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Today, we look at a double homicide in Tupelo, the ongoing NMHS-United Healthcare dispute, and expansion work at TCPS. In sports, big weekends are in store for Ole Miss and MSU.

W. DEREK RUSSELL
I spent the majority of Thursday in Yalobusha County with photographer Lauren Wood for an upcoming story in our Mud and Magnolias magazine on spending a weekend in the town.

For the first time in nearly a year, state revenue collections exceeded the estimate, bringing a bright spot on an otherwise sluggish record that resulted in significant budget cuts across various state departments.
But state leaders – rightfully so – are cautiously optimistic that a spike in one month’s collections will result in continued growth for the remaining months in the fiscal year.