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Continental Tire Breaks Ground, Promises 2,500 Jobs Over a Decade

Lawmakers, business executives and almost everyone involved with bringing Continental Tire to Hinds County gathered at the almost 1,000-acre site outside of Clinton on Thursday morning to ceremoniously break ground …

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Federal Violence Liaison Visits JPD; Homicide Suspect Named, Sought

Jackson's upcoming participation with the federal Violence Reduction Network will open up the capital city to new resources, both monetary and otherwise, federal liaison and former St. Louis Police Chief …

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Repealing Tax Cut Will Yield $6 Billion for Infrastructure, Senate Dems Say

Repealing the "Taxpayer Pay Raise Act of 2016" is the first step to funding the state's infrastructure needs, our Mississippi state senators, all Democrats, say.

National

Suspect in Officer Deaths Has History of Racial Provocations

A white man with a history of racial provocations and confrontations with police ambushed and fatally shot two white officers in separate attacks as they sat in their patrol cars, …

City & County

Lessons from NOLA

"Don’t allow a financial storm to be your Hurricane Katrina, the disaster that led to dismantling the public school system in New Orleans."

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JPS Superintendent Officially Resigns, Board Names Interim

Dr. Cedrick Gray formally submitted his letter of resignation Tuesday, Nov. 1, which was effective immediately. After two consecutive executive sessions, the Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees announced that …

Sports

The Slate

So, college football hasn't been everything fans might have hoped for this season. The good news is that college basketball starts in just one week.

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College Basketball Preview 2016: Small Schools

Alcorn State University kicked off last season with seven consecutive losses and finished the non-conference slate with a 2-9 record—a rough start for first-year head coach Montez Robinson.

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College Basketball Preview 2016: The Bigs

College football is entering the home stretch, the leaves have fallen from the trees, and the weather is beginning to stay cool. While it isn't quite time for the holiday …

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Martin and Lettieri: Risk and Reward

Shaun Martin and Mark Lettieri certainly have a lot of options for their fans to choose from. Together, they're perhaps best known as members of Grammy Award-winning instrumental ensemble Snarky …

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Thai House Closing, Erik Kegler Interiors, Innovate Mississippi and MUW

Owners Watt and Tim Bunniran are closing their restaurant, Thai House, on Nov. 30 to go into retirement.

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'Mississippi's Elections Are Not Rigged,' Secretary of State Promises

Mississippians will head to the polls in a week at more than 1,800 precincts around the state. Each polling precinct will have some of an estimated 10,000 trained poll workers …

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Nick Fitzgerald

Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen has run some variation of the spread offense since he arrived at the school eight years ago. This year's version could be described in two …

National

Cosby Lawyers Say Prosecutors Using 'Casting Couch' Cliche

Bill Cosby's lawyers will argue Tuesday that prosecutors are reaching back to the "casting couch" era to round up female accusers and build a "stale" sexual assault case against him.

World

Iraqi Forces Enter Mosul City Limits, Main Urban Fight Ahead

Iraq's special forces entered the outskirts of Mosul on Tuesday, taking the state television building and advancing despite fierce resistance by Islamic State group fighters who hold the city, an …

National

Clinton Seeks to Use New FBI Inquiry as Galvanizing Force

Even before FBI Director James Comey jolted the presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton and her advisers were on edge.

National

Oklahoma State Trooper Kills Fugitive After Weeklong Manhunt

A weeklong manhunt for a suspect in a string of violent crimes, including the killing of two relatives, the shooting of three law enforcement officers and multiple carjackings, has ended …

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JPS Supe Intends to Resign

Jackson Public Schools Superintendent Cedrick Gray gave the school board his verbal intent to resign on Friday at a special school-board meeting.

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Drought-like Conditions Lead to More Burn Bans, One Fatality

Droughts can lead to wildfires, which is why, in the midst of continuing drought in the South, Gov. Phil Bryant issued a burn ban for more than 50 counties on …

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Natalie Collier

At Conversation About Community, Natalie Collier plans to discuss the impact that living in fear has on life in the state and how Mississippians can work to move past it.