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No. 1 Texas Softball Clinches Series Win Over Mississippi State

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March 31, 2025

No. 1 Texas Softball Clinches Series Win Over Mississippi State

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.”

June 3: Texas Longhorns starting pitcher Teagan Kavan pitches to Stanford during the semifinals of the Women’s College World Series. / Bryan Terry / USA TODAY NETWORK

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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Daycares and parents react to temporary changes to Mississippi Child Care Payment Program

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April 14, 2025

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Daycares and parents react to temporary changes to Mississippi Child Care Payment Program

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) – “Our goal here is to make sure the kids are safe, learning and that the parents are also happy that the kids are here,” Tracey Stacy said.

Windy’s Childcare Academy in Pascagoula has about 50 children enrolled with 11 workers on staff. Owner Tracey Stacy says most of the families rely on the state’s Child Care Payment Program that’s been funded in part with federal COVID relief money.

Now, the state says with federal funds cut, parents like Amber Keenum are scrambling.

“I wanted to cry. Still have no idea what I’m going to do next week if they don’t do something because I don’t have 908 dollars a month to pay for daycare,” Keenum said.

Keenum has relied on this program to care for her two-year-old while she goes to work. Last week, she received a letter from the Mississippi Department of Human Services, explaining who can still use the program.

She says she no longer qualified and without it, she can’t afford to pay for daycare.

“That shouldn’t matter. If it’s going to be good for so many people for so long, yet y’all are running out of funds. It should be the same for everyone,” Keenum said.

For 75 percent of the families at the center, the director sees some difficult decisions coming.

“If we don’t have enough children here, we may have to close down, lay off some of my employees. It will be reduced,” Stacy said.

Both Stacy and Keenum are asking for support from the state on behalf of working parents.

“My child is comfortable and happy here. For her to hurry up and go somewhere else when she’s already been here for this long, I mean, wow. You can’t do that to a child, especially with her learning since she’s only two,” Keenum said.

“A lot of the parents don’t have anybody to keep their kids at home. So we’re here for that reason and the child payment program helps with that. It helps to offset some of the expenses for the parents,” Stacy said.

The cuts do not impact everyone. The Childcare Payment Program remains in place for families that meet certain criteria such as low-income or special needs children.

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Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for April 13, 2025

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April 14, 2025

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Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for April 13, 2025

The Mississippi Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at April 13, 2025, results for each game:

Winning Mississippi Match 5 numbers from April 13 drawing

04-09-11-17-29

Check Mississippi Match 5 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Cash 3 numbers from April 13 drawing

Midday: 7-4-3, FB: 6

Evening: 8-4-7, FB: 4

Check Cash 3 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Cash 4 numbers from April 13 drawing

Midday: 7-6-3-1, FB: 6

Evening: 6-4-3-9, FB: 4

Check Cash 4 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Cash Pop numbers from April 13 drawing

Midday: 10

Evening: 15

Check Cash Pop payouts and previous drawings here.

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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize

Winnings of $599 or less can be claimed at any authorized Mississippi Lottery retailer.

Prizes between $600 and $99,999, may be claimed at the Mississippi Lottery Headquarters or by mail. Mississippi Lottery Winner Claim form, proper identification (ID) and the original ticket must be provided for all claims of $600 or more. If mailing, send required documentation to:

Mississippi Lottery Corporation

P.O. Box 321462

Flowood, MS

39232

If your prize is $100,000 or more, the claim must be made in person at the Mississippi Lottery headquarters. Please bring identification, such as a government-issued photo ID and a Social Security card to verify your identity. Winners of large prizes may also have the option of setting up electronic funds transfer (EFT) for direct deposits into a bank account.

Mississippi Lottery Headquarters

1080 River Oaks Drive, Bldg. B-100

Flowood, MS

39232

Mississippi Lottery prizes must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing date. For detailed instructions and necessary forms, please visit the Mississippi Lottery claim page.

When are the Mississippi Lottery drawings held?

Cash 3: Daily at 2:30 p.m. (Midday) and 9:30 p.m. (Evening).
Cash 4: Daily at 2:30 p.m. (Midday) and 9:30 p.m. (Evening).
Match 5: Daily at 9:30 p.m. CT.
Cash Pop: Daily at 2:30 p.m. (Midday) and 9:30 p.m. (Evening).

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A beloved pet tortoise is reunited with its family weeks after disappearing in a Mississippi tornado

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April 13, 2025

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A beloved pet tortoise is reunited with its family weeks after disappearing in a Mississippi tornado

KOKOMO, Miss. — Myrtle, a cherished pet tortoise, has been reunited with its family in Mississippi weeks after disappearing during a deadly tornado outbreak in March.

“He’s been through a lot,” said Myrtle’s grateful owner, Tiffany Emanuel. “I know that he knows just as much as I do that every step of the way I’m going to be there helping him, caring for him, making sure he gets, you know, the help that he needs.”

The Emanuel family fled their home in the rural Kokomo area as a tornado hit on March 15. They returned to find two pine trees had fallen on top of their tortoise’s backyard home.

Myrtle was missing.

Weeks later, a neighbor found the injured tortoise. He was taken to the Central Mississippi Turtle Rescue for medical treatment on April 4.

“The lady who found the tortoise called me and she said she had run into the owners,” said Christy Milbourne, the organization’s founder and codirector. “She said, ‘I think they’re going to be calling you.’ So, I was excited, and then the owners did call and say, ‘Yeah, that’s my tortoise.’”

Emanuel is now nursing Myrtle back to health.

Myrtle the tortoise roams his pen in Kokomo, Miss., on Thursday, April 15, 2025. Credit: AP/Sophie Bates

“It feels good to kind of have some kind of happy out of so much sad and grief and loss,” Emanuel said.

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