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Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
October 27, 2022

Decatur Telephone, Sledge Telephone receive USDA funding to expand internet access to 2,300 MS residents

The White House announced the funding which send nearly $8.5 million to Mississippi companies. On Wednesday, the White House held a press call in which U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Department is providing $759 million to bring high-speed internet access to people living and working across 24 states, Puerto…
Culture  |  Frank Corder  • 
October 26, 2022

Mississippi Parole Board reverses course, denies murderer Bell’s parole

Bell was originally scheduled to be released on parole in September but the Board reconsidered after procedural issues forced a new hearing. Last month, lawmakers and the public, along with the family of the victim involved, were outraged to learn that the Mississippi Parole Board had granted parole to Frederick Bell, a convicted murderer. READ…