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A National Weather Service map for the agency's Memphis service area shows that a hard freeze is expected tonight.

The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning for Tallahatchie County and much of the rest of Mississippi and . . .

Mississippi Delta counties lead nation with highest rates of gun homicides

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Illegal alien pleads guilty to firearm possession as a part of Operation Take Back America
By BILLIE L. EUBANKS - Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Mississippi
Mon,03/16/26-3:27PM , 241 Reads
GREENVILLE – A Mexican national, illegally in the United States, pleaded guilty to the illegal possession of firearms in front of United States District Court Chief Judge Debra M. Brown. Sentencing will be held at a later date at which the defendant faces a statutory maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.
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A National Weather Service map for the agency's Memphis service area shows that a hard freeze is expected tonight.

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Hard freeze warning in effect tonight
Mon,03/16/26-3:17PM , 256 Reads
The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning for Tallahatchie County and much of the rest of Mississippi and the Mid-South effective from 8 Monday night until noon on Tuesday.
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Mississippi Delta counties lead nation with highest rates of gun homicides
By GERARD EDIC - The Greenwood Commonwealth/Report for America
Mon,03/16/26-1:28PM , 324 Reads 3,947 Statewide
Leflore County consistently leads the nation with one of the highest gun homicide rates

This is the first story in a series about gun violence in the Mississippi Delta.
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Alena Crear, 5, looks around as state leaders speak during a press conference on affordable child care and tax relief for family necessities Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, at the Capitol in Jackson. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Senate approves funding for Mississippi’s child care crisis. Will it survive the House?
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,03/16/26-11:46AM , 128 Reads 3,129 Statewide
Advocates say state leaders must address Mississippi’s 11-month child care crisis but warn the $15 million would only alleviate a fraction of roughly 20,000 households on a waitlist.
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Illegal alien pleads guilty to firearm possession as a part of Operation Take Back America

GREENVILLE – A Mexican national, illegally in the United States, pleaded guilty to the illegal possession of firearms in front of United States District Court Chief Judge Debra M. Brown. Sentencing will be held at a later date at which the defendant faces a statutory maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.