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Ole Miss to begin accepting Common Application

The University of Mississippi will begin accepting the Common Application on Aug. 1.

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North Mississippi baker trades her apron for tool belt

When Mary McGuire Smith graduated from Ole Miss in 2009 with a degree in hospitality management, she had ...

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Utility regulator seeks to let rural electrical cooperatives offer high speed internet

A Mississippi utility regulator is continuing his push to change state law to allow rural electric cooperative to ...

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New Mississippi laws target dogfighting, left-lane driving

Several new laws are taking effect Sunday in Mississippi. They are listed with bill numbers used during the ...

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Cochran donating papers to University of Mississippi

Retired U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran will donate his papers to the University of Mississippi.

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At 9 years old, Mississippi girl was primary caregiver for mom

At the age of 9, Joi Stevens didn’t have time for Barbies or sleepovers: She was the primary ...

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Mississippi prisoners rewarded for good behavior with family visits

Mississippi inmates with at least a year of good behavior are being rewarded by having relatives visit them ...

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Greenville man charged with attempted murder of police officer

A Mississippi man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer.

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Louisiana man fined $2,500 in bear’s death; son can’t hunt for a year

A judge has ordered a Louisiana man to pay $2,500 because his juvenile son killed a Louisiana black ...

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Agencies will have to send $100 million more to state pensions

Public agencies will have to contribute another $100 million toward worker pensions beginning July 1, 2019, after a ...

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Mississippi man dies while saving daughter, 3, from tractor

Authorities in Mississippi say a man was killed while saving his 3-year-old daughter who had managed to climb ...

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Jackson woman charged with fraud in obtaining opioids

A Mississippi woman has been arrested on charges of prescription fraud.

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‘He ran out of gas’: Triathlete catches man fleeing George County courtroom

A triathlete court clerk chased down a fleeing man who had run out of a courtroom after asking ...

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Jurors convict Greenville ex-police officer of aiding 2015 murder

A former Mississippi police officer has been convicted of being an accessory to murder and of participating in ...

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Number of people in Louisiana prisons falls with law changes

Louisiana's prison population is dropping faster than expected after Gov. John Bel Edwards and legislators reworked criminal sentencing ...

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County official pleads not guilty to pepper-spraying woman

A central Mississippi county official denies that he violated a woman's civil rights.

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People fatally shot at Maryland newspaper, suspect arrested

A single shooter killed five people Thursday and wounded others at a newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, and police ...

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Lawsuit: Louisiana deputies planted drugs, beat man after bar fight

A federal lawsuit claims Louisiana sheriff's deputies planted drugs on a man and severely beat him in retaliation ...

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La. Supreme Court: New Orleans alcohol tax is legal

Louisiana's Supreme Court has upheld a tax imposed by the city of New Orleans on dealers of alcoholic ...

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Gulf Coast school board member accused of hoarding animals

A member of a Mississippi school board and her husband are accused of hoarding animals.

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