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Millie Partridge is ecstatic to open Pear Tree Studio on March 23 to teach classes on how to do oil paintings.
She has been professionally painting for years and has chosen to teach classes at her personal studio where she can encourage others who may have an interest in art.
By Brittney Mangum on
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Photo by Brittney Mangum, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Millie Partridge is ecstatic to open Pear Tree Studio on March 23 to teach classes on how to do oil paintings.
She has been professionally painting for years and has chosen to teach classes at her personal studio where she can encourage others who may have an interest in art.
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“Don’t give up,” advised Lawsyn Bartee. “Let your failures build you to be greater.”
Lawsyn Bartee maintains an optimistic outlook on life. Instead of giving up when things get tough, she chooses to focus on her goals and learn from any hardships or failures so that she can grow and improve in the future.
As a junior at Quitman High School, she enjoys the tremendous amount of support that her family provides her. Family is actually one of the things she is extremely passionate about.
“I’m very family oriented,” informed Lawsyn. “Family is a big deal for me.”
By Brittney Mangum on
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“Don’t give up,” advised Lawsyn Bartee. “Let your failures build you to be greater.”
Lawsyn Bartee maintains an optimistic outlook on life. Instead of giving up when things get tough, she chooses to focus on her goals and learn from any hardships or failures so that she can grow and improve in the future.
As a junior at Quitman High School, she enjoys the tremendous amount of support that her family provides her. Family is actually one of the things she is extremely passionate about.
“I’m very family oriented,” informed Lawsyn. “Family is a big deal for me.”
By Brittney Mangum on
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People in Quitman have probably noticed a flamboyance of flamingos invading yards.
These bright pink birds are helping youth at Calvary Baptist Church raise money to go on a mission trip later this year.
So far, there has been a positive response to the fund raiser, and they hope that the community will continue to show support.
By Brittney Mangum on
2 weeks 3 days ago
People in Quitman have probably noticed a flamboyance of flamingos invading yards.
These bright pink birds are helping youth at Calvary Baptist Church raise money to go on a mission trip later this year.
So far, there has been a positive response to the fund raiser, and they hope that the community will continue to show support.
By Brittney Mangum on
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Congratulations to the QHS Lady Powerlifting Team South State Powerlifting Champions!
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Congratulations to the QHS Lady Powerlifting Team South State Powerlifting Champions!
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Congratulations to the Quitman High School Basketball team for an amazing season! They played their hearts out and came out as 3A State Runner-up.
“Wow! Year four has been a great ride,” stated Coach Kelvin “Smiley” Nixon. “What a season for the Quitman Panthers!”
The QHS Panthers finished the year 26–7 overall (10–0) in district play, Reg. Season and District Tournament Champions, and 3A State Runner-Up.
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Congratulations to the Quitman High School Basketball team for an amazing season! They played their hearts out and came out as 3A State Runner-up.
“Wow! Year four has been a great ride,” stated Coach Kelvin “Smiley” Nixon. “What a season for the Quitman Panthers!”
The QHS Panthers finished the year 26–7 overall (10–0) in district play, Reg. Season and District Tournament Champions, and 3A State Runner-Up.
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Alena Crear, 5, looks around as state leaders speak during a press conference on affordable child care and tax relief for family necessities Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, at the Capitol in Jackson. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Advocates say state leaders must address Mississippi’s 11-month child care crisis but warn the $15 million would only alleviate a fraction of roughly 20,000 households on a waitlist.
The Senate voted Thursday to spend $15 million on child care vouchers to help alleviate the pressure on roughly 20,000 low-income Mississippi families waitlisted for subsidies since pandemic-era federal funds ran out in April.
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Clarksdale Municipal School District students Leah Myles, Jamarick Davis, Khloe Reed and instructor Candace Barron pose for a photograph after their last teacher preparation class before winter break, Dec. 15, 2025. Their district offers a vocational teacher preparation course at the Carl Keen Career and Technical Center. Credit: Leonardo Bevilacqua/Mississippi Today
Clarksdale public schools are cultivating future teachers among their students.
CLARKSDALE — Clarksdale had the second highest teacher shortage in Mississippi last year — 40 posted vacancies in July.
For district administrators, that staffing challenge hits particularly hard each year in late summer when they try to fill vacancies before the new school year begins. The problem affects students, too, when they’re taught by substitute teachers for weeks at a time.
By Leonardo Bevilacqua - Mississippi Today on
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Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:
No state has expanded Medicaid since the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill was put into law last year
Another legislative session, another year will pass without Mississippi expanding Medicaid to provide health care coverage for the working poor.
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today on
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Mississippi is on track to increase spending on prisons for the coming fiscal year, a spike attributed to its medical care contract and rising payments to private prisons, according to a top budget writer for corrections in the state Legislature.
By Michael Goldberg - Mississippi Today on
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Cooperation has been in short supply for the last three years, as the Republican leadership of the two chambers has sparred over nearly every major issue, including the budget.
The 2026 Mississippi legislative session is getting down to the short rows, scheduled to wrap by the first week of April.
That means it’s time for lawmakers to bear down on setting an over $7-billion state budget, the main job of a legislature.
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today on
