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July 14, 2020

$1.95 Million in Grant Funding Awarded to Increase College Completion among Mississippi Students

Students attending six Mississippi public universities will benefit from a five-year, multi-million dollar commitment from the Woodward Hines Education Foundation (WHEF) to support college retention, persistence, and completion through the Improving Mississippi’s Persistence and Completion Together (IMPACT) initiative. WHEF is an endowed Mississippi non-profit organization that has focused its efforts on promoting increased postsecondary access…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 14, 2020

AG: Jonestown Mayor Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced Jonestown Mayor Kenneth Lester entered a guilty plea Friday in Coahoma County Circuit Court on four counts of embezzlement for converting various public funds for his own use. “Public officials are entrusted to be good stewards of taxpayer money,” General Fitch said. “My office will always protect the citizens of Mississippi…