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Indianola has a newly appointed chief of police. During Monday's Indianola Board of Aldermen meeting, Markricus Hibbler was name chief . . .

IPD Investigating Thursday Night Murder, Arrests Man Who Fired Shots on Front Avenue

Indianola police were kept busy with two separate incidents on Thursday night, one of which was apparently the city's third . . .

UM School of Journalism and New Media IMC team wins second place in student advertising competition

It’s a match to remember. A University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media IMC team recently won second . . .

"I Could Not Believe He Walked On This One": Officer Was Stunned Daquarius Wright Was Acquitted In Armed Robbery Case Last October

One of the men charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Paul’s Jewelry owner Jamie Iverson was acquitted . . .

Rams heading to the playoffs, will face Itawamba

The Gentry High Rams baseball team has begun its 2021 playoff competition. With a long three-hour trip Wednesday to northeast . . .

Indianola native Yasmine Brown, second from left, was on the UM team that took second place in the nation's premier student advertising competition. Courtesy of University of Mississippi

Daquarius Wright is pictured here after he was arrested this week for the murder of Paul's Jewelry owner Jamie Iverson.

Mississippi revenue collections are on record pace
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 1,082 Reads
Wed, 05/12/2021 - 04:30 PM
Mississippi revenue collections through April are on near-record pace for the largest percentage year over year increase in the modern era.
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All these decades later, little ‘JT’ Bell gets his day at Miss. State
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 158 Reads
Wed, 05/12/2021 - 04:14 PM
In a more fair and just Mississippi, James Thomas Bell — JT to his family and friends around Starkville — probably would have attended his hometown college, then Mississippi A&M, where he surely would have become a baseball star.
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Graphic by Bethany Atkinson

Mississippi requests $2 billion in federal COVID relief funds for state, local governments
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 141 Reads
Wed, 05/12/2021 - 04:08 PM
The state of Mississippi has applied for more than $2 billion in American Rescue Plan funds — a key first step to the state receiving the federal stimulus money for local and state governments to spend.
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Jarvis Diggs

Jarvis Diggs
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On Wed, 05/12/2021 - 02:45 PM
Graveside services for Jarvis Diggs of Indianola will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Riverside Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Diggs, 28, died Saturday, May 1, 2021.
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Daisy L. (Jackson) Johnson
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On Wed, 05/12/2021 - 02:43 PM
A celebration of life service honoring Daisy L. (Jackson) Johnson, 69, of Indianola will be held at 12 noon Saturday at Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church in Indianola.
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Walter Sherman Foster
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On Wed, 05/12/2021 - 02:43 PM
Walter Sherman Foster passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at Baptist Hospital in Jackson from complications from a stroke. Walter was born April 6, 1943 in Louise to Walter and Nannie Chaney Foster.
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Samuel Stephen Herring
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On Wed, 05/12/2021 - 02:42 PM
Samuel Stephen Herring, 70, of Belzoni, passed away Monday, May 10, 2021 at Sharkey Issaquena Nursing Home in Rolling Fork.
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Alexis Denise Jenkins
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On Wed, 05/12/2021 - 02:41 PM
Services for Alexis Denise Jenkins, 24, of Moorhead were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 8 at Redmon Funeral Home, Indianola followed by burial at Pine Ridge Cemetery, Moorhead.
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SALTER: If Biden means his tough China talk, Wicker’s SHIPYARD Act is a good place to start
By Sid Salter - Mississippi State University, 514 Reads
Wed, 05/12/2021 - 11:13 AM
Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

In his “interim” national security document issued in March, President Joe Biden sounded sharp concerns about China, and he ramped up that tough talk in his first address to a joint session of Congress in April.
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