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Governor Reeves Announces Mississippi Awarded Nearly $206 Million to Strengthen Healthcare in Rural CommunitiesHeadline News Political
Governor Tate Reeves today announced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded Mississippi $205,907,220 through the Rural Health Transformation Program to strengthen healthcare in rural communities...
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Magnolia's 2025-2026 Budget Passed During September City Board MeetingHeadline News
During the September City Board meeting held Tuesday evening, the General and Utilities Fund budgets were approved at the amounts of $2,229,000 and $1,956,800 respectively. Prior to the meeting, a Public Hearing was...
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Randy Braswell (1948-2025): Prominent Citizen PassesHeadline News
December 7, 1948, in Winona, to Elmer and Grace Braswell, Randy lived most of his life in Southwest Mississippi, working in the land, timber, and gas and oil leasing business. Through his company Worldwide Companies,...
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Aldermen Salary Reduction Discussed: August City Board Working Session Held Tuesday NightHeadline News
The working session for the August Magnolia City Board Meeting was held Tuesday night at City Hall. All City Aldermen/Alderwomen and the Mayor were in attendance as well as approximately 10 concerned city residents....
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New Family Medicine Residency Physicians Arrive at SouthwestHeadline News
SOUTHWEST FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PHYSICIANS COME SEE DR. LAMPTON AT THE FRYE/MAGNOLIA CLINIC BUILDING LOCATED AT 111 MAGNOLIA STREET!!! NEW FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PHYSICIANS ARRIVE AT SOUTHWEST--- Southwest Health...
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Pike County Soil And Water Conservation District Announces Call For Annual Scholarship ApplicationsHeadline News
The Pike County Soil and Water Conservation District, a member of the Mississippi Association of Conservation Districts (MACD), announces its annual call for applications for 6 scholarships to be awarded in January 2026....
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Highway Architects: Building Mississippi's FutureHeadline
Former Northern Transportation Commissioner Zack Stewart. They’re an authentic Who’s Who of Mississippi Roadbuilding, modern version. Like earlier pioneers of state road construction, they took us out of the mud,...
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Longtime Tylertown Times Editor Carolyn Dillon Honored At Tylertown Dairy FestivalHeadline
At the last meeting of the Walthall County Historical Society in April, member Darryl Hote moved that the Society submit a proposal to the Town of Tylertown that the road running through Holmes Water Park be named...
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NEW ORLEANS JAILBREAK HAS TIES TO MAGNOLIAHeadline News
by Terry Jackson, GAZETTE City Editor - tdjackson56@att.net On May 15th, the city of Magnolia officially opened its new Public Safety Complex, located at 1130 N Clark Avenue in central Magnolia. The new complex, which...
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Mayor-elect Marvin Brumfield Begins Holding Community Listening Meetings: Empowering Citizen Voices in Local GovernanceHeadline News
Even before our new Mayor takes office on July 1st Mayor-elect Marvin Brumfield has initiated a series of Community Listening Meetings aimed at fostering open dialogue between the city’s administration and its...
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NIL Changed the Game, But Not Everyone's Cheering in the Stands Down SouthColumns Headline News
“The” Ohio State University, with a star running back first nurtured at Ole Miss, won the most recent college football national championship. It seems eons ago. Recruiting is mostly over for the moment, but it never...
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Delta Deep in Crisis: Mississippi Farmers Struggle Amid Tariffs, Costs, and UncertaintyHeadline News
DELTA DEEP IN CRISIS: MISSISSIPPI FARMERS STRUGGLE AMID TARIFFS, COSTS, AND UNCERTAINTY by Mac Gordon, GAZETTE Contributing Editor Mississippi’s farmers and their brethren across the fruited plain are in a mighty...
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Magnolia Ushers in a New Mayor as a Result of the Primary ElectionsHeadline News
On Tuesday, April 1st, Magnolia held municipal primary elections for the mayor’s office and four aldermen positions. The fifth alderman position (Ward 4) only had one unopposed candidate. A total of 371 inperson, 18...
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Litter Is a Serious Problem in the City of MagnoliaHeadline News
Littering has become a significant issue in the city of Magnolia. This quaint city, known in the past for its historic homes, vibrant downtown shopping, and united community is now grappling with the growing menace of...
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Southernisms: A Penny For Your ThoughtsColumns Headline
Of all the times for Trump to pull another one of his ill-conceived shenanigans, he chose the week of Abraham Lincoln's birthday to announce that he was ordering the U.S. Treasury Department to stop minting our...
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Joy Gardner Reeves (1947-2025), Local Artist and Longtime Gazette Advertising Executive, Passes Away in SummitHeadline Obituary
Two examples of Joy’s work: this drawing for the Garden Club in McComb is still used on its brochures. She also for many years did the stage art and program art for Magnolia’s famous Conway’s School of Dance,...
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Twists & Turns: Snow in the Deep SouthColumns Headline
Wow! That was a lot of snow in January! Heck, that was a lot of snow for the deep south for a whole year…maybe even 5 years! And I have to admit we didn’t quite know what to do with it. It’s understandable that...
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Snow Blankets Magnolia and Pike CountyHeadline News
SNOW BLANKETS MAGNOLIA & PIKE COUNTY COME SEE DR. LAMPTON AT THE FRYE/MAGNOLIA CLINIC BUILDING LOCATED AT 111 MAGNOLIA STREET!!! HISTORIC MARY LAMPTON REID HOUSE ON SOUTH CHERRY--- The Historic Mary Lampton Reid House,...
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Mississippi Celebrates its 207th Birthday: Writer Willie Morris Reflected Once That The Special Quality of the Land "Indelibly Shapes the Human Beings Who Dwell Upon It"Columns Headline News
The calendar has turned again on Mississippi. Its 207th anniversary as a state was recently acknowledged by the Census Bureau. Mississippi was established on Dec. 10, 1817, as the nation's 20th commonwealth. How is the...
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President Jimmy Carter (1924-2024): This Southern Governor Was Elected President in 1976 When Americans Were Hunting Decency to Run the CountryColumns Headline News
In an all-American sort of way, he was first elected to the local school board. Then Jimmy Carter became President of the United States of America. Well, not in one move. There were several elected jobs in-between those...
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Beloved Jacksonian Alison Jean “Tippy” Reimers Lyell (1940-2024) PassesHeadline Obituary
ALISON “TIPPY’ LYELL (1940-2024) Alison Jean “Tippy” Reimers Lyell, age 84, passed away peacefully at her Jackson home on November 1, 2024 surrounded by her family. She was born August 30, 1940 at the old...
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Longtime Gazette Contributing Editor, Guy Geller, Dies At Beachman HospitalHeadline Obituary
Guy Geller (1936-2024) Guy Charles Geller, 87 years old, of the Progress community, passed away Saturday, September 14, 2024 at Beacham Memorial Hospital in Magnolia. A memorial service is planned at Silver Springs...
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Chris Laird Tabbed as New Southwest Volleyball Head CoachHeadline News
The revitalization of the Southwest Mississippi Community College Volleyball program took a major step forward recently with the hiring of Chris Laird as the team’s new head coach. Laird brings nearly 30 years of...
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A Country Divided Cannot Save ItselfHeadline Political
The country is paying dearly for the division it has caused itself. Our countrymen—-you, me and everyone else—-are the blame. The shooter had the gun and pulled the trigger, but this is on all of us. Our politics...
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