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Supreme Court set to take up all-or-nothing abortion fight
Both sides are telling the Supreme Court there’s no middle ground in Wednesday’s showdown over abortion. The justices can either reaffirm the constitutional right to ...
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Duke’s David Cutcliffe won’t return after ‘mutual’ separation
David Cutcliffe won’t return for a 15th season as Duke’s coach after the school announced a “mutual agreement for separation” on Sunday following the Blue ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, November 29, 2021 11:52 am
Education
Some families still waiting for pandemic food benefits
Mississippi Department of Human Services officials say inaccurate data provided by school districts is leading to delays in families receiving pandemic food cards. Meanwhile, families ...
by AP/Wire, Wednesday, November 24, 2021 2:34 pm
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Mississippi executions resuming; man killed estranged wife
A man who killed his estranged wife and terrorized their family is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Wednesday evening in Mississippi and become the ...
by AP/Wire, Wednesday, November 17, 2021 12:36 pm
Crime
‘He’s evil’: Victims’ family prepares for killer’s execution
If all goes as scheduled, 23-year-old Lindsey Kirk will be at a Mississippi prison this week to watch the execution of the stepfather who terrorized ...
by AP/Wire, Wednesday, November 17, 2021 12:02 pm
Ole Miss Sports
Ole Miss beats Texas A&M with defense
Mississippi beat one of the best defensive teams in the Southeastern Conference with a shut-down performance of its own. A.J. Finley returned an interception 52 ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, November 15, 2021 10:27 am
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Governor Reeves ending COVID-19 state of emergency
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is ending the state of emergency order put in place during the coronavirus pandemic in Mississippi. The emergency order was first ...
by AP/Wire, Friday, November 12, 2021 2:33 pm
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Ole Miss frat suspended until 2025 for hazing violations
The University of Mississippi chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity has been suspended, a year after a member was charged with assault for spraying ...
by AP/Wire, Thursday, November 11, 2021 3:46 pm
Lafayette County
Federal judge in Mississippi to take Senior Status
A federal judge in Mississippi has decided to take senior status beginning Monday. U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills told a newspaper that he’s making ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, November 1, 2021 8:48 am
Lafayette County
FDA panel backs Pfizer’s low-dose COVID-19 vaccine for kids
The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding COVID-19 vaccinations for millions more children as government advisers on Tuesday endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s shots ...
by AP/Wire, Thursday, October 28, 2021 2:40 pm
Crime
Mississippi man pleads guilty in 2020 shooting death of teen
A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of a teenager. Jacoby Samaji O’Neal, 20, of Belden, was sentenced Friday ...
by AP/Wire, Wednesday, October 27, 2021 11:43 am
Lafayette County
FDA OKs mixing COVID vaccines; backs Moderna, J&J boosters
U.S. regulators on Wednesday signed off on extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine and said anyone eligible ...
by AP/Wire, Thursday, October 21, 2021 1:15 pm
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White House details plans to vaccinate 28M children age 5-11
Children ages 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician’s office, local pharmacy and potentially even their school, ...
by AP/Wire, Wednesday, October 20, 2021 12:50 pm
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Colin Powell dies, exemplary general stained by Iraq claims
Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever stained by his faulty claims to justify ...
by AP/Wire, Monday, October 18, 2021 11:30 am
Lafayette County
FDA panel takes up tough questions on J&J COVID-19 boosters
U.S. health advisors on Friday tackled who should get boosters of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine and when — and whether using a competing ...
by AP/Wire, Friday, October 15, 2021 12:57 pm
Lafayette County
Mississippi reports two more child deaths from COVID
Mississippi health officials say two more children have died of COVID-19, raising the state’s pediatric death toll from the virus to nine. State Epidemiologist Paul ...
by AP/Wire, Thursday, September 30, 2021 9:47 am
Education
Board: Public universities cannot require COVID-19 vaccine
The board that governs Mississippi’s public universities has voted to prohibit schools from requiring COVID-19 vaccines for students and staff, however the University of Mississippi ...
by AP/Wire, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 8:56 am
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Mississippi now has country’s highest rate for COVID deaths
Mississippi has surpassed New Jersey as the state with the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., with roughly 1 of every 320 Mississippians ...
by AP/Wire, Friday, September 17, 2021 11:15 am
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George Strickler, attorney who fought for civil rights dies
A Vidalia native and civil rights attorney who fought to desegregate Southern schools in the 1960s and was pushed out of his University of Mississippi ...
by AP/Wire, Thursday, September 9, 2021 3:03 pm
Lafayette County
State hospitals strain under the weight of numerous COVID patients
As patients stream into Mississippi hospitals one after another, doctors and nurses have become all too accustomed to the rampant denial and misinformation about COVID-19 ...
by AP/Wire, Tuesday, September 7, 2021 12:03 pm
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Saltillo hires new police chief, assistant chief
SALTILLO, Miss. (AP) — A northeast Mississippi city has new leadership in its police department. Saltillo city leaders this week hired Daniel McKinney as the ...
by AP/Wire, Wednesday, June 23, 2021 9:50 am
Sports
Former Mississippi State player’s death being investigated as a homicide
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The death of a former Mississippi State football player whose body was found in an Alabama home Tuesday is being investigated as ...
by AP/Wire, Wednesday, January 22, 2020 11:03 am
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