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Grenada's Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. listens as Lafayette County Circuit Court Judge Kelly Luther sentences him to 40 years in prison Tuesday morning at the Lafayette County Courthouse.

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Timothy Herrington Jr. sentenced to 40 years for Jimmie 'Jay' Lee murder

By ADAM PRESTRIDGE ADAM PRESTRIDGE
Tue,12/02/25-1:22PM, 2,629 Reads 21,689 Statewide
Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. was sentenced to four decades behind bars Tuesday morning at the Lafayette County Courthouse following an emotional turn of events in Madison County.
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Insects, disease and weeds enjoying warm winter

By JEFF NORTH JEFF NORTH
Wed,01/14/26-3:48PM, 2,601 Reads 13,201 Statewide
Last week felt like I should have been working in the garden, flying a kite, or wade fishing for crappie. Other than the two weeks of “seasonal” cold weather we experienced, it has been one of the mildest winters on record. Doves are already cooing, frogs are croaking, and turtles are sunning themselves on logs in ponds and creeks.
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From left, Greenville Port Commission Board President Sam Patterson, incoming port director Richard Word and retiring port director Tommy Hart in the port commission board room.

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Hart retiring as port director, Word taking over

Tue,12/23/25-9:45AM, 2,600 Reads
Retiring Port Director Tommy Hart likes to say he has spent his working life in two careers. One was as the public face of Greenville’s business community.
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Dandre Gatson runs for yards in early season action against Coahoma.

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Simmons wins again, 3-0

By MICHAEL COX MICHAEL COX
Thu,09/25/25-11:04AM, 2,595 Reads
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Timothy Herrington Jr. sentenced to 40 years for Jimmie 'Jay' Lee murder

Insects, disease and weeds enjoying warm winter

Hart retiring as port director, Word taking over

Simmons wins again, 3-0

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