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Sharia tempest in a teapot

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Dollar General in Charleston is set to reopen Monday after being closed for more than one month. (Photo by Clay McFerrin)

Charleston Dollar General scheduled to reopen Monday

The Dollar General store in Charleston is scheduled to reopen Monday, Aug. 31, according to reports. The retail outlet has . . .

The home, outbuilding and other structures in the back yard of North Franklin Street resident Peggy Cole of Charleston were damaged Saturday night, Aug. 22, by sections of an uprooted, fallen oak tree.

Storm causes local damages

A storm packing high winds damaged roofs and blew down numerous trees and limbs, knocking out electrical service to hundreds . . .

Brian Barnes of Greenwood displays images that he and his friend from college, David Nicholas, took at Ground Zero on the day two passenger jets were flown into the Twin Towers, Sept. 11, 2001. They had moved to Manhattan to work in films and photography, so they had the equipment on hand and used it to record what they saw. Their images will be displayed at an exhibit titled "Mississippi Bears Witness." It will open at the Museum of the Mississippi Delta on Sept. 10. The next day will be the 25th anniversary 9/11.

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Day of devastation: 25 years later, 9/11 exhibit to open soon at museum
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - The Greenwood Commonwealth
Fri,08/28/26-9:00PM , 805 Reads 12,531 Statewide
The effect was personal — but unifying.

That’s how the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, are being remembered by many among the millions of Americans who watched the televised events that day.
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Pictured, from left, are Erma Dorsey, Shelia Walker, Martha Reed, Wanda Chatmon, Dexter McCaskill, Peggy Smith, Tracy Vance, LaVetti Johnson, Jean Anderson, Jacqueline Leland, Naomi Taylor, Deborah Keys, William Wilson, Jessie Herron and Charleston High School Assistant Principal Christopher Suggs and his daughter. (Photo special to The Sun-Sentinel)

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Taking it back where it started: CHS Class of 1984 celebrates 42nd reunion
By NAOMI TAYLOR AND JEAN ANDERSON - Special to The Sun-Sentinel
Sat,08/29/26-7:00AM , 744 Reads
The Charleston High School Class of 1984 celebrated their 42nd class reunion July 31 and Aug. 1 with the theme, “Taking It Back Where It Started.”
What made this reunion especially meaningful was the opportunity to return to the place where so many wonderful memories began — our high school.
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BLS: Mississippi unemployment rate lowers to 3.6% (as of July 2026)
By PRESS RELEASE - US BLS
Tue,08/25/26-11:06AM , 588 Reads 11,615 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 July of 2026.
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Dollar General in Charleston is set to reopen Monday after being closed for more than one month. (Photo by Clay McFerrin)

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Charleston Dollar General scheduled to reopen Monday
By CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Sat,08/29/26-9:46AM , 569 Reads
The Dollar General store in Charleston is scheduled to reopen Monday, Aug. 31, according to reports.

The retail outlet has been shuttered since late July due to mechanical issues relating to its air conditioning system.

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Redistricting joint committee will hold hearing Wed. at DSU

The Mississippi Legislature’s joint committee on redistricting will hold its next hearing on Wednesday at Delta State University to gather testimony from Mississippians on how lawmakers should proceed in whether to redraw Mississippi’s congressional and state legislative districts following the U.S.