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🌱 Why did the FBI step into Belzoni’s nightclub shooting case?
What's up Belzoni! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Why did the FBI step into Belzoni’s nightclub shooting case?
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Warm; breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 88 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Not as warm; a p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 80, low: 49.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 70 and low of 45 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• FBI, Belzoni police take over investigation into mass shooting (fox40jackson.com) — Belzoni residents are being urged to share any information they have after the FBI and Belzoni Police took over the investigation into a Saturday night shooting that killed a 20-year-old woman and injured five others near Silver City Road. Officials stress the incident was unrelated to the Catfish Festival, while frustrated community members pressed city leaders about policing and rising violence during an emergency meeting. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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When A Woman's Fed Up Stage Play-Greenwood, MS
Leflore County Civic Center , 200 MS-7 , Greenwood
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Heritage Academy Varsity Baseball @ Pillow Academy
Pillow Academy , 69601 US-82 , Greenwood
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Greenville Hornets vs Ruleville Central Tigers
Greenville High School , 419 E Robertshaw St , Greenville
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Steve Azar’s Mississippi
EE Bass Cultural Arts Center , 323 S Main St , Greenville
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Southern Jaguars at Mississippi Valley Delta Devils Baseball
Magnolia Field , Fannie Lou Hamer St , Itta Bena
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Actors Workshop
800 Stansel Dr , Ruleville
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1st Annual Lupus Survivors Event
B.B. King Museum & Delta Interpretive Center - B.B. King grave , 400 2nd St , Indianola
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Pre-Mother's Day Extravaganza 2026
Washington County Convention Center , 1040 S Raceway Rd , Greenville
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Los Preeminentes live @ Hush Puppy Music Co-op at San Miguel Arcangel
San Miguel Arcangel , 615 W Park Ave , Greenwood
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Jackson State Tigers at Mississippi Valley Delta Devils Baseball
Magnolia Field , Fannie Lou Hamer St , Itta Bena
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1st Annual - The Picnic Mommas Outside
Leflore County Landfill
9:00 am
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Bumper's Drive-In posted a job opening for Cook in Belzoni. Apply here.
- Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc. posted a job opening for Restaurant Team Member Part Time in Indianola. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Belzoni here.
🗞 Nearby News
Yazoo City
- New Yazoo City mayor outlines city priorities (wjtv.com)
Greenwood
- Find your beat in Greenwood, Mississippi (inregister.com)
- Greenwood Leflore Hospital Files for Bankruptcy Protection Amid Fight to Stay Open (mississippifreepress.org)
- Bonnie Joe Taylor DeLoach (winonatimes.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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