Mississippi finished the just completed fiscal year with nearly $700 million in surplus funds, according to a preliminary report compiled and recently released by the staff of the Legislative Budget Committee.

During the fiscal year ending June 30, Mississippi collected $7.69 billion, 10% above the official estimate.

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Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) held its 2021 Practical Nursing (PN) Pinning and Graduation Ceremony Thursday, July 8 in the J.T. Hall Coliseum.

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Derrion Eloby and Carlos Jones, of Horn Lake and Edwin Terrell Brown, of Charleston, were convicted last Friday by a Sunflower County jury following a four-day trial, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced this week.

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