Author: Staff Reports | Prentiss Headlight

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Health Departments now offers free screening services

The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is now offering free blood sugar and blood pressure checks at ... Read more

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Prentiss Headlight building under contract for sale

Some changes have taken place this week at The Prentiss Headlight.  The building at 1020 Third Street, which ... Read more

Opinion

Incumbent Hosemann expected to take the fight to primary challenger McDaniel

Back in 2014, Mississippi politicos underestimated Tea Party zealot State Sen. Chris McDaniel and it almost resulted in ... Read more

Opinion

Global agriculture markets have substantial impacts on local Mississippi communities

Even before global headlines seized on the fact that for the first time in a half-century, China’s mammoth ... Read more

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Prentiss retailer sells lottery ticket worth $200,000

A stop at a Prentiss convenience store proved profitable for a Hattiesburg man. According to the Mississippi Lottery ... Read more

Opinion

Decades in the making, Jackson’s infrastructure woes won’t be quickly or easily solved

Like seemingly every other facet of American society these days, when it comes to both the national media ... Read more

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Prentiss Christian uses strong ground game to defeat WCCA in season opener

By PATRICK JONES Special to The Headlight PRENTISS — Prentiss Christian School senior running back Demoreon Thompson had ... Read more

Opinion

Want a neat, antiseptic death penalty policy? That’s never been how Death Row works

In some circles in recent weeks, there seems to be some unease about the approach of a new ... Read more

Opinion

The partisan standoff over funding: The uncertain future of the Social Security program

Stop the presses: Democrats and Republicans disagree over the future of what used to be called “the third ... Read more

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Wicker, Hyde-Smith vow to vote to block taxpayer funding for abortions

U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among 48 Senators who today pledged to vote ... Read more

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