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Man dies from shooting
By GERARD EDIC
Wed,05/13/26-6:06PM , 1,985 Reads 22,546 Statewide
Editor's Note: The story has been updated with the identity of the victim, his age and additional details of the incident.

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Leola McGee
Tue,05/12/26-11:16AM , 1,142 Reads
TUTWILER — Leola M. McGee, age 87, passed away Friday, May 8, in Southaven.
She served at the Emmett Till Adult Daycare Center in Tutwiler.
Tutwiler Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

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The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Mississippi made a stop in Charleston Monday, May 4. Pictured from left are Jeff Radix of the Biloxi Police Department, Charleston Mayor Sedrick Smith Sr., Leroy Powell, Demarkel Echols and Ryan Buckley. (Photo by Vanisha Powell)
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From left, Ryan Buckley, Charleston Mayor Sedrick Smith Sr, Leroy Powell and Demarkel Echols run with the Special Olympics Mississippi torch on George Payne Cossar Boulevard in Charleston on Monday, May 4. The local run was part of an annual statewide activity to help raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics Mississippi.

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Special Olympics Mississippi torch makes run through Charleston
By CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Fri,05/15/26-3:14PM , 955 Reads
The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Mississippi made a stop in Charleston on Monday, May 4.
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Photo by Clay McFerrin, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.

'Yard of the Month'
The Charleston property of Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Speir, located at 664 George Payne Cossar Blvd., has been selected by the Charleston Magnolia Garden Club as their “Yard of the Month” award recipient for May. The club designates a Charleston-area lawn for the beautification honor based on criteria including basic principles of landscape design: unity, balance, contrast and harmony, color, transition, line, proportion and repetition.

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Property of Gerry, Jennifer Speir proclaimed 'Yard of the Month'
By CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Thu,05/14/26-3:57PM , 893 Reads
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State-certified 4-H Shooting Sports instructor Raymond Radcliff, of near Charleston, looks on as a 4-H'er ejects a shell while firing at a sporting clay target at the shotgun range during the May 2 district Shooting Sports competition near Charleston.

Tallahatchie County again hosts district 4-H Shooting Sports competition for 15 counties

The 2026 Northwest District 4-H Safe Archery and Firearms Education and Training for Youth (S.A.F.E.T.Y.) competition, aka 4-H Shooting Sports, was held at the Tallahatchie County Fairgrounds and adjacent former youth league athletic fields east of Charleston on Saturday, May 2.