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Public Notices September 3, 2026

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Another interim superintendent chosen for Canton schools

Veteran educator Bonita Coleman is the new temporary superintendent of Canton Public School District. Coleman comes to the district after . . .

A little bit petty, a whole lot creative: Inside Tupelo’s Petty Betty’s Art Studio

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Christine Wonsley, mother of Nolan Xavier Wells, center, is comforted by her husband, Elmore Wonsley, from left, attorney Ben Crump and the Rev. Al Sharpton during Wells' funeral at Center Pointe Church in Ocean Springs on Monday, July 20, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Trial dates set for those accused of making threats in investigation of Nolan Wells’ death
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,09/03/26-8:12PM , 96 Reads 1,297 Statewide
Two people from out of state accused of threatening to kill or hurt witnesses in the Nolan Wells death investigation appeared in federal court in Mississippi this week.
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Civil rights icon Hezekiah Watkins shares with visitors what it was like to be the youngest Freedom Rider at 13 years old in 1961, at the Two Mississippi Museums, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Hezekiah Watkins gets birthday wishes at Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,09/03/26-8:06PM , 109 Reads 1,323 Statewide
At age 79, civil rights veteran Hezekiah Watkins would do it all over again.
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State Rep. Willie Bailey, D-Greenville, speaks at a legislative redistricting hearing Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at Delta State University in Cleveland. Credit: Michael Goldberg/Mississippi Today

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Redistricting hearing turns tense in US Rep. Bennie Thompson’s backyard
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,09/03/26-8:00PM , 110 Reads 1,397 Statewide
Most Mississippi residents who spoke on Tuesday at the first public hearing on redistricting in the Delta criticized what they saw as a Republican push for power at the expense of Black representation, while some others said they support swift action to redraw electoral maps.
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Another interim superintendent chosen for Canton schools
By DEVNA BOSE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,09/03/26-7:54PM , 96 Reads 906 Statewide
Veteran educator Bonita Coleman is the new temporary superintendent of Canton Public School District.
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Christine Wonsley, mother of Nolan Xavier Wells, center, is comforted by her husband, Elmore Wonsley, from left, attorney Ben Crump and the Rev. Al Sharpton during Wells' funeral at Center Pointe Church in Ocean Springs on Monday, July 20, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

Trial dates set for those accused of making threats in investigation of Nolan Wells’ death

Two people from out of state accused of threatening to kill or hurt witnesses in the Nolan Wells death investigation appeared in federal court in Mississippi this week.