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Mayor Addresses Water Issues in Quitman

By BRITTNEY MANGUM BRITTNEY MANGUM
Sat,07/25/26-10:00AM, 1,514 Reads
After receiving multiple calls concerning water issues, Quitman Mayor Chris Reeves recently did a live feed on the city Facebook page in order to address the questions the community has been asking.
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Mississippi public defender system varies widely by county, court plans show

By GERARD EDIC GERARD EDIC - The Greenwood Commonwealth/Report for America
Sun,07/19/26-2:34PM, 1,489 Reads 37,289 Statewide
In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that the Sixth Amendment requires states to provide lawyers to criminal defendants who cannot afford one. Mississippi delegates that responsibility to counties, a system civil rights attorneys say is inconsistent and ineffective.
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Tribune Staff Comes Home with Twenty-Two Awards in Press Contest

By BRITTNEY MANGUM BRITTNEY MANGUM
Mon,07/06/26-10:00AM, 1,466 Reads
While attending the 2025 Better News Media Contest in Biloxi, Mississippi, The Clarke County Tribune walked away with 22 editorial awards Saturday, June 27, 2026.
Awards won were as follows:
First Place – Brittney Mangum for her planned series Honoring Vietnam Vets.
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Adequate indigent defense should be a top priority

By GERARD EDIC GERARD EDIC - The Greenwood Commonwealth/Report for America
Thu,07/23/26-11:34AM, 1,461 Reads 27,895 Statewide
This past weekend, I published a story for The Commonwealth assessing Mississippi’s 23 circuit court districts’ indigent defense plans — that is how each of those courts provides lawyers to indigent, or poor, criminal defendants charged with a felony who can’t afford their own counsel.
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