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Emily Cockerham, left, is pictured alongside her boyfriend, Sam Seymore. (Photos from the Tallahatchie County Sheriff's Office)

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US marshals join hunt for fugitive, no longer believed to be in area

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN
Thu,07/17/25-11:20AM, 1,036 Reads 6,529 Statewide
The U.S. Marshals Service has joined the search for a fugitive who led lawmen on an hourlong, multi-county automobile chase and then eluded them on foot during a July 10 manhunt in the rugged hill country of southeastern Tallahatchie County.
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Laverne Ricks Funderburg

By STAFF REPORT STAFF REPORT
Wed,10/22/25-5:30PM, 1,036 Reads
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in the chapel of McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada for Laverne Ricks Funderburg, 78, of Hernando, who died on Sunday, Oct. 5, at her home. Burial followed in Memorial Gardens in Grenada. Bro. Larry Brinker and Bro. Michael Payton officiated.
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School ratings should first be believable

Wed,11/12/25-6:38PM, 1,034 Reads 15,575 Statewide
After more than a decade of rating its schools and school districts with grades from A to F, Mississippi is thinking about replacing that system.
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Proof of citizenship can be a hassle

Fri,06/06/25-9:38PM, 1,032 Reads 24,781 Statewide
When voter ID laws started to become popular about 20 years ago, they were a solution in search of a problem.
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