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Photo by Chuck Hathcock © 2025 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. | Kirk Academy senior quarterbaack Linton Carson gets away from a Tipton-Rosemark (Tenn.) Academy defender during a scrimmage last Friday night at Raider Field.

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Raiders drop scrimmage, open season Friday night

By CHUCK HATHCOCK CHUCK HATHCOCK - Sports Editor
Thu,08/21/25-3:30PM, 1,475 Reads
First-year Kirk Academy head football coach Justin Purvis saw some good and not so good things during last Friday’s home scrimmage with Tipton-Rosemark (Tenn.) Academy.
The Raiders lost a 23-15 decision to the Rebels in one half of action. However, Purvis said the not so good is correctable.
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Still an ‘Okie from Muskogee’

By CHRISTOPHER REVES CHRISTOPHER REVES
Thu,07/24/25-11:06AM, 1,475 Reads 31,320 Statewide
There was a song by Merle Haggard that was written in response to the anti-war songs of the 1960s and ’70s, “Okie from Muskogee.” There were all sorts of things that the ‘Okie’ didn't do, but the first thing was that he didn't smoke marijuana.
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Betty Perry Saylors

By STAFF REPORT STAFF REPORT
Wed,09/17/25-8:50PM, 1,473 Reads
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in the Oliver Funeral Home Chapel in Winona for Betty Perry Saylors, 90, of Winona, who died on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at her residence. Burial followed in Oakwood Cemetery. The Rev. Andy Coburn officiated. Visitation was held one hour prior to the service on Saturday, Sept.
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Mississippi National Guard Activates 500 for Winter Storm Response

By PRESS RELEASE - MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD PRESS RELEASE - MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD
Tue,01/27/26-10:32PM, 1,461 Reads 21,781 Statewide
Below is a press release from the Mississippi National Guard:
The Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) activated 500 service members across the state to conduct general support, fueling operations, and aerial logistics packaging of food and other needed supplies following a major winter storm Jan. 23-26, 2026.
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