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Opinion: Hiking along the Sea of Galilee

We took a bus from the end of our third day on the Jesus Trail into Tiberius, a totally Jewish . . .

Court of Appeals Decisions - May 17, 2022

Listed below are the Mississippi Court of Appeals decisions for the week of May 17, 2022: Smith, Joel, J. X . . .

High energy burden for Mississippians expected to get worse this summer

Booming natural gas prices, along with retiring coal plants and limited oil production, mean electric bills will likely go up . . .

State files lawsuit to recoup $24 million in welfare funds from Brett Favre, WWE wrestlers and 34 other people or companies

The Mississippi Department of Human Services has filed a civil lawsuit against 38 individuals or entities it says took welfare . . .

Inside a $30 million bet on Mississippi’s medical marijuana industry

In an unincorporated area outside Raymond stands what its chief executive claims will be the largest medical marijuana growing and . . .

Clint Patterson, CEO of Mockingbird Cannabis, with blue prints of the 163,000 square-foot facility currently under construction, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Cathy Bissell, founder of the BISSELL Pet Foundation, speaks with City of Grenada officials, while Friends of Grenada Animal Shelter supporters are seen looking through the locked fence to the Grenada Animal Shelter. Bissell pledged $50,000 to help with upgrades at the aging facility. | Photo by Adam Prestridge

The Grenada Star files FOIA request for complete City of Grenada budget
By STAFF REPORT
Thu,05/12/22-9:00PM, 3,365 Reads
After repeated attempts to obtain a copy of the City of Grenada’s current budget, The Grenada Star has formally filed an open records request to obtain a copy of the complete budget for fiscal year 2021-22.
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Officials with the Franciscan religious order announced Friday that St. Francis School, due to declining enrollment and increasing budget deficits, will be permanently shuttered after school lets out May 20.

St. Francis School is closing after more than 70 years
By TIM KALICH - Greenwood Commonwealth
Fri,05/13/22-12:00PM, 1,016 Reads 20,642 Statewide
Greenwood’s only Catholic school will be closing after more than 70 years of operation.
When St. Francis of Assisi School concludes its school year on May 20, it will be permanently shuttering an institution that has been educating mostly Black and Hispanic children since 1951.
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Editorial: Gang violence
By WYATT EMMERICH
Fri,05/13/22-1:16PM, 784 Reads 15,501 Statewide
The shooting at Jackson’s recent Mudbug Festival on the state fairgrounds was a sad indictment of the juvenile lawlessness afflicting our capital city. A hundred shots were fired killing one and sending five to the hospital. Teens were the ones pulling the triggers.
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Opinion: Hiking along the Sea of Galilee
By WYATT EMMERICH
Tue,05/17/22-3:28PM, 178 Reads 5,293 Statewide
We took a bus from the end of our third day on the Jesus Trail into Tiberius, a totally Jewish city on the banks of the Sea of Galilee, population 44,000 making it the largest city on the tiny sea (really just a lake).
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The Grenada Star files FOIA request for complete City of Grenada budget

St. Francis School is closing after more than 70 years

Editorial: Gang violence

Opinion: Hiking along the Sea of Galilee

The Grenada Star files FOIA request for complete City of Grenada budget

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