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Food Pantry volunteers needed for Saturday’s Distribution Day

The Grenada Food Pantry’s monthly Distribution Day is this Saturday, June 26, and directors are welcoming all volunteers. Kim McRee . . .

Angela Renee Reeves

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 19, 2021, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada . . .

Robert Fields

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 25, 2021, in Bethel Cemetery at Oxberry for Robert . . .

Mississippi Covid-19 Update : June 24, 2021

Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi. New cases of COVID-19: 302 Positive test results . . .

How Black women and the church shaped Deesha Philyaw’s writings

Deesha Philyaw began writing in the early 2000s as a personal hobby. What started as respite from the duties of . . .

Never-say-never ‘Dogs find a way, now three wins from national title
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Wed, 06/23/2021 - 09:13 AM
Down 4-0 and hitless for seven and two-thirds innings, Mississippi State Tuesday night somehow found a way to victory. SEC Player of the Year Tanner Allen surely helped. So did some splendid relief pitching. And a questionable decision by the opposing coach surely didn’t hurt.
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Jill Biden visits Jackson State vaccination site, encourages Mississippians to ‘get your shot’
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 292 Reads
Wed, 06/23/2021 - 09:01 AM
First lady Jill Biden visited a pop up COVID-19 vaccination site at Jackson State University Tuesday as part of the Biden administration’s nationwide tour to reach Americans who haven’t been vaccinated and promote vaccine education.
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Cheryl Elaine Tillman
By Staff Report, 626 Reads
Wed, 06/23/2021 - 07:15 AM
A memorial service will be held at a later date for Cheryl Elaine Tillman, 75, of Grenada, who died on Friday, June 18, 2021, in Grenada.
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Hitt Watkins Arnold Jr.
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Tue, 06/22/2021 - 03:08 PM
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 26, 2021, at the McSwain-Evans Funeral Home Chapel in Newberry, S.C., for Hitt Watkins Arnold Jr., 81, of Prosperity, S.C., who died in the early morning on Tuesday, June 15, at his home on Lake Murray.
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Food Pantry volunteers needed for Saturday’s Distribution Day
By Reggie Ross - Managing Editor, 408 Reads
Tue, 06/22/2021 - 04:30 PM
The Grenada Food Pantry’s monthly Distribution Day is this Saturday, June 26, and directors are welcoming all volunteers.

Kim McRee, one of the directors at the food pantry, said volunteers are needed for this Thursday’s bagging day and Saturday’s day for distribution.
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William R. “Billy” Johnson
By Staff Report, 374 Reads
Tue, 06/22/2021 - 02:39 PM
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 21, 2021, at Kilmichael Baptist Church for Mr. William R. “Billy” Johnson, 73, of Winona, who died on Thursday, June 17, at his residence. Burial followed in Winona Garden of Memory. Dr. David Sartin officiated.
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Ronald Henderson Smith Sr.
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Tue, 06/22/2021 - 04:00 PM
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Hurley Chapel for Ronald Henderson Smith Sr., 69, of Grenada, who died on Sunday, June 6, in Memphis, Tenn., with his loving and devoted wife by his side. Burial followed in Haven Rest Cemetery. The Rev. Ladonnal Wiley Curry of St. Andrew A.M.E.
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Audit: 5.5% of Mississippi’s unemployment payouts in 2020 were improper
By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 505 Reads
Tue, 06/22/2021 - 02:01 PM
The prior year, before the pandemic and when the labor office issued just $59.6 million, just 3% of payments were improper.

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UMMC-Grenada hosting blood drive today
By Staff Report, 503 Reads
Tue, 06/22/2021 - 12:30 PM
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is teaming up with other agencies for a major blood drive that is set to begin today in Grenada.
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