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With regards to “One Street/2,000 Residents” I’m reminded that vast problems are not solved with half-vast solutions. Jackson needs wins . . .

Arrest Report

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies last week. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty . . .

The WHS Boys Track team won first place in the Winona Invitational Meet held on April 2

Front: DJ Sanders, Triston Bledsoe, Dee Hudson, Arieon Robinson, Jalon Oliver, Hayden Hudson and Gabriel Hune. Back: Ivan Jamerson, Kameron . . .

Civics, financial literacy, Math Act included in omnibus Mississippi education bill as session winds down

Several education-related bills that did not previously make it through the legislative process were included in a last-minute agreement between . . .

Lawmakers were best at being cautious

When Mississippi lawmakers spend three to four months in Jackson considering thousands of proposals, it’s a certainty that they will . . .

The outpatient physical rehabilitation clinic will be closing within 15 days as a part of a layoff of 86 employees at Greenwood Leflore Hospital. A limited staff of physical therapists will remain on staff during that time while patients transition to other physical therapy clinics in the area.

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Hospital laying off 86, dropping 4 services
By BRENT MAZE
Wed,04/08/26-6:04PM , 1,395 Reads 21,220 Statewide
Financially teetering Greenwood Leflore Hospital is laying off 86 employees and eliminating four more of its services in the hopes of surviving long enough to be taken over by another operator.
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Legislature revises full-day school attendance language, provides for excused absences for school activities
By JEREMY PITTARI - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Mon,04/06/26-1:12PM , 892 Reads 8,109 Statewide
Lawmakers also took steps to address chronic absenteeism, requiring school districts to adopt locally developed student attendance policies and increasing school attendance officer pay, among other provisions.
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Mississippi’s March revenues exceed estimate by $20.5 million
By FRANK CORDER - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Mon,04/06/26-2:12PM , 829 Reads 7,198 Statewide
Year-to-date state revenue collections with three months remaining in the current fiscal year remain $120 million, or 2.32% above estimate.
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Robert St. John: Work is not a four-letter word
By ROBERT ST. JOHN
Mon,04/06/26-2:38PM , 829 Reads 7,634 Statewide
Robert St. John says when you surround yourself with people who show up and who care, the word work starts to feel less like a complaint and more like a privilege.

A twelve-year-old with a push mower and six neighbors who needed their yards cut — that’s as close to a business plan as I’ve ever had.
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