Home | Clarke County Tribune

Today's Top Stories

The long-awaited Sales Tax Holiday has finally arrived! This year, the 2025 Sales Tax Holiday is set to take place . . .

Crime Report for July 3, 2026 - July 7, 2026

The arrest records are published weekly and information in the records is obtained directly from the Clarke County Sheriff’s Department . . .

Foster Grandparent Program Shows Some Love to Diversicare Residents

The Lauderdale County Foster Grandparent Program, which is sponsored by Multi-County Community Service Agency and serves in Lauderdale County, Clarke . . .

From Wanted to Captured by QPD!

Geovante Pierre Carter, age 34 from Stonewall, was successfully captured by the Quitman Police Department on Monday, July 6, 2026 . . .

Magnolia Mornings: July 10, 2026

Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion In Mississippi 1. Columbus . . .

Gabriel Prado, CEO and president of PraCon Global Investment Group, speaks at a press conference in Jackson on Monday, June 1, 2026, on the Public Service Commission declining to issue an opinion and his company's plan to build an AI industrial campus in the Jackson area. Credit: Katherine Lin/Mississippi Today

free content

Mississippi developer plans to move forward with data center plans, even as state declines to give ruling
By KATHERINE LIN AND ALEX ROZIER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,07/09/26-11:48PM , 155 Reads 4,061 Statewide
The Public Service Commission declined to issue an opinion on Prado’s proposed data center campus, citing a lack of information.

A Mississippi company plans to move forward in building a private power plant and an artificial intelligence industrial campus.
Click Here to Read More
The Dollye M. E. Robinson Building on the campus of Jackson State University, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

free content

Jackson State’s new president will receive leadership training for a role previously marked by turmoil
By CANDICE WILDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,07/09/26-11:38PM , 130 Reads 3,826 Statewide
Alumna Denise Jones Gregory began the role on a permanent basis May 1. The university has had four presidents in six years, and some left under mysterious circumstances.
Click Here to Read More
free content

Expert: Mississippi least transparent on how it’s spending federal rural health money
By TAYLOR VANCE AND GWEN DILWORTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,07/09/26-11:32PM , 118 Reads 4,512 Statewide
Lawmakers passed oversight legislation requiring the program’s funding to be directed toward rural communities and spending to be reported to the Legislature. Gov. Reeves vetoed the bill
Click Here to Read More
free content

Q&A: Jackson State President Denise Jones Gregory shares the path ahead for the university
By CANDICE WILDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,07/09/26-11:28PM , 107 Reads 2,250 Statewide
‘I believe leadership should be visible, approachable and genuinely engaged in student life,’ new leader says.
Click Here to Read More