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May 17, 2026

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  • Hinds CC Holds Preview Day for Area High School Seniors

    More than 500 high school students and parents swarmed the Raymond Campus of Hinds Community College for the annual Preview Day on Feb. 2. Their mission was to see what the college has to offer in career training...

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  • The New Mobile Bypass Makes the Trip Through Mobile to the Gulf So Much Easier

    Mississippi vacationers’ frustration with the annual traversal through Mobile on the way to Gulf of Mexico beaches is finished. Travelers can sing farewell to that part of the trip that formerly carried them past...

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  • City of Bolton Town Clerk Arrested for Embezzlement

    Auditor Shad White announced Special Agents from his office have arrested Shelia Williams for embezzlement. Williams is accused of embezzling cash payments from the City of Bolton’s water department. She was served...

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  • Raymond Public Library Spring Schedule

    Spring is coming and the Raymond Public Library is offering some new programs for the month of March. A Mental Wellness program is being offered on March 20 at 2:00 p.m. Also, a program titled “What Do I Do?” First...

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  • Department of Communication’s Advertising Agency Gives MC Students Hands-On PR Experience

    Churches, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations in central Mississippi have a dynamic new avenue to help spread the word about their objectives and grow their brand through traditional and social media. Big...

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  • HCC Music Student to Sing at the Grand Ole Opry

    Hinds Com-munity College sophomore Gavin Standish, a member of the college’s choral music program, is only 19 years old, but when he sings he demonstrates the command of someone far beyond his years. Standish is set...

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  • Terry Headlight News

    Unfortunately, there are two deaths to report this week. The first one was the death of Edna Ruth McManus Keyes. She lived in Terry during her childhood years before her family moved to Crystal Springs. She was the...

    Columns News
  • Hinds CC Foundation Scholarship Application Deadline is February 15, 2024

    HCC SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE--- Hinds Community College Foundation Scholarship recipient Jonshuntaya Banks, right,is pictured with instructor Wendy Durrell during a demonstration at a recent open house on the...

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  • Governor Tate Reeves’ Proposed Tax Cuts: Good for Mississippi?

    The late Mississippi Gov. Kirk Fordice delighted in saying that his photograph accompanied the definition of “tax cut” in dictionaries, as in tax-cutter supremo. Current Gov. Tate Reeves is apparently trying to...

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  • Laughs 4 Life Creates Fun Space For Children’s of Mississippi Patients

    A shiny new space with blue skies, a rainbow and interactive digital boards for games, puzzles and drawing is now open for patients in the state’s only children’s hospital thanks to Laughs 4 Life. The perennially...

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  • Terry Headlight News

    This week in our town, we have two deaths to report, and these departed have been members of two of the old families from this part of the county. We send our heartfelt condolences to the living members of these two...

    Columns News
  • Terry Headlight News

    The 2023 Christmas season has finally arrived! The season of Advent, which ended on Sunday, has been quite a journey of spiritual exploration that has hopefully prepared us to the joy that the birth of Jesus brought to...

    Columns News
  • Cadet Bailey Barnes Receives DAR JROTC Medal

    DAR JROTC MEDAL--- Pictured above Cadet Bailey Barnes, second from left, is the DAR Outstanding JROTC Cadet holding her certificate and wearing the medal she earned. Pictured above from left to right: Robin Lackey,...

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  • Raymond Culture Club

    RAYMOND CULTURE CLUB--- Raymond Culture Club Meeting was held on October 26, 2023. James Anderson entertained and educated the Raymond Culture Club with his portrayal of James Hervey Boyd, Mayor of Jackson in the...

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  • Terry Headlight News

    Last Wednesday evening and Thursday morning will be remembered as a dark time for the town of Terry. I returned for my All Saints’ memorial service during which the Bishop of Mississippi spoke. That service was in...

    Columns News
  • Mental Health Counselor, Trusted Student Ally Receives DBT’s MVP Award for November

    College students face a host of challenges that could threaten their mental well-being. Leaving home for the first time, balancing their classes, study time, and social lives effectively, and navigating new...

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  • Terry Headlight News

    On Tuesday morning, news of the death of Nell Taylor Eley was made known. She was a Monticello native who lived in three different houses in Terry on Raymond Street, Cunningham Avenue, and Utica Street. She was a...

    Columns News
  • Central Hinds Academy VS Centreville Academy in Round 2 of the MAIS Football Playoffs

    On a beautiful night in Raymond, tailor made for football, the CHA Varsity Men’s football team played in the most meaningful football game in recent history, and oh what a game it was! This game was full of everything...

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  • Aspen Institute Names Hinds to Top 150 National Community Colleges

    Hinds Com-munity College is among the nation’s top 150 community colleges that are eligible to compete for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence and $1 million in prize funds. The institutions selected...

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  • Central Hinds Academy Girls Soccer State Championship

    CENTRAL HINDS ACADEMY WINS FIRST GIRLS SOCCER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP-- Raymond’s own Central Hinds Academy won their first-ever girls Soccer State Championship! The Lady Cougars beat Washington School of Greenville at the...

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  • Hinds CC to Induct 5 Into SHOF, Recognize Alumni Honorees

    Hinds Community College will induct 5 into the Hinds Sports Hall of Fame and recognize Foundation/Alumni honorees at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 19 as part of the annual Homecoming festivities. Being inducted into the Sports Hall...

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  • Terry Headlight News

    I learned late in the week that former Terry Police Officer Samuel Cooper had passed away on Monday. He was a friend to all that knew him and certainly will be missed. Here is an obituary (not nearly long enough to...

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  • Panels, Tours, Tailgate - Preview Day Offers Prospective Students Inside Look at Mississippi College

    Recruiting “Scouts” will show prospective students what life is like on the Clinton campus during Preview Day at Mississippi College Oct. 14. While contemplating where to invest her undergraduate years, Abby McCoy...

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  • Mississippi State Fairground Prepares for the 164th Mississippi State Fair

    Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson and the Mississippi State Fairgrounds invite the public to experience new attractions at the 164th Mississippi State Fair and remind fairgoers of several items to...

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