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Best Outdoor Dining Beyond Fondren

BRAVO! Italian Restaurant and Bar offers wood-fired pizzas, pastas, gourmet entrees, a gluten-free menu and more.

Nashville Official: Report of Shots Fired at Area Theater

Authorities say police are responding to reports of shots fired at a movie theater southeast of Nashville, Tennessee.

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Robert Gray in (Truck) Driver's Seat to Challenge Gov. Phil Bryant

Robert Gray shocked political watchers around the state by finishing first among the three Democratic candidates with 51 percent of the vote, which would not necessitate a runoff if the …

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Famous Athletes from Jackson

Besides blues music and many other things, Jackson has also had many great athletes come out of it. Here are a few of them.

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State of the City Precedes Budget Talks

For municipal finance wonks, there is no more fun time of year than annual budget negotiations that will result in a city spending plan for the next fiscal year.

Civil Rights

Half of Blacks Say Police Have Treated Them Unfairly

A majority of blacks in the United States—more than 3 out of 5—say they or a family member have personal experience with being treated unfairly by the police, and their …

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How Local Walking Trails Can be Beneficial

With proper exercise, the freshman 15 can be conquered. Here are a few that are near local campuses.

Politics

Challengers Unseat 4 DeSoto County State GOP House Members

Four DeSoto County House Republican incumbents targeted by a pro-school choice group because of opposition to charter schools are among at least nine incumbents who lost party primaries Tuesday.

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Mahesh Nayak

After seeing a computer for the first time as a small child in India, Mahesh Nayak realized he had a passion for technology. He begged for his mother, Prema Nayak, …

Politics

'Mystery Guy' Wins Democratic Primary for Governor, Auditor Pickering Holds Off Mayor Mary

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant has $2.8 million in his campaign fund, and his Democratic challenger in the November election is a truck driver who reported …

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The Unbearable Heaviness of Adulthood

According to The Sentencing Project, black youth are twice as likely to be arrested than white youth, something that affected me even as a minor, and though 58 percent of …

State

Camp Shelby Shots Fired: The Latest

The latest on the search for two men who authorities say shot at soldiers training at Camp Shelby in Mississippi.

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Col. Michele Edmondson and Capt. Cheryl M. Hanse

For the first time, the Seabee base in Gulfport and Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi are being led by women.

National

Sandra Bland's Family Sues Trooper, Texas Department of Safety, Waller County Sheriff's Department

HOUSTON (AP) — The family of a black woman found dead in a Texas jail three days after a confrontation with a white state trooper filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Tuesday …

Environment

'Fire Sale' On Fossil Fuels: Energy Prices Near 10-Year Lows

NEW YORK (AP) — These days it seems whatever can be burned to power a car, heat a home, make electricity or ship people and goods around the globe is …

National

Mormon Church to Release More Documents from Founder

The Mormon church is taking another step in its push to be more transparent, and is releasing more historical documents that shed light on how Joseph Smith formed the religion.

Crime

Bail Hearing Today for Madison County Courthouse Shooter; Revenge For Mother's Shooting Suspected as Motive

CANTON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man arrested for fatally shooting another man at a courthouse in a possible case of revenge was scheduled for a bail hearing Tuesday.

Politics

Secretary of State: It's Legal To Cast a Partial Ballot in Primaries

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi voters on Tuesday are choosing Democratic and Republican nominees for governor and lieutenant governor.

National

Holmes Jury Keeps Execution as Option as Sentencing Advances

Jurors on Monday moved one step closer toward sentencing James Holmes to death for his Colorado movie theater attack, taking less than three hours to reject arguments that the former …

National

Prosecutor: White Officer Panicked Before Shooting Black Man

A white Charlotte police officer on trial for the on-duty killing of a black man panicked and didn't identify himself or give any commands before shooting 12 times at the …