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Opinion: Climate doom predictions didn’t pan out

During a visit to Japan last May, the President said that when "it comes to gas prices, we're going through . . .

Dumas Police Department Incident Reports

All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The mugshots and arrest records published in . . .

Central and Reed Elementary schools receive school supplies donations from Clearwater Paper

Clearwater Paper Corporation, through the site community outreach team, presented school supplies and facial tissue to Central Elementary and Reed . . .

Leflore County grand jury declines again to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham in Emmett Till lynching

For the second time, a Leflore County grand jury has decided there is insufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham . . .

Opinion: Ole Miss student fears for her safety

A story on the Mississippi Today website about an Ole Miss senior who has decided not to return to school . . .

Essalene Lambert 1927 - 2022
By BROWN FUNERAL HOME OF DUMAS AR
Wed,08/10/22-2:01PM, 1,059 Reads
Mrs. Essalene Lambert, 94 of Dumas passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at her home.
Born November 24, 1927 in Dumas, a daughter of the late Jordan Yancy and Dinah Griffin Holden. She was a member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Varner, AR and a home maker.
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Dumas Police Department Incident Reports
By DUMAS POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS
Wed,08/10/22-12:33PM, 919 Reads
All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The mugshots and arrest records published in the Dumas Clarion or online at dumasclarion.com or on Dumas Clarion Facebook are not an indication of guilt, or evidence that an actual crime has been committed.
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Sharon Kay Clayton 1959 - 2022
By OBITUARY SUBMITTED BY THE FAMILY
Wed,08/10/22-1:59PM, 819 Reads
Beloved daughter, sister, aunt, great-aunt, cousin, and friend, Sharon Kay Clayton (63) was called home to Glory on July 28, 2022, after a valiant battle with cancer.
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Leflore County grand jury declines again to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham in Emmett Till lynching
By KEVIN EDWARDS - Greenwood Commonwealth
Tue,08/09/22-2:26PM, 757 Reads
For the second time, a Leflore County grand jury has decided there is insufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham in connection with the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till.
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This frame grab from a video released Friday by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety shows Mississippi highway Patrol state trooper Hayden Falvey placing Eugene Lewis in handcuffs prior to searching his car during an Aug. 5 traffic stop in McComb.

State trooper cleared of misconduct

By Matt Williamson

Enterprise-Journal

A Mississippi Highway Patrol state trooper has been cleared of wrongdoing in an Aug. 5 arrest that was the subject of a viral live-streamed video in which two brothers alleged a third was being mistreated when he was being detained.