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Charleston teen killed in early Wednesday shooting, two arrested
By CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Fri,10/16/26-2:30PM , 3,605 Reads
Charleston police and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation are probing the early Wednesday (Oct. 14) shooting death of a local teenager about two blocks north of Charleston High School.

Tallahatchie County Coroner Anthony Hawkins identified the victim as 18-year-old Markevion Hayes, aka "Dee," of the 300 block of Pleasant Street.
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Burn ban issued for Tallahatchie County
By CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Fri,10/16/26-10:15AM , 455 Reads
A burn ban is in effect in Tallahatchie County from Oct. 15 through midnight on Oct. 31, Tallahatchie County Fire Coordinator Linnie Maples told The Sun-Sentinel this morning.

During a burn ban, anything with an open flame that produces an ember is not allowed to be burned outdoors.
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Ole Miss Rebels Back on Track After Bye Week
Wed,10/14/26-10:20AM , 815 Reads 11,976 Statewide
By Elijah Klepczyk

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Redemption for Ole Miss football, as the Rebels plastered Vanderbilt 52‑17 in Nashville after a much‑needed bye week.
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Fighting in D.C. to save journalism
By WYATT EMMERICH
Wed,10/14/26-5:02PM , 366 Reads 8,470 Statewide
After visiting daughter Ruth in New York City, Ginny, Lawrence and I took the train from Manhattan’s Penn Station to D.C.’s Union Station.
Given airport shuttle times, airport security, boarding time, airplane taxiing, etc., it was just as fast and a lot less expensive. Plus, trains are a bit of a novelty for Southerners.
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Charleston teen killed in early Wednesday shooting, two arrested

Charleston police and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation are probing the early Wednesday (Oct. 14) shooting death of a local teenager about two blocks north of Charleston High School.

Tallahatchie County Coroner Anthony Hawkins identified the victim as 18-year-old Markevion Hayes, aka "Dee," of the 300 block of Pleasant Street.

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