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The Jackass Brays: Are You Listening?
Friends and readers, it's been a busy week for Dr. S. He won't bore you with the details, since he doesn't remember any. But he does recall something about Halloween, …
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Sports
Holiday Weekend Starting Six: A Tradition Like No Other
Dogs down Eagles ... M-Braves begin fifth season tonight ... USM scrimmages on Coast ... Larry tweets ... MSU gets new unis ... Who will be the Master?
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The Best In Sports In 7 Days
NBA basketball, New Orleans at Orlando (11 a.m., Ch. 16) and Boston at L.A. Lakers (4 p.m., Ch. 16): It's Christmas, so the NBA wants you to start paying attention …
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The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Winter Olympics, women's figure skating (7 p.m., Ch. 3): This is what you've been waiting for. And expect to wait a while tonight before you get to see it.
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Sally Slavinski
Sally Slavinski, 36, slides into a chair in Hal & Mal's 30 minutes before we open. She apologizes for being late, explaining that she just ran 11 miles in training …
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DIY: Build A Gingerbread House
Irwin and Missy Koenig's Cakes & More in Byram might be a tiny place, but the goodies baked in the kitchen come out big in flavor no matter whether you're …
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Diy Guides
Polka Dot Pumpkins & Other Ways to Re-Purpose Jack-O-Lanterns
All the trick-or-treaters have come and gone, the bowl of leftover mini Mars Bars have been devoured, and the genius costume you painstakingly created is now stained and smelling of …
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Personhood
Mississippi Bans Abortion Based on Race, Sex, Genetic Issues
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a law Wednesday that bans abortion based on the race, sex or genetic anomalies of a fetus, adding new limits in a state that …
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Person of the Day
Ace Atkins
The Quinn Colson series by Oxford author Ace Atkins is being developed into a TV show on HBO.
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coronavirus
Mississippi Boychoir Adapts, Plans for Fall and Christmas
Determined to have a successful season, the Mississippi Boychoir has been working hard to combat the issues that COVID-19 presents, quickly adapting to a virtual platform for auditions and performances.
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coronavirus
Mississippi Absentee Ballot Rules Challenged Amid Pandemic
Voting rights groups filed papers Thursday asking a federal judge to temporarily lift some limitations in Mississippi’s absentee voting process. They said doing so would ease some safety concerns during …
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Education
Pandemic Course and Giveback Event at USM, JSU/U of M Collaboration Grant
The University of Southern Mississippi recently released a free online course to help the public better understand COVID-19 and other pandemics.
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Person of the Day
Alexis Smith
Brookhaven, Miss., native Alexis Smith grew up interested in learning about other peoples and cultures. Her grandmother traveled the world, and Smith continued this familial penchant for exploration by traversing …
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coronavirus
Mississippi Seeks to Dismiss Lawsuit on Elections Amid COVID
Top officials in Mississippi are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to remove some limitations from the state's absentee voting process amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Development
Engineers' Report Bolsters Proposed Mississippi Pump Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday published a draft of a new environmental impact statement that supports a proposal for massive pumps to drain floodwaters from parts of …
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Jacksonian
Emily Katherine Dacus
Until Clinton native Emily Katherine Dacus entered college as an art major, she'd hardly taken any formal art classes.
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Person of the Day
Sandra Parks
Sandra Parks, who served on the Mississippi Department of Mental Health Central Office team for 24 years, passed away from a stroke on Monday, Nov. 9, at age 50.
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coronavirus
Mississippi Schools Receive Computers for Distance Learning
Mississippi schools are closer to overcoming the digital divide that quickly became evident at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, state Superintendent of Education Carey Wright said Monday.
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coronavirus
Mississippi’s COVID-19 Deaths Above 4,000 As Thanksgiving Surge Continues
More than 4,000 Mississippians are confirmed to have died from complications of COVID-19 in the pandemic so far, a grim milestone that public-health leadership has warned is unlikely to be …
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Politics
Mississippi Could Renew Debate on Revising Tight Parole Laws
Mississippi legislators should try again to revise some of the strictest parole laws in the nation as a way of reducing the state's “dangerously” large prison population, a nonprofit group …
