Wednesday, March 15, 2023
This is the final edition of the Tunica Voice.
As we announced earlier, the newspaper has too few advertisers and subscribers to continue operating.
We thank our supporters and say, as we have said in the past, we like this town for its polite character and its backbone.
We had hoped the…
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Tunica County will apply for U.S. Department of Homeland Security grants.
The Tunica County Board of Supervisors gave Leron Weeks, the county’s director of emergency services for Tunica County, the go ahead and approval to apply for the federal money.
Weeks said an array of grants cover would…
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Mullen Automotive’s electric minivans might land in the federal fleet someday.
The California startup, which operates a plant in Tunica County, suggests it has neared a deal with a federal contractor that provides vehicles to the U.S. government.
The possible deal follows Mullen’s hiring in…
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Americans’ belief in God has hit an all-time low.
According to a 2022 Gallup survey, the percentage of people who believe in God has dropped from 98% in the 1950s to 81% currently. Among Americans under 30, it is down to an unprecedented 68%.
Only about half of Americans believe in “God as…
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
We recently marked the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine. While the war drags on, democracy continues its long decline. Less than half the world’s population lives in a democracy of some kind according to The Economists’ Democracy Index.
I have been enormously blessed in my lifetime. I…
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
While Coretta Scott King’s support and ideas were particularly influential on her husband, Martin Luther King Jr., many other women played essential roles in the success of the civil rights movement.
Yet their legacies have been overshadowed, despite their essential contributions.
Take the most…
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
A low credit score can hurt your ability to take out a loan, secure a good interest rate, or increase the spending limit on your credit card.
Some reasons for a low score are out of your control — such as unexpected medical debt or a lack of credit history.
Credit rating agencies are working to…
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the Department of Agriculture will recenter around an effort to benefit small and midsized farm operations.
“I think we’ve got to develop a new game, a game wherefarmerscannotonly raise crops and sell them, and raise livestock and sell them, and get…
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Mississippi might revive an initiative process, but people would be banned from putting abortion laws or budget proposals on the statewide ballot under a measure moving forward at the state Capitol.
The House voted 75-9 to adopt an initiative proposal March 8, making changes to a resolution the…
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
According to the National Highway Safety Transportation Administration, driver distraction accounts for several thousand deaths on the nation’s highways every year.
Cell phones, obviously, have deepened the dilemma almost as much as another, bigger reason: We are more distracted than ever. And not…
