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Person of the Day
Blair Schaefer
Senior guard Blair Schaefer, daughter of MSU head coach Vic Schaefer, is one of the three finalists for the award, which is the top women's basketball player in our state …
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Education
Bipartisan Vote Kills New Education Funding Formula Proposal
Sen. Gray Tollison, R-Oxford, thought he had the votes to pass the Republican proposal to replace the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, when he stepped up to the speaker well in …
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Roger Wicker Confirms He Lost Money in Fraud Scheme
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker said Thursday that he is among the victims of a Mississippi-based fraud that officials say involved more than $100 million.
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Education
Javier Peraza
Mississippi Coding Academies, a joint project between Innovate Mississippi and the Mississippi Development Authority, recently named Belhaven resident Javier Peraza as an instructor for two new coding classes that will …
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Food
More Picky Vegetarian
The one type of "sandwich" that lends itself well to almost any ingredient or lifestyle is a quesadilla.
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Brother Lumumba, A True Leader
Leaders don't stop leading when the election is over. Leaders don't pop up only during election year. Leaders lead even when there is nothing to win except the people's prize.
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Powerful Enough to Tear Us Down
If words are powerful enough to build us up, then certainly one can see they'd be strong enough to tear us down.
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LGBT
Ride Against Fear: From Memphis to Jackson in Protest of HB 1523
Benjamin Morris is biking the length of the state of Mississippi in protest of House Bill 1523.
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Music
Sam Mooney: Finding His Way
Like many performers, pop and soul artist Sam Mooney was infatuated with music from a young age. However, the connection wasn't instant.
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National
FBI Agents Searched Former Trump Campaign Chair's Home
FBI agents looking for financial documents have searched one of the homes of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, whose past foreign political work has been swept into …
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Civil Rights
Talking Back to Gov. Bryant: Flag Needs to Change with White Support
Actor and activist Aunjanue Ellis talked back to Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant today to denounce his refusal to back changing the state flag to one without a symbol of the …
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Music
Moonshine Bandits: Outlaws & Originators
For some music fans, country music is the quintessential “southern” sound, and yet, many of its biggest stars hail from elsewhere. That includes Bird and Tex of country-rap duo Moonshine …
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Person of the Day
Colin Kaepernick
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been in the news a good bit for someone who hasn't played a down in this regular season yet. The former star made …
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Minnesota Officer Charged with Manslaughter in Castile Death
A Minnesota police officer has been charged with second-degree manslaughter after prosecutors determined he acted unreasonably when he shot and killed Philando Castile, a black man whose girlfriend streamed the …
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Person of the Day
Chad Kelly
Playing just five days after an emotional loss to Florida State, quarterback Chad Kelly threw for 219 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Rebels to a 38-13 victory over …
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Education
Rep. Moore: Plans to Cut Mississippi School Districts from 148 to Less Than 50
Mississippi would be on the road to 50 or fewer school districts, a new public-education funding formula and more charter schools under legislation the House Education Committee members approved Friday …
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City & County
Future Cloudy for Both Welfare Receivers Testing Dirty
One in 40—that's the likelihood that a person participating in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Programs, a monthly subsidy program for poor and working-class families, in Mississippi is a drug …
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Civil Rights
2 Men Plead Guilty in 2011 Racial Beatings in Mississippi
A multiyear federal investigation of the racially-motivated murder of 47-year-old auto plant worker James Craig Anderson ended Wednesday after a ninth and tenth person pleaded guilty to felony charges.
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Music
Sweet Crude: Tradition & Innovation
When musicians Sam Craft and Alexis Marceaux began forming their patented "indie-rock Louisianais" as Sweet Crude, they didn't intend to limit themselves.
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Girl About Town
Springtime Revival
Sometimes, among activities or places that come to feel routine, you find something new. Such was the case for me at the last Fondren After 5 and the weekend following …
