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Aberdeen aldermen to cut salary again for mayor they say is absent

Aldermen in a northeast Mississippi city are cutting a mayor's salary for the second time this summer, saying ...

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Mississippi prison officials announce more prisoner deaths

Officials announced three more deaths of prison inmates on Tuesday, bringing to 10 the number of prisoners who ...

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New Orleans house to become a replica of flood-struck home from Hurricane Katrina

The 4900 block of Warrington Drive in New Orleans no longer looks like a disaster hit it.

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Australian company to open $20M Mississippi plant in Greenville, hiring 68

An Australian farm chemical and seed company will open a distribution facility in Greenville, investing $20 million and ...

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Freshman numbers up at Louisiana State University this fall

Preliminary numbers show Louisiana State University is on track to have its largest freshman class in history.

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Black girl expelled over hairstyle; School policy blasted

Video of a young black girl walking dejectedly out of a New Orleans area Catholic school in tears ...

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Jackson police chief: Department understaffed amid surge in killings

The police chief in Mississippi's most populous city says the department is understaffed and facing other issues amid ...

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Wilkinson County Correctional Facility inmate dies after fight in Mississippi prison

Another Mississippi prison inmate has died, this time after a fight.

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Mississippi could re-examine 1959 racial killing of teenager

Eberlene King remembers her 15-year-old brother as he lay dying, after white teenagers cruised through their black neighborhood ...

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Analysis: It’s prosecutor vs. ‘Big Country’ in Mississippi Congressional District 3 race

The major-party nominees in Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District present sharp contrasts in style, even if their ideological differences ...

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Louisiana governor appoints convicted ex-sheriff of Tensas Parish to used car board

The Louisiana governor has appointed a former sheriff who pleaded guilty to misusing funds and mistreating inmates to ...

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Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate hospitalized after fight

A Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate has been seriously hurt in a fight with another inmate.

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Executive director of Jefferson Davis home in Mississippi fired

The executive director of historic home and museum Beauvoir in Biloxi has been fired.

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Barbers dole out dozens of cuts to New Orleans’ homeless

Nearly two years ago, Brennon Jones told his wife Tasha, “I want to go cut hair for the ...

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100-year-old Louisiana woman says ‘measure what you’ve got’

Lucille Gordon has packed a lot of living into 100 years and she’s not ready to slow down ...

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Jesmyn Ward, Salman Rushdie draw large crowds at Mississippi book fest

National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward told a home-state audience in Mississippi on Saturday that she’s working on ...

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Tupelo Special Olympian finds winning pace at Seattle games

  TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Gregory Hutson had no doubts. He knew he was going to come home ...

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On a mission: Teen starts ministry to give socks to homeless

Socks are the No. 1 most requested clothing item at homeless shelters. This is a fact Carver O’Neal ...

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Tent collapses on 400 people and injures 12; speaker Lou Holtz unhurt

Authorities say 12 people have been hospitalized, including three who were seriously injured, after a tent collapsed at ...

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Weather service confirms EF1 tornado hits central Mississippi

The National Weather Service confirms a tornado hit the central Mississippi city of Madison.

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