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Mississippi public schools list 2,100-plus job vacancies

Mississippi public schools are looking for more than 2,100 employees before school starts in August. Read more

by The Associated Press, Tuesday, June 26, 2018 10:01 am

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Four people charged with taking more than $200M in Mississippi pharmacy fraud case

Four Mississippi residents have been accused of defrauding insurers of more than $200 million as part a continuing investigation into pharmacies. Read more

by The Associated Press, Monday, June 25, 2018 4:38 pm

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Argument leads to gunfire at a Louisiana mall parking lot

Police say an argument between two parties in the check-out line at a store escalated into shots being fired in the Cortana Mall parking lot ... Read more

by The Associated Press, Monday, June 25, 2018 1:31 pm

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New Orleans police: Unknown pickup driver may have info on deadly hit-and-run

Police in New Orleans say they are looking for the driver of a pickup truck as they try to solve a fatal hit-and-run case that ... Read more

by The Associated Press, Monday, June 25, 2018 1:29 pm

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Mississippi auditor to resign, run state veterans agency

Mississippi state Auditor Stacey Pickering is resigning his statewide elected post to become head of the state's Veterans Affairs Board. Pickering, 49, says he accepted the ... Read more

by The Associated Press, Monday, June 25, 2018 1:26 pm

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Lawsuit: Louisiana police chief imposed mandatory religious counseling

A federal lawsuit claims a Louisiana city's elected police chief imposed his religious beliefs on officers and reprimanded them for missing mandatory religious counseling sessions. Read more

by The Associated Press, Monday, June 25, 2018 10:09 am

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Harley Davidson, stung by tariffs, shifts some production overseas

Harley-Davidson, up against spiraling costs from tariffs, will begin to shift the production of motorcycles headed for Europe from the U.S. to factories overseas. Read more

by The Associated Press, Monday, June 25, 2018 10:06 am

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Louisiana mom arrested after 3-year-old shoots self in arm

Shreveport Police have arrested a 27-year-old woman after a shooting left her 3-year-old son injured. Read more

by The Associated Press, Monday, June 25, 2018 9:10 am

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Unsolved Baton Rouge slayings leave crushed families

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Denise Lee never wanted this job. But over the past several months, she has spent hundreds of hours combing ... Read more

by The Associated Press, Sunday, June 24, 2018 11:00 am

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Hurricane Katrina survivor gives back to Puerto Rico

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — When Jazzmine McKee landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in May, all she could see for miles and miles was blue ... Read more

by The Associated Press, Sunday, June 24, 2018 10:00 am

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Teachers fight recidivism with creative writing in prison

The lectern in the corner of the classroom at the Alcorn County Regional Correctional Facility nearly reaches Myra Byrnes’ shoulders. She must shrug to lift ... Read more

by The Associated Press, Sunday, June 24, 2018 10:00 am

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Oregon St. beats Miss. St. 5-2, plays Arkansas in CWS finals

Kevin Abel and Jake Mulholland made it look easy for Oregon State. Read more

by The Associated Press, Sunday, June 24, 2018 8:08 am

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Michelle Obama discusses new memoir at national library conference in New Orleans

Former first lady Michelle Obama will discuss her upcoming memoir "Becoming" as she kicks off the American Library Association's annual conference in New Orleans. Librarian of ... Read more

by The Associated Press, Friday, June 22, 2018 1:00 pm

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Police: Gulf Coast man arrested after family spat causes fatal pileup on Interstate

Police say one person is dead and another is in custody after a family argument caused vehicles to pile up on a Mississippi highway. Read more

by The Associated Press, Friday, June 22, 2018 11:26 am

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Alabama, Mississippi refuse money to restart Amtrak service on the coast

Plans to resume passenger train service on the northern Gulf Coast suffered a setback with Alabama and Mississippi refusing money for the project. Read more

by The Associated Press, Friday, June 22, 2018 11:25 am

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Pilot killed when small plane crashes in south Mississippi

Authorities say one person has died in the crash of a small airplane in south Mississippi. Read more

by The Associated Press, Friday, June 22, 2018 11:02 am

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Mississippi man pleads guilty in killing of Catholic nuns

A Mississippi man admitted Thursday that he killed two Roman Catholic nuns, pleading guilty to murder in an agreement that avoided the death penalty, which ... Read more

by The Associated Press, Thursday, June 21, 2018 5:19 pm

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Tax ruling could open way to Mississippi special session

Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling saying states can force online shoppers to pay taxes on sales could bring on a special legislative session in Mississippi ... Read more

by The Associated Press, Thursday, June 21, 2018 5:13 pm

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Mississippi gambling regulators approve sports betting rules

Mississippi's state-regulated casinos could begin taking sports bets as soon as late July, after gambling regulators on Thursday approved rules regulating sports betting. Read more

by The Associated Press, Thursday, June 21, 2018 4:49 pm

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Historic Emmett Till marker in Mississippi to be rededicated

A historic marker describing the lynching of Emmett Till is being rededicated. Read more

by The Associated Press, Thursday, June 21, 2018 10:36 am

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