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Nellie Elouise Parker

By STAFF REPORT STAFF REPORT
Thu,08/14/25-7:15AM, 215 Reads
A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada for Nellie Elouise Parker, 94, of Tillatoba, who died on Tuesday, Aug. 5, in Grenada. The Rev. Rickey Harris officiated. Family and friends gathered one hour prior to the service on Saturday, Aug. 9, at McKibben and Guinn.
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Software glitch delays distribution of full SNAP benefits in Mississippi

By GWEN DILWORTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY GWEN DILWORTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,11/25/25-3:50PM, 215 Reads 6,189 Statewide
Full food stamp benefits are still delayed one week after they were set to resume, according to the Mississippi Department of Human Services. The slowdown is the result of a software system issue, agency spokesperson Mark Jones told Mississippi Today.
“Our software systems are old,” he said.
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Tommy McRee

By STAFF REPORT STAFF REPORT
Thu,01/22/26-11:56PM, 215 Reads

DEATH NOTICE: Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date for Mr. Tommy McRee of Grenada, who died on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, at his residence.
McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada is in charge of arrangements.
Audience members express emotion as public comments are given during the DeSoto County School Board meeting in Hernando, Miss. on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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DeSoto County school board members want the power to remove a peer. Some legislators are listening

By LEONARDO BEVILACQUA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY LEONARDO BEVILACQUA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,02/05/26-1:32PM, 215 Reads 9,230 Statewide
In DeSoto County, some community members and the school board want Michele Henley, the board’s former president, to resign. They say she wrote a letter and testified in support of a woman who was eventually convicted of sexual battery against a minor. Henley has denied those accusations.
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