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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
The date of Thursday, June 30, 2024 may now be added as another day which will be remembered by future American history students. On this day President Trump was convicted of the thirty-four crimes of which he had been...
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Cooper Named Winner of Hinds CC Utica Campus Holtzclaw AwardNews
Dr. Bobby Cooper received the annual Holtzclaw award at the Utica Campus Founder’s Day program on March 21. Retired Jubilee Singers Director Dr. Bobby Cooper was named the winner of the 2024 Holtzclaw Award during the...
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Hinds CC 3E Winner “Cares for all the kids”Headline News
HCC 3E WINNER--- Coach Reginald Dillon was named the winner of Hinds Community College’s annual 3E Award in a surprise ceremony on April 11. From left are Hinds President Dr. Stephen Vacik and Dillon’s wife Maranda....
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Hinds County Planning Commission Did Not Vote to Approve Soul City Solar ProjectHeadline News
HINDS COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION TO VOTE IN JUNE--- On Tuesday, May 28th, more than 200 residents lined the streets of the Raymond Courthouse annex to listen as the Hinds County Planning Commission heard opinions for...
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Mississippi’s K-12 Public Schools Making Progress for Better EducationNews
Mississippi’s K-12 public schools have made verifiable progress in the past decade, none of it more important than stemming a tidal wave of student dropouts. One new report showing the states with the highest dropout...
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Certified Perfect: MC Nursing, Physician Assistant Students Reach 100-Percent Pass Rate on National ExamsNews
Dr. Steve Martin, professor, program director, and department chair of Physician Assistant Studies at Mississippi College, and Dr. Lisa Wright Eichelberger, interim dean of the School of Nursing at MC, praised their...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
“Among the changing months, May stands confest The sweetest, and in fairest colours dressed! Soft as the breeze that fans the smiling field; Sweet as the breath that opening roses yield.” –James Thomson...
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State’s Largest Educators Organization Awards Scholarships to Mississippi College TEL StudentsNews
A pair of students in the School of Education at Mississippi College have earned scholarships from the state’s premier organization for professional educators. Jaydn Bledsoe, a senior elementary education major from...
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MC Student Artist Measures Up to Professional Competition at Statewide Plein Air Painting EventNews
HCC GRADUATION--- Participating in the annual Bell Tower ceremony before the Hinds Community College Utica Campus graduation on May 10 were, from left, K’Cy Jones of Canton, Taniah Parker of Brandon, Mya Kennedy of...
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Raymond Library’s Summer Music Series: A Melodic InvitationNews
Raymond Library is thrilled to announce our Summer Music Series, a celebration of sound and community spirit. This year, we’re extending an open invitation to all community and local musicians to join us in creating a...
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Medicaid Expansion in MississippiNews
Second-term Gov. Tate Reeves experienced a close call only to emerge victorious once again in the fight over expanding a healthcare program that would have benefited a large group of Mississippi’s low-income and...
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Soul City Solar Awards $40,000 to Hinds County Nonprofits in Inaugural Round of Community GrantsHeadline News
The company planning a new solar farm between Bolton and Raymond is partnering with several local organizations to ensure that the project's benefits are felt broadly throughout Hinds County. Soul City Solar is awarding...
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Salem Baptist Church in Lake Welcomes After The ownbeat:Stories & Songs Tour Featuring Grammy Winning Recording Artist, David PhelpsNews
The unmistakable sound of multi-Dove and Grammy Award-winning recording artist, David Phelps (pictured in attached jpg), will be featured in Lake, MS, at the Salem Baptist Church, located at 2380 Salem Road on Saturday,...
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Hinds CC Holds Preview Day for Area High School SeniorsNews
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 EasierHeadline News
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 EmbezzlementHeadline News
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 ScheduleNews
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 ExperienceNews
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 OpryEditorial News
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 NewsColumns 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...
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Hinds CC Foundation Scholarship Application Deadline is February 15, 2024News
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?Headline News
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 PatientsNews
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 NewsColumns 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...
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