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Grammy Museum Mississippi Gala Honors Buffett and McAnally
Photo ID (L-R): Shenandoah's Mike McGuire, Mac McAnally, Shenandoah's Marty Raybon. Grammy Museum® Mississippi has announced that the Lyrics and Latitudes 2026 Gala, which was held on October 22, has raised a total of $180,000. Proceeds will directly benefit the Museum’s education programs. The 2026 Gala was held at Grammy Museum Mississippi in Cleveland, Miss., and honored Grammy®-nominated artists Jimmy Buffett and Mac McAnally with the eighth annual Crossroads of American Music Award, with a special celebratory performance by Grammy® Award-winning country group Shenandoah. This year’s Gala also honored Hayes Cooper Center teachers Leslie Bishop and Maria Mondragon with the seventh annual L.U.C.Y. Award (Lifting Up Children and Youth).
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America in Bloom approves $25,000 grant to beautify Glendora
GLENDORA, Miss. — America in Bloom has approved a $25,000 grant to add plants and landscaping around historical sites and community spaces in Glendora. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Saturday to mark the start of the project, which will include landscaping around historical markers, the Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center and the stage in Glendora. Organizers hope to complete the project by this time next year.
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Greenville Solutions Circles: October 20, 2026
The Mississippi Free Press is committed to fostering dialogue across race, ethnicity, economic status, political parties, gender and religious beliefs. MFP’s Solutions Circles help provide a platform for these conversations where Mississippians can not only address challenges but also imagine solutions. MFP convened a Greenville Solutions Circle in Greenville,...
Mississippi Today
Lexington faces new lawsuit, days after settling with Justice Department
The Southern Poverty Law Center and the ACLU of Mississippi are representing Lexington resident Terrance Gypson, who alleges police threw him to the ground and arrested him without probable cause because he was taking a video of them.
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Kamala Harris to visit Clarksdale, MS for healthcare roundtable
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Former Vice President Kamala D. Harris will be in Clarksdale, Mississippi, on Thursday for a healthcare roundtable with D.A. Scott Colom, campaigning for State Senator. Harris and D.A. Scott Colom are expected to host a “Rural Healthcare Roundtable” in Clarksdale. They will hear from healthcare providers, patients, and community members about the […]
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Koinonia brings $7.7 million investment to Drew
DREW, Miss.- A plastic manufacturer is bringing a $7.7 million investment to Drew, with plans to create 18 jobs over the next five years. Koinonia plans to establish operations in the city, manufacturing plastic products for agricultural chemical packaging while exploring opportunities in other packaging markets. Betty Smith, a lifelong...
Mississippi Link
He’s alive! Mississippi man wakes up in body bag at funeral home
LEXINGTON, Mississippi (AP) — Workers at a Mississippi funeral home say they found a man alive and kicking when they opened a body bag. Holmes County Coroner Dexter Howard calls it a miracle that 78-year-old Walter Williams is alive. The coroner was called to Williams’ home in Lexington, a...
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Former Vice President Harris joins campaign trail to hear rural healthcare concerns
CLARKSDALE, Miss. (WMC) - For one Mississippi mother, a pregnancy emergency meant waiting 16 hours for an ambulance to take her to a hospital in Jackson. For a friend of U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom, hours spent waiting in a hospital emergency room ended with a decision to go home, and a death the following day.
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Mississippi town faces new lawsuit, days after settling with Justice Department
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Legal groups are suing Lexington and its police department for free speech violations days after the city settled with the U.S. Department of Justice over its policing practices. The Southern Poverty Law Center and the ACLU of Mississippi are representing Lexington resident Terrance Gypson,...