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Man gets second plea hearing over noose on Ole Miss statue
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge has set a second guilty plea hearing for a man federal prosecutors…
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Homeowner and wife shoot, kill escaped inmate Rafael McCloud during home invasion
VICKSBURG, MS (Mississippi News Now) – According to Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong, Warren County escaped inmate Rafael McCloud approached a…
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Brokaw to deliver Ole Miss commencement address
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — NBC’s Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw returns to Oxford, Mississippi, to deliver the 163rd…
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Jackson County leaders vote to keep state flag
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — Jackson County supervisors have voted to keep flying the state flag on county property…
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Getting burning death suspect to Mississippi will take time
PANOLA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi prosecutor says it could be late this year before the 27-year-old man…
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USDA: Farmers in 6 states eligible for disaster aid
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 37 counties in Arkansas and 10 in five neighboring states are eligible…
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Circuit Judge Marcus Gordon retiring
PHILADELPHIA — The Mississippi judge who presided over the trial in one of the South’s most infamous…
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Grammy Museum opens in Mississippi Delta
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The second and only official Grammy Museum outside of Los Angeles opens Saturday in…
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Former police officer pleads guilty in civil rights case
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Alcorn State University police officer has pleaded guilty in federal court to…
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House passes bill to take over failing school districts
JACKSON — A plan for a new statewide school district to take control of faltering local districts…