race to protest a male athlete’s participation; Fox News reported the runner finished first in the girls’ varsity race.
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Judge rescheduled sentencing for former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, ex-Hinds DA Jody Owens and ex-councilman Aaron Banks to Nov. 5; Lumumba filed a sealed delay motion.
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BMCU women win the CBC Fall Invite and the men finish third; Walnut and Falkner open football region play Friday, with golf and cross-country events ahead.
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Dr. June Powell, a Benton County native with Chalybeate roots and one of Ole Miss medical school’s first women, is remembered; services set Oct. 17.
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The Charlie Cox Collection, early 1900s glass-plate photos of Ashland and Benton County, is on display at the Benton County Museum through Nov. 2.
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The 34th Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival runs Oct. 15–17, 2026, in Clarksdale and centers on the one-act This Property Is Condemned, Magnolia Tribune reports.
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Mississippi’s morning headlines for Wednesday, October 14, 2026: former Guntown officials arrested in an alleged $9,950 sewage billing fraud, bail-bond scam warnings in Lowndes County, and elevated fire danger statewide.
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Plenty of Tippah County homes run on private wells. These five well-reviewed whole-house filtration systems tackle iron, sediment, and hydrogen sulfide — so every tap in the house runs clean.
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From an Alaska rally pardon to a judge blocking a White House media ban, this week’s headlines read like a season of neighborhood drama — global in reach, intimate in consequence.
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Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) pledged Oct. 13, 2026 to serve a full six-year Senate term and said he has “zero interest” in a 2028 presidential bid, The Hill reported.
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Joe Manganiello told CBS Mornings a seven-year mystery illness nearly killed him and required removal of his entire large intestine, Fox News reports.
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Chicago police say DNA and a preserved fingerprint tied former detective Thomas F. McInerney Jr. to the 1960 abduction and killing of 8-year-old Gloria Kowalewicz.
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