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2 face meth, child endangerment charges

By BY RUSSELL HOOD THE WEBSTER PROGRESS-TIMES
Tue,08/09/22-8:49PM, 997 Reads
A Eupora couple was arrested last week on felony drug and child endangerment charges.
The two were charged after the Webster County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant at 65 E. Shore Drive on Aug. 1.
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Winston County Jail Docket

Tue,08/09/22-1:47PM, 692 Reads
The City of Louisville and the Winston County Sheriff’s Department had the following arrests:
8/2/2022
Harold Burch
w/m; DOB: 8/6/1984
DUI – 2nd Offense
7/31/2022
Decaturc M. Haynes
b/m; DOB: 3/1/1997
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Police officers sworn in at Aldermen meeting

By BY MIKE ROBERTSON WINSTON COUNTY JOURNAL
Tue,08/09/22-2:30PM, 670 Reads
Three new police officers took their Oath of Office at a regular meeting of the Louisville Board of Aldermen, on Tuesday, August 2. They are John Lilley, Ray Harrington, and LaTavia Knox. Lilley and Harrington were accompanied by their wives, Tiffany Lilley and Tasha Harrington, and Knox's mother, Wanda, was on hand for the ceremony.
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New business opens in Noxapater

Tue,08/09/22-2:28PM, 654 Reads
This past Saturday, a group of friends, well-wishers, and local officials gathered at Pretty Blooms and Things on Main Street in Noxapater to celebrate a grand opening with Carol Black (holding bow) and Doug Dailey (standing on Black's right).
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County Jail Docket Choctaw 080322

Wed,08/03/22-1:13PM, 5,088 Reads
7/25/22
Ronald Stewart    w/m   7/15/82    CSO     malicious mischief x 2

7/26/22
Braxton Morris     w/m   12/12/94     CSO    circuit court capias and indictment

7/27/22
Edwin S. McCulloch     w/m    12/6/73    CSO   speeding and uninsured motorist

7/27/22
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One arrest made after altercation

By BY MIKE ROBERTSON WINSTON COUNTY JOURNAL
Wed,08/03/22-10:14AM, 4,427 Reads
An altercation at a home in the Noxapater area, on the evening of Sunday, July 17, led to the arrest of Jimmy Thrash, on a charge of domestic violence simple assault.
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County Jail Docket Winston 080322

Wed,08/03/22-10:09AM, 4,251 Reads
The City of Louisville and the Winston County Sheriff’s Department had the following arrests.
7/19/22
Nellie M. Crosby         b/f
DOB: 4/27/1968
Domestic violence
simple assault
7/26/22
Allison L. Ellington      w/f
DOB: 5/7/1977
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Avenell Townsend Turnipseed

Thu,08/04/22-10:48AM, 2,007 Reads
Avenell Townsend Turnipseed, 100, passed away quietly in her home outside of Weir, MS Saturday morning, July 23, 2022. Mrs. Turnipseed was born April 8, 1922 in Attala County, MS to Boyd H. and Gracie Lee (Holland) Townsend. She was proceeded in death by her husband Kenneth H.
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Allie Santana Dean

Thu,07/14/22-8:40AM, 18,183 Reads
Allie Santana Dean, age 19, passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in a car accident on LaGrange Road in Choctaw County, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Kevin D. Dean and Amanda Hill but the person that she called mom was Kala Keith.
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Local girl wins big at national pageant

By SPECIAL TO THE WPT
Wed,07/13/22-11:39AM, 16,914 Reads
Eupora native Sarah Grace Ware spent the week of July 1-9 in Washington, D.C., competing for the 2023 World Our Little Miss title.
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Drug, child abuse arrests made

By BY RUSSELL HOOD THE WEBSTER PROGRESS-TIMES
Wed,07/20/22-9:52AM, 13,851 Reads
The Webster County Sheriff’s Department filed felony drug and child abuse charges late last week during the execution of a search warrant in Eupora.
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Jessie Ray Frye

Thu,07/14/22-8:34AM, 13,661 Reads
Jessie Ray Frye, a registered nurse and lifelong resident of Mathiston MS, died unexpectedly on June 17, 2022 at the age of 84.
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Allie Santana Dean

Thu,07/14/22-8:40AM, 18,184 Reads
Allie Santana Dean, age 19, passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in a car accident on LaGrange Road in Choctaw County, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Kevin D. Dean and Amanda Hill but the person that she called mom was Kala Keith.
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Local girl wins big at national pageant

By SPECIAL TO THE WPT
Wed,07/13/22-11:39AM, 16,915 Reads
Eupora native Sarah Grace Ware spent the week of July 1-9 in Washington, D.C., competing for the 2023 World Our Little Miss title.
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Drug, child abuse arrests made

By BY RUSSELL HOOD THE WEBSTER PROGRESS-TIMES
Wed,07/20/22-9:52AM, 13,852 Reads
The Webster County Sheriff’s Department filed felony drug and child abuse charges late last week during the execution of a search warrant in Eupora.
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Jessie Ray Frye

Thu,07/14/22-8:34AM, 13,662 Reads
Jessie Ray Frye, a registered nurse and lifelong resident of Mathiston MS, died unexpectedly on June 17, 2022 at the age of 84.
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Opinion: Racial diversity is flourishing at Wesley Bible

By ANDY MILLER - Emmerich News
Fri,02/18/22-6:26PM, 106,150 Reads 580,970 Statewide
After a couple of days in my role as VP of Academic Affairs, I read the peer report of our accreditation from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). We had been granted 10 years from that group that accredits more than 250 seminaries throughout the country.
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Good coaches deserve patience

Tue,06/28/22-8:26PM, 78,421 Reads 161,165 Statewide
While Ole Miss fans are celebrating the school’s first College World Series championship, and Mississippians in general are feeling rightfully proud of back-to-back baseball titles for this state, there is an important lesson to draw from the Rebels’ remarkable journey.
That lesson? Don’t give up on a good coach.
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Back-to-back has been great fun

Tue,06/28/22-8:36PM, 77,755 Reads 167,639 Statewide
In the 75-year history of the College World Series, only three states have had two different schools from their state win the national baseball championship in back-to-back years.
Mississippi’s achievement may be the most unique.
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In this photo taken by Louisiana State University assistant professor Michael Dance, Capt. Brett Falterman, of Fish Research Support, displays an externally tagged greater amberjack before releasing the fish off the coast of Venice, La., on June 9, 2022. Scientists working to get a better estimate of greater amberjack populations are tagging 750 fish to be released from Texas to North Carolina and offering $250 rewards for information and the tags. (Michael Dance/Louisiana State University via AP)

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Amberjack count: tags worth $250 to Gulf, S Atlantic anglers

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tue,06/28/22-4:40PM, 76,112 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Scientists are trying to get a better estimate of greater amberjack populations in the South Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, and this means the chance at a $250 catch for anglers.
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