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Watchdog: White House Violated Law in Freezing Ukraine Aid

The White House violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine, an action at the center of President Donald Trump's impeachment, a federal watchdog agency said Thursday.

The announcement came two days after Democratic lawmakers in the United States released a trove …

• January 16, 2020

Ukraine Opens Probe of Possible Surveillance of Ambassador

Ukrainian police said Thursday they have opened an investigation into the possibility that the U.S. ambassador came under illegal surveillance by an unknown party before she was recalled from her …

The statue is one of many Confederate monuments erected across the South more than a …

• January 16, 2020

Board Delays Vote on Moving Confederate Monument at Ole Miss

A Confederate monument will remain, for now, in a prominent spot on the University of Mississippi campus, nearly a year after student leaders requested that it be moved to a …

A dedicated group of Jacksonians, fed up with the intellectual disparity within predominantly black communities, …

• January 16, 2020

Second Annual Jackson Book Festival: An Intellectual Revolution

A dedicated group of Jacksonians, fed up with the intellectual disparity within predominantly black communities, decided to form The Community Library Initiative with the vision of increasing literacy and creating …

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• January 16, 2020

Mike Leach

New Mississippi State University head coach Mike Leach will certainly be a fun one to watch during press conferences. Leach has been known to discuss topics such as vikings versus …

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• January 16, 2020

Jackson Police Department Seeking Leads for Murder

Jackson Police still needs assistance from the public with identifying the individual(s) responsible for the murder of, Shadrick Simmons.

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• January 15, 2020

The inauguration of Tate Reeves as governor of Mississippi took place at the Capitol building …

• January 15, 2020

Gov. Tate Reeves Touts 'Loving Culture,' Need for Unity in Mississippi

Republican Tate Reeves is now the governor of Mississippi, presiding over a deeply red government and a legion of interests looking for pieces of the state government's full coffers.

Steven Woodruff

• January 15, 2020

After 12 years in law enforcement, investigator Steven Woodruff argues that private companies profit off …

• January 15, 2020

OPINION: Probation for Profit; Little More Than a Scam

Profiting off probation has become big business in Mississippi, and it is costing us all in ways we don't even realize.

Plaintiffs' attorneys last week sent a letter to then-Gov. Phil Bryant and Mississippi Corrections Commissioner …

• January 15, 2020

Lawsuit Says Mississippi Prisons are 'Plagued by Violence'

More than two dozen Mississippi inmates sued the state Tuesday, saying understaffed prisons are “plagued by violence” and inmates are forced to live in decrepit and dangerous conditions.

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• January 15, 2020