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Firefighters respond to house, wildland fires
WPT Staff Report
Webster County firefighters responded to two house fires Saturday morning and multiple wildland fires over a recent five-day period.
The first house fire on March 14 was reported about 8:20 a.m. at McCain Estate with Eupora, Walthall and Mathiston volunteer fire departments dispatched. Pafford EMS and Natchez Trace Electric Power Association also responded.
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WCSD STUDENT OF THE MONTH
Webster County Career and Technology Center student Mikaelie Townsend is the Webster County School District’s Student of the Month for March. The Webster County School Board presented the award to her on March 16. Gathered with are Haley Townsend and Dorothy Townsend, board members, WCCTC Director Jerritt Alford and teacher Haily Anderson.
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Eupora tested by tough stretch, eyes rebound ahead of region play
By ROBBIE FAULK
It was a hot start to the 2026 baseball season for Eupora, but the Eagles have had their will tested over the last couple of weeks.
Coach Ben Aldridge wanted to test his team in the middle of the schedule before Class 2A, Region 4 play begins and test them he did. The Eagles have played up in competition the last two weeks with three teams in higher classifications and the results would be four losses.
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DONATION TO RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
Eupora Elementary Schools thanks its students, teachers and community members for saving soft drink tabs this school year. During spring break, Principal Lauren Smith delivered them to the Ronald McDonald House in Memphis, Tenn. This is an ongoing philanthropic collaborative project with EES and the Eupora Juniorette Club
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SouthWay executive director named to MHS Board
From Press and Staff Reports
The Mississippi Historical Society held its annual meeting March 5-6 in Meridian.
New board members were announced, including Executive Director Patricia Rangel of The SouthWay Foundation, which is based in Eupora. She and other new members will join the board in June.
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NMHS announces community hospital leadership updates
From Press Reports
North Mississippi Health Services has announced leadership updates across several of its hospitals that will strengthen collaboration, enhance continuity of care and support long-term success in the communities they serve. The changes are effective March 30.
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1 week 4 days ago
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1 week 4 days ago
Below is a political opinion column by Sid Salter:
Columnist Sid Salter says Hyde-Smith is the clear favorite in this race but expect Colom to continue to wage a bare-knuckle campaign.
After the March 10 primaries, Mississippi now enters the home stretch of the 2026 mid-term elections, amid renewed fighting in the Middle East, new global and domestic economic challenges influenced by that conflict, and American partisan differences that have not been deeper or more pronounced since the late 1960s.
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1 week 4 days ago
Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:
As Republicans surged to take control of state government in the 1990s and 2000s, no two Democratic Mississippi politicians were more despised by members of the upstart party than Ronnie Musgrove and Billy McCoy.
McCoy served from 2004 until 2012 as the last Democratic speaker of the Mississippi House while Musgrove served from 1996 until 2000 as the state’s last Democratic lieutenant governor and from 2000 until 2004 as Mississippi’s last Democratic governor.
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today on
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A wastewater treatment lagoon in the Wellsgate subdivision in Oxford, Miss., on Monday, March 10, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Across Mississippi, many of the thousands of water and sewer systems in the state have struggled to stay compliant with federal public health and environmental laws.
By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today on
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Gov. Tate Reeves talks about Mississippi's Rural Health Transformation Program plan during a press conference at the Walter Sillers Building in Jackson on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Lt. Gov. Hosemann responds that governor’s claim is ‘malicious, unnecessary and false.’
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday vetoed a bill that sought to provide low-interest loans to local governments impacted by this year’s deadly winter storm and accused Senate staffers of committing unconstitutional and potentially criminal acts with the legislation.
But the basis for Reeves’s allegations of criminal action is inaccurate.
By Taylor Vance - Mississippi Today on
1 week 4 days ago
The Clarksdale Board of Commissioners voted Monday night to rezone a site for a potential data center along with a list of conditions for any developer.
“The vote that we’ve taken today does not approve a data center. It only is the beginning of the conversation regarding the possibility of data centers coming to Clarksdale,” said Mayor Orlando Paden.
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A voter reads over his ballot at Fondren Chruch in Precinct 16 during primary voting, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
The U.S. Supreme Court could soon end Mississippi’s practice of counting mail-in absentee ballots that arrive after Election Day, a decision that could have a ripple effect nationwide and sow confusion for November’s midterm elections.
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On Monday, in meetings a hundred miles apart, Clinton and Clarksdale officials heard from residents about potential data centers coming to their respective towns.
Clinton has signed a fee-in-lieu of taxes agreement with a developer but the Clarksdale project is in very early talks.
By Katherine Lin - Mississippi Today on
1 week 4 days ago
House lawmakers are deliberating sending a bill to Gov. Tate Reeves that would make it illegal for doctors to prescribe medication that could be used to induce abortion to patients in Mississippi.
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Northern District of Mississippi United States District Court building in Oxford is pictured on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Credit: Leonardo Bevilacqua/Mississippi Today
Former Hollandale Police Chief Brandon Addison pleaded guilty Thursday to charges involving the transportation and distribution of illegal drugs through portions of the Mississippi Delta and into Memphis via Highway 61.
He is the principal defendant in a federal drug trafficking case involving nine former Mississippi Delta law enforcement officers.
By Leonardo Bevilacqua - Mississippi Today on
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House Speaker Jason White has vowed to end the college-student-who-put-off-writing-a-paper method of setting most of a multi-billion dollar state budget late on a Saturday night.
Most sane people who have witnessed the way the Mississippi Legislature sets a final state budget – all willy-nilly in a flurry of last minute haggling late of a Saturday night – have come away thinking there has to be a better way.
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today on
1 week 5 days ago
Noxapater baseball struggles through tough week, Noxapater softball set to resume play
By Robbie Robertson
The Winston County Journal
It was a rough week for the Noxapater baseball team, losing both games last week by wide margins.
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WA Patriots look to rebound in the season
By ROBBIE FAULK
Spring Break was not kind to the Winston Academy Patriots as the baseball team went off to East Central Community College to play ball.
After dropping an 11-0 game to Wayne County and tying Union, WA was back to Decatur to take on Starkville Academy last Friday. It was the second meeting with the Volunteers this season for the Patriots, and this game turned out similarly to the 10-0 loss earlier this year.
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Winston County Republican Women to host Secretary of State Micheal Watson
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