Tippah County, MS News
About 1,000 rustic religious gatherings are active across the U.S. this summer, Magnolia Tribune reported, drawing multi-generational attendees for preaching, fellowship and missionary calls.
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Mississippi Today reported that a single phone call by House Speaker Billy McCoy in 2005 stopped a plan to securitize future tobacco settlement payments, a move that shaped how the state later used the funds.
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Forecasters say a decaying complex of thunderstorms could bring damaging winds and periods of heavy rainfall late this evening, though confidence for the area is very low. A single strong storm this afternoon cannot be ruled out.
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Meteorologists explain dewpoint, a key factor in humidity that causes fogging on glasses. High dewpoints indicate oppressively humid conditions.
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The National Weather Service in Memphis said an Extreme Heat Warning and a Heat Advisory begin at 11 a.m., marking the first day of a heat wave and leaving a low threat of damaging winds this afternoon from a decaying MCV.
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Police and prosecutors on Sunday issued a wanted notice for a fugitive suspected of driving a van near Berlin’s Pride festival that killed one person and injured at least 16 others.
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News Editor Ashton Pittman wrote that Amy Schafer’s appointment advances the paper’s plan to place a reporter in each bureau across the state.
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Lexi Flint was crowned Choctaw Indian Princess at the 71st Choctaw Indian Fair pageant on July 15, 2026, Mississippi Free Press reported. The outlet said she accepted a new role as a Goodwill Ambassador after the three-round contest.
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House Speaker Jason White appointed eight Republicans and two Democrats to a joint redistricting committee as the Legislature prepares to redraw legislative, congressional and Supreme Court district maps, the Mississippi Free Press reported.
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Hinds County Court Judge Yemi Kings is hosting a back-to-school drive in Jackson to help students start the school year prepared, WJTV reported.
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