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Corinth animal shelter adoption fees are cut, and some waived, through Sept. 30 during BISSELL Pet Foundation’s Empty the Shelters event. How to adopt.
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Corinth animal shelter adoption fees are cut, and some waived, through Sept. 30 during BISSELL Pet Foundation’s Empty the Shelters event. How to adopt.
Corinth animal shelter adoption fees are cut, and some waived, through Sept. 30 during BISSELL Pet Foundation’s Empty the Shelters event. How to adopt.
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Corinth’s mayoral race, a National Merit semifinalist, the Oct. 3 artifact show, drought forecasts and Yellow Creek Port lead the Sept. 28 edition.
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Alcorn Central’s band earned two awards and a second-place finish in Corinth as local football teams won and police mentored career students.
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Alcorn County unemployment was 2.9% in August 2026, below Mississippi’s 3.2% and the U.S. 4.3%, per MDES. Prentiss and Tishomingo were at 3.1%.
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A 70-year-old Prentiss County man died in a Booneville motorcycle crash Sunday night on South Second Street. Booneville police are investigating.
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Baldwyn High sophomores tried welding, crane and VR stations as the Big Ideas skilled trades lab stopped Monday on its tour of Northeast Mississippi schools.
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Baldwyn broke ground on a permanent farmers market building funded by a $334,660 Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation grant, due by January.
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Corinth High senior Thomas Senf is a National Merit semifinalist, one of about 16,000 nationwide competing for 6,700 scholarships worth nearly $24 million.
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The Corinth Indian Artifact Show returns to Crossroads Arena on Saturday, Oct. 3, with free admission, collector displays and awards for the best finds.
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The Corinth mayoral race heads to the Oct. 13 general election with four candidates, and absentee voting at City Hall has been steady ahead of election day.
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The nearly $13 million Yellow Creek Port expansion near Iuka is underway, adding a longer dock, mooring cells, rail upgrades and a 700-ton crane.
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Corinth weather turns hotter this week, with highs near 90 by Thursday before rain chances return Friday and Saturday as drought covers the entire area.
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Sorrell-Howard Hall of Fame honor: Booneville native and Northeast basketball great enters Mississippi State’s M-Club Hall of Fame class of 2026.
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The Sept. 26 roundup covers severe drought, Crossroads Arena plans, a Corinth High literary trip and the Sept. 29 hotel ribbon cutting.
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Alcorn Central’s band took 2nd in Class 3A with best drum major and percussion at the Crossroads Marching Classic in Corinth; New Albany was champion.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State University etched its name into the record books Saturday, as 41,819 cowbells rang simultaneously during
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Corinth police officers Maj. Ben Moore, Eli Buse and Shyanne Middleton told ACTC Law and Public Safety students what it takes to become a Mississippi officer.
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Area football scores for Sept. 25: Kossuth, Booneville and Alcorn Central won, Belmont fell in overtime, and Corinth was idle before hosting South Pontotoc.
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NEMCC football fell 20-10 to No. 11 Northwest on homecoming night in Booneville. Xae Mayes had 224 total yards as the Tigers dropped to 1-4 on the season.
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The Alcorn County drought is now severe on the U.S. Drought Monitor, and nearby Tippah, Itawamba and Lee counties are under burn bans. Here’s what to know.
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