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Louisiana police search for clues after finding body, burned car

Louisiana police investigating a body in the yard of a house in Alexandria, soon got a second call: ...

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State lacks power to take action against school district for not reporting abuse

The Mississippi Department of Education says it doesn't have the ability to take action against a school district ...

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Students named to panel to examine tests given to public schools

Four Mississippi high school seniors will be among a 28-member task force meeting to examine state and local ...

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Police: Greenwood man beat neighbor over lawn mowing job

A Mississippi man is accused of beating a neighbor with a hammer and an ax handle for hiring ...

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Hattiesburg police seek man they say shot Mississippi officer in leg

Police in a south Mississippi city are searching for a man they say shot a police officer in ...

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Louisiana man charged in bomb threat to Trump Tower café

A Louisiana man has been charged with phoning in a bomb threat to a restaurant at the Trump ...

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Two accused of stealing from the dead in Greenville cemetery

Police say 87 metal vases have been stolen off of headstones in a Mississippi cemetery.

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Man charged with illegally trading Louisiana box turtles

A 65-year-old New Jersey man has been charged with violating federal and state law by illegally trading Louisiana ...

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Moss Point man detained for assaulting 3 sheriff deputies

A Mississippi man faces charges for assaulting three sheriff deputies.

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Federal jury: City of Hattiesburg didn’t discriminate against white employee

A federal jury has decided that the city of Hattiesburg did not discriminate against one of its employees.

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Spain’s king and queen in New Orleans for 300th anniversary

The king and queen of Spain are in New Orleans to help celebrate the city's 300th anniversary.

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Life sentence for New Orleans woman convicted of attack during 2017 Mardi Gras parade

A New Orleans woman faces life in prison following her conviction for injuring two people in an attack ...

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Automotive supplier expands manufacturing, will add 60 jobs in North Mississippi

A German company that makes automotive parts is expanding in northern Mississippi.

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Oil company preserves hidden slave cemeteries

A major oil company is taking steps to honor once-forgotten slaves buried on its land west of New ...

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Longtime Elvis Presley drummer D.J. Fontana has died

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — D.J. Fontana, the drummer who helped launch rock ‘n’ roll as Elvis Presley’s sideman, ...

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3 Mississippi Choctaw casinos plan to offer sports betting

Three casinos run by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will offer sports betting, but tribal leaders haven't ...

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North Mississippi pharmacy banned from distributing drugs; accused of using unsterile equipment

A federal court is banning a north Mississippi compounding pharmacy from distributing drugs that might have been contaminated ...

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South Mississippi investigation leads to 270 arrests — 90 gang members

Nearly 300 people have been arrested in Mississippi as part of a federal, state and local initiative to ...

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Brain-eating amoeba found again in Louisiana water district

A potentially deadly brain-eating amoeba has been found again in Terrebonne Parish.

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Police: Would-be robber dies after shootout with store clerk in McComb

Police in Mississippi say a man who tried to rob a convenience store at gunpoint died after exchanging ...

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