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District Ready to Merge Schools, but Would Shut Black School

A Mississippi school district says it's ready to stop fighting a plan to merge historically black and white schools. But the district's willingness to act comes at a cost — …

Mississippi Seeing Low-Key Congressional Campaigns

Mississippi's U.S. House races are low-key, with all four incumbents enjoying comfortable fundraising leads over their Nov. 8 challengers.

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Ole Miss has received $5 million from two sources to benefit its athletics program.

Entergy and Mississippi Power Bills Fall on Lower Fuel Costs

Customers of Mississippi's two private electric utilities will see lower bills in February, but regulators will re-examine natural gas costs to see if bills should fall further.

Reeves Keeps Most of Same Leadership Team in Miss. Senate

Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves is keeping most of his same leadership team in the Mississippi Senate, including chairmen of two powerful money committees.

Bryant Sets Nov. 8 Elections for 2 Mississippi House Seats

Gov. Phil Bryant has set special elections to fill two vacant seats in the Mississippi House.

Mississippi OKs Rate Jump for 1 of 2 'Obamacare' Insurers

Mississippi's insurance commissioner has approved a rate increase of 43 percent, on average, for one of two health insurers selling policies on the health exchange created under the federal health …

Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Travel Ban'

President Trump has introduced two travel bans, both of which federal courts blocked, in order to supposedly up national security, despite research that shows how little they work.

2 Mississippi Social Workers Honored for Finding Abused Boy

Two Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services employees are getting an award for discovering an abused boy.

Toddler Shot in Hospital Waiting Room When Mom's Gun Fires

A 2-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet when her mother dropped her purse and a gun inside of it discharged while the two of them were in a hospital …

Tornado Hits Winston Medical Center; UMMC Responds

LOUISVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A spokesman for the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson says a tornado has damaged the Winston Medical Center in Louisville. Jack Mazurak says it …

FBI Probing Hanging Death of Black Man in Miss.

Federal and state authorities are investigating the hanging death of a black man in Mississippi who had been missing for more than two weeks, the FBI said Thursday.

Rep. Bennie Thompson Cruises to Re-Election

Democrat Bennie Thompson of Bolton has won another term in Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District.

$700K Award in Jackson Chase Case Upheld

The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld a $700,000 damage award related to an accident during a Jackson police chase in 2001 in which two women were injured and a third …

KFC: No Proof Worker Asked Scarred Child to Leave

Fried chicken chain KFC says two different investigations have not found any evidence that an employee asked a 3-year-old girl and her family to leave because injuries she suffered in …

Mississippi Bill Would Ping Companies That Boycott Israel

Mississippi lawmakers could ban the state from investing in companies that boycott Israel. The state House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday passed House Bill 761 , which would set the ban. …

Michael Duke

On a return trip home to Jackson during Michael "Mike" Duke's first summer as a University of Alabama student, he was involved in a car accident that would change his …

Hinds Cornered on Inmate Medical Care

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The Hinds County Board of Supervisors voted today to approve a contract with Reddix Medical Group for medical care at the county jail. The board met this morning to approve …

How to Fake Being a ‘Real Man'

What does it take to be a real man? The serious answer is probably something about listening to the people around you, being able to patiently explain the infield fly …

No Damages Against Melton

A Lauderdale County Circuit Court jury voted unanimously last Friday that former Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director Frank Melton should not have to pay damages after leaking a memo falsely …