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Development
FEMA Opening 2 Disaster Recovery Centers in Mississippi
Two disaster recovery centers are opening in Mississippi to help people affected by storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding that happened in February and March.
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Politics
Two Candidates for Mississippi Governor Agree to Second Debate
Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood said Monday that he has accepted an invitation for Oct. 14 at WCBI-TV in Columbus. Republican Tate Reeves accepted the invitation last month.
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Harp Player Sam Myers Back in Treatment
Long time Mississippi vocalist/harmonica blues artist is starting a second round of treatment for cancer of the throat. He received treatments and was improving but learned recently that the cancer …
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Woman Accused of Aiding Police Killer Gets Change of Venue
A woman charged with aiding the killer of two Hattiesburg police officers will be tried somewhere else.
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Education
Tuition to Rise 4 Percent on Average at Mississippi Schools
Mississippi's eight public universities plan to raise tuition by an average of 4 percent next fall.
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Business
University of Mississippi and Meridian Hospitals to Ally
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is agreeing to work more closely with another hospital.
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Trial Begins for Baltimore Officer Charged in Arrestee Death
Prosecutors dropped a misconduct charge Thursday against the highest-ranking Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray.
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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 — …
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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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Ross Bjork
Ole Miss has received $5 million from two sources to benefit its athletics program.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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National
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.
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State
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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Rep. Bennie Thompson Cruises to Re-Election
Democrat Bennie Thompson of Bolton has won another term in Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District.
