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Governor approves takeover of Mississippi school district

Gov. Phil Bryant is approving a takeover of a rural Mississippi school district by the state Department of ...

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Officials raise reward to $11K in dead pregnant dolphin case

Officials are increasing a reward offered in the shooting death of a pregnant dolphin that washed up on ...

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Mississippi officer awarded $20,000 after mold complaint

A police officer in Mississippi has been awarded $20,000 in damages after a federal jury ruled his police ...

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Louisiana man riding on hood car, gets off, shoots and kills driver

Louisiana authorities say a 31-year-old woman was shot and killed by a man who had been riding on ...

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 Mississippi couple tracks down wedding bandit using Facebook

Just weeks after their May wedding, a Mississippi couple found that all their gifts had disappeared from a ...

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New Orleans might reduce traffic offense arrests

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A proposal headed to the full New Orleans City Council would discourage police officers ...

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A year after shooting, no decision on charging officers in north Mississippi shooting

A year after police shot and killed a man under questionable circumstances in northwest Mississippi, authorities have yet ...

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Mississippi sues student loan processing company

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is suing the nation's largest student loan processor, saying Delaware-based Navient Corp. has ...

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Bear in park surprises, worries Gautier residents

Bear sightings in a park in a south Mississippi town have residents surprised and wary.

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Two killed in South Mississippi vehicle crash

Officials say two people were killed when their vehicle tried to cross a Jackson County highway.

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Mississippi reports second West Nile virus case in 2018

The Mississippi State Department of Health is confirming the state's second 2018 case of West Nile virus.

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Mississippi lawmaker seeks investigation of prison escape

A Mississippi lawmaker is asking the attorney general's office to investigate how a convicted murderer escaped from prison ...

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Women released from Mississippi prison make life in Florida

Serving double life sentences for taking part in a 1993 armed robbery that netted $11, sisters Jamie and ...

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Louisiana teen aims to fly around the world

A Louisiana teenager has begun his effort to become youngest pilot to circumnavigate the globe.

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Truck carrying hundreds of pigs overturns, killing dozens

Dozens of pigs died when a truck carrying nearly one thousand of the animals overturned in central Mississippi.

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Analysis: Gambling not a clear-cut state budget booster

Will Mississippi take a chance on a lottery? It's a big question lawmakers could answer if Republican Gov. ...

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Reward offered after pregnant dolphin found shot to death

More than $6,000 is up for grabs after a pregnant dolphin was found shot to death in South ...

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Mississippi town rejects move to abolish police force

An east Mississippi town has decided to keep its own police force.

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Survivors recount deadly Missouri duck boat sinking

A huge wave hit, scattering passengers on the vessel known as a duck boat into Table Rock Lake ...

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William Faulkner conference in Oxford focuses on slavery as theme

A conference at the University of Mississippi is focusing on what slavery meant in the life, imagination and ...

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