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Jen Lilley told Fox News Digital that keeping Jesus at the center of her nearly 20-year marriage helped the couple through “extremely difficult times” and she stars as Gloria Stewart in the biopic “Jimmy,” due Nov. 6.
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New 2027-29 MHSAA regions put Ripley in 3A Region 1 and North Tippah in Region 2, and set the 1A regions for Ashland, Hickory Flat and Blue Mountain.
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Former chief Brandon Wilbanks lays out how Walnut fire department contract talks fell apart and says Falkner’s chief was named interim chief.
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Mississippi will distribute 30,000 free 10-year lithium-battery smoke alarms statewide, Magnolia Tribune reported Nov. 6, 2026, after 67 fire deaths so far in 2026.
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Mississippi news for Friday, November 6, 2026: thousands of affidavit ballots remain outstanding in the Senate election as campaigns prepare for a legal fight, DeSoto County elects its first Black judges, and No. 10 Ole Miss hosts No. 2 Georgia on Saturday.
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From the Sengoku HeatMate HMC-23K and HMN-110 to the 80,000 BTU Dyna-Glo forced-air heater and the budget Windpost and Fuzeiuo models, five well-reviewed portable kerosene heaters that keep Tippah County families and barns warm when the power goes out.
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When your quarterback asks, ‘Are we proud of it? I don’t know,’ it’s less a gripe than a scoreboard. Pragmatism from Dak Prescott collides with optimism from the pundits — and that tension will define the Cowboys’ next few weeks.
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Mississippi news for Thursday, November 5, 2026: the victims of the fatal Highway 61 crash in Walls have been identified, including a DeSoto County juvenile detention officer, and the Hyde-Smith campaign’s demand to preserve affidavit ballots is drawing legal scrutiny — plus news from Corinth, Booneville, Southaven, Tupelo and Oxford, and Mississippi State alumni in NFL Week 9.
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MAIS playoffs continue and MHSAA postseason play for Classes 1A-4A begins across Mississippi Nov. 5-6, 2026, with dozens of games, SuperTalk Mississippi reports.
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Tippah County 911 lines are working again after a Nov. 5 outage. Callers were told to use the sheriff’s office line, 662-837-9336 ext. 2, as a backup.
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Tippah Electric Power Association has announced a scheduled power outage in Walnut beginning around 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, while crews repair a 46 kV switch at the Walnut substation. The outage could last up to four hours.
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Voters in Kansas, Alaska, Arkansas, South Dakota and West Virginia approved measures barring noncitizens from voting, each surpassing 60% support, Fox News Digital reported Nov. 5, 2026.
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With the U.S. Senate race still uncalled, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s campaign counsel has sent a formal demand to election officials in all 82 Mississippi counties to separate, secure and preserve every affidavit ballot from the November 3 general election — and to confirm by 5 p.m. today that the safeguards are in place.
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The Mississippi Republican Party will hold a 2 p.m. press conference Thursday, Nov. 5, in front of the Hinds County Courthouse in Jackson to discuss the 2026 election, the party said.
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Hardeman County Master Gardeners plan an arboretum tour, a Nov. 17 banquet, school visits and a Little Courthouse cleanup after a hands-on floral workshop.
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Hardeman County sheriff’s Investigator Steven Stanley received a Certificate of Excellence for a narcotics case that grew into a money laundering probe.
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Walnut Mayor Chase Wilbanks will hold a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at City Hall to discuss changes to the town’s fire department.
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Food-delivery robots have been kicked, tipped and involved in safety incidents in U.S. cities, prompting arrests and municipal reviews, Fox News reported Nov. 5, 2026.
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Hardeman County Schools released first-quarter results, and 110 Middleton Elementary and Middleton High students made the Middleton honor roll lists.
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MHP Sgt. Daniel Tucker visited Ripley High driver education classes to talk traffic stops, responsibility and why driving is a privilege, not a right.
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