Mississippi News Report — Monday, Oct 26: Trump Rally, Fire Danger
Monday brought a presidential rally to Corinth, elevated fire danger across Mississippi, and a full slate of local honors and events. Here is the Mississippi News Report evening roundup for Monday, October 26, 2026, drawn from the Mississippi News Group network.
Top Stories
Crowd gathers for Trump rally in Corinth; venison-processing guide — Supporters lined up before sunrise Monday outside the Crossroads Arena in Corinth ahead of President Donald Trump’s evening rally, and Monday’s Alcorn County coverage also included a venison-processing guide for local hunters.
Mississippi news: Elevated fire danger, recovery grants and cancer-center milestone — Monday’s statewide briefing covers elevated fire danger through Thursday, more than $60 million in FEMA recovery and mitigation awards, rural-health grants, and UMMC’s cancer-center groundbreaking.
DeSoto County
2026 Best of Southaven winners announced — The Southaven Chamber of Commerce announced the results of its 2026 Best of Southaven Awards and congratulated the winners.
Olive Branch to host Community Trunk-Or-Treat Oct. 29 — The event will feature vendors, food trucks and entertainment in the Old Towne Area, with road closures noted.
Olive Branch phone lines outage affects non-emergency number — The city reported a phone-lines outage affecting its non-emergency number, 662-895-4111.
Northwest Mississippi Community College marks Soccer Sophomore Night — The college recognized its soccer sophomores and their hard work at Northwest.
Sports
Games To Watch: Bay–St. Patrick rematch joins DeSoto soccer openers — A quick Coast rematch and a pair of DeSoto County doubleheaders lead Monday’s Games To Watch, with Bay visiting St. Patrick among the featured games.
All stories above originally appeared on Mississippi News Group network sites. Tupelo and Oxford homepages showed no new stories since the last edition.
