Tippah County, MS News
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A post on Magnolia Tribune urged congregations to celebrate Pentecost Sunday as the church’s birthday, citing Acts 2 and missionary E. Stanley Jones to argue the Holy Spirit’s outpouring transformed the disciples and launched the Christian movement.
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Charles N. Milam, missing from the Battle of Anzio in 1944, was identified in 2025 and buried in Newton, Mississippi, the Magnolia Tribune reported. The newspaper contrasted his fate with that of fellow Mississippian and Medal of Honor recipient Van T. Barfoot.
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Mississippi officials and commentators have called for eliminating the state’s majority-Black 2nd Congressional District held by Rep. Bennie Thompson, citing a recent Supreme Court decision and posting widely on social media.
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Gov. Tate Reeves signed House Bill 562 in April creating the UPSKILL Mississippi Grant pilot to provide last-dollar scholarships and stipends for eligible adults seeking community college credentials.
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Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., criticized a proposal from President Donald Trump to strike a deal with Iran that would include opening the Strait of Hormuz, the Mississippi Free Press reported.
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A man wanted in Louisiana was struck and killed by two vehicles on Interstate 55 in Copiah County, Mississippi, according to authorities.
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More than 20,000 customers were without power Saturday after severe storms moved through Mississippi, with the largest number of outages reported in Hinds County, according to PowerOutage.com and WJTV.
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The Mississippi Department of Public Safety said officers encountered an armed person at an apartment complex on Three Oaks Road Friday night. Two people were wounded after firearms were discharged and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has taken over the probe.
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A 17-year-old Gulfport boy was sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of a 16-year-old student in September 2024.
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Belhaven University said the Blazers swept Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the Jackson Super Regional to earn one of eight bids to the Division III College World Series in Salem, Virginia.
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