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District planned to track fracking water use

LIBERTY (AP) — Amite and Wilkinson counties plan a two-county water district to oversee the use of billions ...

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4 killed, 6 hurt in Brookhaven wreck

BROOKHAVEN (AP) — The Mississippi Highway Patrol says four people died and six others were injured in a ...

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Mississippi kindergarten scores show reading lag

A first-ever look at whether Mississippi’s kindergarten students are ready to learn to read shows that two-thirds are ...

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Louisiana runoff may decide Senate

A suspenseful election night is one thing, but what if it stretches out for a month? Or into ...

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KiOR warns of possible bankruptcy

Struggling biofuel firm KiOR says in a financial filing that it will run out of money by September ...

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Protestors unite against Ole Miss plan

OXFORD — Courtney Brown sat just a few feet away from the Confederate statue on the south side ...

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Inmates sentenced in Natchez prison riot

JACKSON (AP) — Two people indicted for their roles in a Natchez prison riot that left a guard ...

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James Luster loses appeal in Natchez slaying

NATCHEZ (AP) — The state Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of James C. Luster for murder ...

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McIlroy wins British Open for 3rd major

HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Walking off the 18th green as the British Open champion, Rory McIlroy kept gazing ...

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Jindal restricts borrowing under new law

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal took action Friday to curb the unintended consequences of a law ...

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Braves sweep Phillies in 3-2 win

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Braves followed a familiar pattern — using timely hitting and stingy pitching — to ...

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Cochran wins runoff in state; McDaniel refuses to concede

Six-term Sen. Thad Cochran defeated challenger Chris McDaniel in Mississippi’s Republican primary runoff Tuesday, successfully expanding the original ...

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Ole Miss loses opener in College World Series

Mike Papi’s RBI double into right-center with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning gave Virginia ...

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Natchez man loses post-conviction appeal

The state Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of the post-conviction petition of a Natchez man sentenced ...

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McDaniel, Cochran spar over spending

In perhaps his most aggressive comments yet as he fights for a seventh term, U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran ...

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Ole Miss uses big 8th inning to beat Louisiana-Lafayette

Pinch-hitter Colby Bortles broke open the game with a two-run single in Mississippi’s three-run eighth inning as the ...

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Election 2014: Cochran, McDaniel headed to runoff following close primary election

JACKSON (AP) — Six-term incumbent Thad Cochran and tea party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel are headed to a June ...

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Election 2014: Miss. GOP Senate candidates face likely runoff

Locked in a squeaker of a race, Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran and tea party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel pointed ...

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House incumbents Thompson, Harper win

Republican incumbent Steven Palazzo and his challenger, former U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor, were tightly bunched in their party’s ...

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Inmate dies after fight at Wilkinson County prison

WOODVILLE (AP) — A prison official says one inmate has died and several were injured in a fight ...

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