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Mississippi Survivors Prayed Their Way Through the Storm
Volunteers from everywhere in the nation at the moment are serving Mississippi communities that had been fully devastated by the March 24 tornadoes.
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At dusk on Friday, March 24, lethal tornadoes in Mississippi left a path of widespread injury—trapping households within the rubble of their properties, ripping off roofs, and taking the lives of 26 individuals. An EF-4 twister left Rolling Fork, dwelling to Josephine Turner and her household, fully unrecognizable.
Josephine, 86, wakened Friday evening to her daughter shaking her and saying, “There’s a storm coming, Momma. We don’t have time to get within the closet, however let’s pray.”
As Josephine’s daughter shielded her mother along with her physique, the home windows in the home shattered and glass flew all over the place. “It hit—it hit as a result of I might really feel it, the glass coming down over my head,” Josephine stated.
The group gathers for prayer round Josephine Turner (in pink).
Josephine and her daughter noticed the roof of her dwelling, the place she’s lived for the previous 40 years, carry off of the partitions with particles flying beneath. “The twister lifted it up, however the Lord put it proper again down,” stated Josephine, “and in a couple of minutes, it was over.”
Inside hours of the lethal storms, Samaritan’s Purse despatched employees to Mississippi to evaluate the injury. Two Catastrophe Reduction Items had been deployed—tractor-trailers stocked with instruments and gear: one to the Rolling Fork and Silver Metropolis area and one other to Amory, Mississippi.
The twister that hit Rolling Fork left behind an unbelievable path of destruction. The Turner and Myles households dwell on this avenue.
Josephine’s dwelling was one in every of many who volunteers have helped clear up because the storm. Over 700 volunteers have tarped roofs, cleared particles, salvaged private belongings, and eliminated timber in Jesus’ Identify throughout Mississippi since Sunday, March 26.
“Lord, This Is How We’re Going to Die!”
Josephine’s son Michael Myles, Rolling Fork’s police chief, lives only a few homes down from his mother. He, his spouse Becky, and their 9-year-old granddaughter had been collectively when the ferocious tornado fully destroyed their dwelling, leaving 18 years of reminiscences in a pile of rubble. However they thanked God that He spared their lives.
“After they say it’s going to storm, you by no means suppose it’s going to be a twister,” Becky stated. The evening the twister got here, Michael turned on the native information and so they heard the phrases, “A twister might be in Rolling Fork in three minutes—take cowl!”
Police Chief Michael Myles speaks with Web site Management Staff member Alan Sullivan.
Instantly, the ability went out and she or he heard what gave the impression of a freight prepare headed straight towards their dwelling. The household rushed into the toilet and inside seconds, the tornado arrived. Michael shortly coated his spouse and granddaughter—precisely like his sister did to his mom, Josephine.
Becky shared, “We acquired down and we heard roaring sounds—it was our home breaking up. My husband was yelling, my grandbaby was yelling and I used to be calling on Jesus.” In that second, Becky believed they might not survive this storm. “We had been down on the bottom and I stated, ‘Lord, that is how we’re going to die.’ I used to be simply ready for the home to fall on us,” Becky stated.
The rubble to the left is Chief Michael and Becky’s dwelling.
Immediately, she felt an amazing sense of peace rush over her. “Within the midst of all of that, it was like as if God stated, ‘Relax—I acquired you.’” She opened her eyes, seemed up and noticed the sky—her home was gone—however they had been alive.
After they emerged from the rubble, all you can hear had been the neighbors’ cries for assist. Becky defined, “They had been screaming saying ‘assist me, assist me’ as a result of they had been all trapped.”
Becky glanced over on the rubble of her dwelling and stated, “How will you not have religion and belief and imagine in Him? He spared us.” She defined, “God is so good. My mother-in-law [Josephine] says it on a regular basis, so we are saying it additionally, God is so good.”
The Myles and Turner households related with Samaritan’s Purse when volunteers canvassed the neighborhood to see who wanted help. Though Chief Michael and Becky’s house is past restore, volunteers eliminated a big tree and helped salvaging valuable belongings to get them one step nearer to restoration. One particular merchandise Becky requested volunteers to search for was her marriage ceremony album. After hours of looking, they discovered the album intact.
Discovering valuable objects like Becky’s marriage ceremony album is one-way volunteers from everywhere in the nation help households with the method of restoration after a life-altering catastrophe happens.
“I’m so grateful. It was nice. It was fantastic. The spirit in them [the volunteers], it’s not faux, it’s not phony, it was so real,” Becky stated.
Spared to Be Saved
Chief Michael’s sister, Julia Powell, additionally survived with Jermaine Myles and their 2-year-old daughter. Nevertheless, their dwelling sustained vital injury.
When a large tree fell within the entrance yard, it shattered home windows and severely broken their roof. Jermaine ran to guard Julia and their daughter from the particles flying round them. He tried his greatest to consolation Julia as they each clung to their younger baby because the storm handed.
Moments later it was throughout. Inside a number of days, Samaritan’s Purse volunteers arrived to their dwelling. They lower up and eliminated the big tree, cleared particles, and secured a tarp on the roof. “They [the volunteers] did an exquisite job. I’m so glad the Lord introduced you right here. You’ve been a blessing to the entire group,” Julia stated.
Julia Powell listens to a Billy Graham Fast Response Staff chaplain at her dwelling.
God had a higher goal in defending Julia by way of this terrifying storm. Throughout a dialog with a Billy Graham Fast Response Staff chaplain, Julia realized her want for the Savior and positioned her belief in Jesus Christ. We give God the glory for this miracle of recent beginning!
Please proceed to wish for households in Rolling Fork, Silver Metropolis, and Amory, Mississippi as they rebuild their lives, properties and communities. Pray for brand spanking new believers, together with Julia, to develop of their relationship with Jesus Christ. Pray additionally for our twister responses in Arkansas, Indiana, and Tennessee.
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East Mississippi Correctional Facility gives appreciation awards
Published 8:00 pm Monday, March 31, 2025
- East Mississippi Correctional Facility presented appreciation awards to three members of the community in recognition of their community support. Submitted photo
East Mississippi Correctional Facility presented appreciation awards to three guests for their continued support at a Community Relations Council meeting on Wednesday, March 26.
Maj. Jeffrey Willis, with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations, and Marion Mayor Larry Gill were presented with awards, and Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Deputy Sheriff Brian Fortenberry accepted the award for Sheriff Ward Calhoun.
The three men have supported East Mississippi Facility countless times and shared many ideas with the facility. The appreciation awards were presented to show the gratitude of EMCF staff for those contributions.
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Where, when Mississippi plans Hands Off protests against Trump admin, Musk cuts on April 5
Video: People gather to protest Trump, Elon Musk and Project 2025
People gather to protest the Trump Administration and Elon Musk at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025.
- The 50501 Movement is planning nationwide protests against President Donald Trump for Saturday, April 5.
- The protests are organized in opposition to Trump’s policies and actions.
- Protests are planned in Jackson, Tupelo and Gulfport, Mississippi.
Protests against President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, are planned April 5 nationwide. Multiple events will happen across Mississippi.
The new protests are planned for Saturday, April 5 are billed as the Hands Off Mass Mobilization. Some organizers are using the hashtags “#HandsOff” and “#HandsOff2025” on social media. Others are calling it People’s Veto Day.
The 50501 Movement organized protests in each state on Feb. 5; President’s Day, Feb. 17; and again on March 4. The upcoming events are being organized in partnership with Hands Off! and Women’s March.
Previously, people organized with Voices of Mississippi to speak out against President Donald Trump’s administration and Project 2025 at the Mississippi State Capitol.
The organizers are in opposition to Trump’s goals and policies and cuts that DOGE is making to government agencies under the guidance of Elon Musk.
Local political organizations and 50501 Mississippi have protests and a peaceful march planned this weekend. Here’s what we know.
What is the 50501 Movement?
The protest movement is against Trump’s actions during his first weeks back in office. After a plethora of controversial executive orders and pardons for the Jan. 6 rioters, the 50501 Movement organized to combat Trump’s position in the White House.
Since then, there have been multiple rounds of protests in the Magnolia State and across the nation. (Local event times might differ.)
What are they protesting in Mississippi?
Specific issues cited on posts for the first protests were mass deportations and ICE raids and standing against “homophobia, ableism and sexism.”
The Hands Off Mass Mobilization is seeking protections for Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. More general topics include:
- Jobs and the economy.
- Democracy.
- Citizens’ personal data.
- Veteran services.
- NATO membership.
- Consumer protections.
- Schools and edutaion.
- Free speech.
- Protections for trans individuals.
- Healthcare.
- Clean air and energy.
Elon Musk, under the banner of Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency, is accused of seizing access to financial payment systems key to running the country and personal data of citizens and government employees. Deep cuts to government jobs, grant distributions, contracts and real estate leases are being contested.
Where are the protests in Mississippi? When do they start?
A flyer provided to The Clarion-Ledger shows three events across Mississippi on Saturday, April 5.
See photos of the most recent protest against Trump, Musk in Jackson
How do I find another protests with the 50501 Movement or Hands Off?
The national 50501 Movement is active on Instagram, Reddit and Bluesky. The website is www.fiftyfifty.one.
Or look for other Hands Off protests at handsoff2025.com.
Contributing: Presley Bo Tyler and Pam Dankins
Bonnie Bolden is the Deep South Connect reporter for Mississippi with Gannett/USA Today. Email her at bbolden@gannett.com.
After a rocky start to the weekend, No. 1 Texas Longhorns softball clinched its third Southeastern Conference series win against the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
For the first time in Starkville, Texas got runs on the board first. At the top of the first, junior outfielder Ashton Maloney tripled to left field. When sophomore outfielder Kayden Henry took on the bat as the next one in the lineup, she followed on Maloney’s footsteps and tripled to center field to run her teammate in.
“What we talked about this morning was trying to find a way to get ahead early in the game, because we are confident in Teagan (Kavan) being out there and her abilities to limit opposing offenses,” head coach Mike White said. “We went into a little bit of a lull, offensively, during the middle innings, but found a way to explode back in the top of the fifth, so we did a good job of creating some distance between us and them.”
Senior utility Mia Scott kept the momentum going as she flied out to left-field, bringing Henry home. Texas finished the first with a 2-0 lead as sophomore pitcher Teagan Kavan stopped the Bulldogs from getting any runs on the board.
The game took a slow pace for the next three innings as neither team scored. At the top of the fifth, Texas finally got this running again.
In a similar fashion from the first inning, Henry’s batting allowed Maloney to run home, and Scott brough Henry to the second run of the inning. This time, Scott also got her name up the board as graduate infielder Joley Mitchell homered to center field. Scoring four runs in five hits and leaving junior infielder Katie Stewart on base, Texas opened a six run lead.
In the bottom of the inning, Kavan got it done quickly as the Bulldogs failed to get any hits.
The Longhorns sealed the win in the top of the seventh as Stewart doubled to left center to allow freshman infielder Shylien Brister to get just her sixth collegiate run.
Mississippi State finally managed to put a couple runs on the board, but it was too late. Down 7-2, the Bulldogs dropped their first series of the season.
Texas will take on another away series next weekend as it faces unranked Missouri in Columbia.
“It’s about us and the attitude we bring,” White said. “We have to have that killer attitude, because every team in this conference is very good and we have to bring our best stuff and if you don’t, you get beat and that’s evident, so we have to be prepared for that. We have another road series coming up at Missouri. They’re tough, so we have to be prepared for that one.”
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