SUMMARY: Blue Bell is introducing wedding-themed ice cream flavors, including Bride’s Cake and Grooms Cake. Bride’s Cake features an almond flavor with amaretto taste and white cake pieces, while Grooms Cake has a milk chocolate base with chocolate icing swirl, strawberry pieces, and cake bits. Grooms Cake was retired in 2018 but brought back after winning a fan vote. Other flavors like Peaches and Homemade Vanilla are also available this summer. Additionally, a Cookie Cake flavor, another contest winner, will join the lineup. Blue Bell continues to expand its presence at weddings, birthdays, and graduations with these new offerings.
SUMMARY: The Jackson Police Department recently graduated a new class from its Citizens Police Academy, aimed at building community leaders and ambassadors for law enforcement. The program offers everyday citizens insight into police work, covering dispatch, investigations, operations, patrol procedures, and community policing strategies. Sergeant Frederick Suttles highlighted the importance of participants understanding police functions to share accurate information within their communities. Participants described the experience as eye-opening, promoting better communication between police and citizens. The department plans to hold more academy sessions in the future, providing opportunities for greater public involvement and understanding of police work.
SUMMARY: WTVA9 Sports presents Fever Five, highlighting five top high school football plays each Sunday. In week one’s Friday Night Fever Jamboree, two games were featured. At number five, Tupelo’s JC Bolan handed off to Kylin Bobo for a touchdown against Columbus. Number four featured JJ Hill’s touchdown run for Tupelo, celebrated with lights and cheers. Number three showed Leflore Commodores sacking New Albany’s quarterback Brandon Shadows. Number two was an interception by Columbus’ Tyan Smith against Tupelo. The top play was Tupelo’s Noah Macintosh’s kickoff return, advancing close to the 10-yard line. Tupelo won the game. Players are encouraged to showcase their skills for future features.
These are the top five highlights from Friday night’s round of high school football games. Sponsored by Southern Housing.
www.thecentersquare.com – By Alan Wooten | The Center Square – (The Center Square – ) 2025-08-18 14:23:00
A Tax Foundation report estimates Mississippi residents will save an average of $2,400 in tax cuts due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed on July 4. The law, the most significant federal tax change since 2017, makes permanent individual tax changes, expands child tax credits, and enhances deductions. Job growth of over 4,800 is forecasted long-term. County savings vary, with Madison County seeing the highest average cut at $4,583 and Jefferson County the lowest at $1,212. Mississippi’s average tax cut is below the national average of $3,752, decreasing slightly from 2026 to 2029.
(The Center Square) – An estimated $2,400 in tax cut savings is projected on average for Mississippi residents, a report from The Tax Foundation says.
Long range, more than 4,800 jobs are forecast to be added in the state as well, says the international nonprofit research organization publishing studies on American tax policies. The report was done in response to the July 4 signing of House Resolution 1, known also as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
County by county, the figures vary.
For the state, the average decreases slightly from $2,400 in 2026 to $2,334 in 2027, $2,315 in 2028, and $1,835 in 2029.
No state has a smaller amount in 2026. The average nationally is $3,752, said The Tax Foundation report.
The new law is said to be the most significant changes to federal tax policy since the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The law championed by second-term Republican President Donald Trump makes permanent individual tax changes from 2017. It also has deductions for tipped and overtime income, expanded child tax credit and standard deductions, and makes permanent 100% bonus depreciation and domestic research and development expensing.
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The article primarily reports on the tax cut effects of a recently signed federal law using data from The Tax Foundation, an external research organization. It neutrally presents estimated savings for Mississippi residents, projected job growth, and county-by-county variances without using charged or evaluative language that promotes a specific political viewpoint. The mention of the law being “championed by…President Donald Trump” is factual, not laudatory or critical, and the details about the law’s provisions are descriptive. Overall, the tone and framing adhere to neutral, factual reporting by focusing on the outcomes and data associated with the legislation rather than advocating for or against it, thereby not contributing a discernible ideological bias itself.
