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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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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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Music

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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State

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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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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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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National

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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Civil Rights

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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Politics

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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Business

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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Politics

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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Politics

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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Health Care

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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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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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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State

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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Politics

Rep. Bennie Thompson Cruises to Re-Election

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