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Discovering history at the Shiloh National Military Park Corinth Interpretive Center

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Fish camp for ages 10-15 set at Bob Tyler Fish Hatchery near Enid Lake

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BLS: Mississippi unemployment rate remains unchanged at 3.8% (as of April 2026)

Below is a press release from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently . . .

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BLS: Mississippi unemployment rate remains unchanged at 3.8% (as of April 2026)
Sun,05/31/26-11:52AM , 726 Reads 11,446 Statewide
Below is a press release from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics:

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released their State Employment and Unemployment Summary for April of 2026.
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Peggy's Ponderings
By PEGGY SIMS
Thu,05/28/26-1:09PM , 174 Reads
Well, it’s a rainy, wet and sodden day here on Circle S Farms. We begged and prayed for rain so long for the past few months and now it seems as if God has opened the heavens and we are drenched.
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Bless Your Heart
By CONNIE BUNCH
Thu,05/28/26-12:46PM , 209 Reads
The T-shirt said, “Yestiddy I didn no what grad ju wat mint, now i are won!”
Daniel found that shirt when he was a senior graduating from Corinth High School and brought it home!
Fortunately, he could read it! And laugh about it.
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A cotton picker harvests cotton from a farm field near Sumner in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, on Oct. 13, 2021. (Photo by Clay McFerrin, Copyright Emmerich Newspapers Inc.)

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USDA launches Great American Cotton Plan to revitalize cotton farm economy
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Thu,05/28/26-3:05PM , 806 Reads
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the Great American Cotton Plan, a comprehensive USDA initiative to strengthen the cotton farm economy, restore domestic textile manufacturing, expand cotton trade opportunities, and increase demand for products made with American-grown cotton.
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Calvary Chapel will celebrate 36 years as a church and 41 years of ministry during a special service Sunday, June 7, at 10 a.m. (Photo by Joe Young)

Calvary Chapel celebrates 36 years as church, 41 years of ministry

In 1985, a ministry was begun for the staff of Parchman’s Mississippi Department of Corrections, and on June 3, 1990, that ministry took a name and built a home of its own known as Calvary Chapel of Parchman. This Sunday, June 7, the church will celebrate its anniversary with a special service.

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