State delays push data center developers to private land

Months of delays in approving a commercial lease on state school land for a data center near Lawton led to the developer canceling its lease, causing the state to lose out on lease payments that benefit public education.

In 1817, Mississippi was admitted as the 20th U.S. state.

Clinton Regional Hospital recently obtained status as a Rural Emergency Hospital, a move that has been widely discussed over the past few months.

Nance Elementary School teacher Julie Adkinson, left, works on a lesson with her student Jordin Perez and his mother Carrie Perez during the Clinton Public Schools Board of Education’s monthly meeting Monday evening. CDN | Micah Ashcraft

Progress, both already achieved and yet to come, was the reoccurring theme of the Clinton Public Schools Board of Education’s monthly meeting Monday, with Nance Elementary speaking on support in special needs students’ achievement as well as talks on goals for Clinton Public Schools to grow academically.

Two individuals have been arrested after allegedly stealing copper from a windmill between Custer City and Thomas.

(AP) — Police in North Carolina have charged a 33-year-old man with critically injuring another person in a stabbing on a Charlotte commuter train, just a few months after a Ukrainian refugee riding one of the city’s trains was killed in an unrelated knife attack.

Elizabeth Ko, M.D.

Hello, dear readers! Welcome to our monthly letters column. Cold weather is here, and the annual flu season is ramping up. The dominant virus this year, H3N2, is a nasty bug that can cause severe symptoms. If you haven’t had your flu shot yet, we urge you to book an appointment. The vaccine lowers the risk of severe illness and being hospitalized.

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