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New director of Mississippi’s officer training academy named
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has named a new leader for its law enforcement officer training academy. Mississippi ... Read more
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New director of Mississippi’s officer training academy named
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has named a new leader for its law enforcement officer training academy. Mississippi ... Read more
State
Truancy officers face stagnant pay and ‘unmanageable caseloads’
Alison Lanthrip, a school attendance officer for Webster County, was puzzled when a particular student stopped showing up ... Read more
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Red Water man pleads guilty to assault on a federal officer
A Red Water man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and ... Read more
Columns
RICH LOWRY: An emphatic ‘yes’ to killer robots
In the mid-1990s, Cyberdyne Systems Corporation created an artificial intelligence-based defense system called Skynet. When the system achieved ... Read more
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‘This has to stop’: MPD chief speaks out against crime
Meridian Police Department Chief Deborah Naylor Young called on all Meridian residents Saturday to help put a stop ... Read more
Business
Officers complete Meridian Public Safety Academy training
Eight adult detention officers successfully finished 96 hours of training from the Meridian Public Safety Academy at Meridian ... Read more
State
Jackson man sentenced to 20 years for assault on officer
A Jackson man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday for assault on a federal law ... Read more
Local News
Bond denied for suspect in fatal shooting
Bond has been denied for a suspect in a fatal Tuesday shooting in Meridian. MPD Sgt. Heather Luebbers said Adam James was in ... Read more
State
School chiefs prepare for possibility of facing active shooter
HATTIESBURG – In response to school shootings across the country, Mississippi superintendents are receiving training on how to ... Read more