🌱 How a Sumrall senator helped shape Mississippi’s new abortion-pill law

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• How a Sumrall senator helped shape Mississippi’s new abortion-pill law

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 59 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Clouds and sun, temps: high: 84, low: 51.
• Sunday: Not as warm, with a high of 71 and low of 45 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• This medication saved a Mississippi lawmaker's fertility. Her colleagues criminalized it (mississippitoday.org) — A new Mississippi law criminalizing abortion-inducing drugs is drawing attention in Sumrall because local Sen. Joey Fillingane helped negotiate it, calling the bill a win for law enforcement and the pro‑life community. Supporters say it stops people from skirting the state’s abortion ban, while doctors and Sen. Kamesha Mumford warn it could chill legitimate use of misoprostol for miscarriages, labor, and life‑threatening complications.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sumrall

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Tuesday April 21

• SENIOR SUNSET(COURTYARD)
  Sumrall High School Sumrall, MS 39482
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Archery/AIMS StateChampionship@StarkvilleHorseCenter/TBA
  Starkville Horse Center Hattiesburg, MS 39402
  8:00 am
• JV/V Baseball @ Petal (District)
  Oak Grove High School Hattiesburg, MS 39402
  5:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Downtown Crawfish Jam 2026
  Walthall Park , 517 Rebecca Ave , Hattiesburg
  10:30 am
• Downtown Crawfish Jam
  Walthall Park , 517 Rebecca Ave , Hattiesburg
  10:30 am
• GrownFolk Spring Break
  84 Recreational ATV RV Park , 3 Herrington Ln , Prentiss
  4:00 pm
• Grown Folks Spring Break
  84 Recreational ATV RV Park , 3 Herrington Ln , Prentiss
  4:00 pm

Sunday April 19

• The John Ford Blues Society | Hattiesburgers Brunch
  Hattiesburgers and Blues , 142 E Front St , Hattiesburg
  11:00 am

Wednesday April 22

• Coffee w/ an Entrepreneur ft Gary Stanton
  USM - Scianna Hall , Scianna Hall , Hattiesburg
  12:15 pm

Thursday April 23

• Columbia Wildcats vs Jim Hill
  Columbia High School , 1009 Broad St , Columbia
  5:00 pm
• Flag Football vs Kemper County @Laurel HS
  Laurel HS Hattiesburg, MS 39402
  6:00 pm

Friday April 24

• 4A South State Championship
  Columbia High School , 1009 Broad St , Columbia
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Chilli's posted a job opening for Line Cook - Hattiesburg Chili's in Hattiesburg. Apply here.
• The Guitar Center posted a job opening for Music Teacher Store 3505 in Hattiesburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sumrall here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hattiesburg

• 2026 Mississippi Pinnacle Award Winners Announced at April 14 Gala (hubcityspokes.com)
• Ribbon is cut on The Commons: Hattiesburg's newest greenspace officially opens to public (hubcityspokes.com)
• Several events lined up for 34th annual ‘Brofest' in Hattiesburg (wdam.com)

Petal

• Petal Education Foundation to host ‘Laughter and Lagniappe' fundraiser Thursday (wdam.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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