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Mendenhall man sets record with 319-pound female alligator

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A 319-pound alligator has set the state record for female weight, beating the old record by nearly 24 pounds, Mississippi’s alligator program coordinator said. The gator taken by Craig Jones of […]

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Hunt for 3 suspects in Illinois officer’s death continues

By CARRIE ANTLFINGER FOX LAKE, Ill. (AP) — Law enforcement officers prepared early Wednesday to resume the intensive hunt for three suspects in the fatal shooting of a popular veteran police officer in a small northern […]

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Ole Miss WR Laquon Treadwell returning after broken leg

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi coach Hugh Freeze hopes star receiver Laquon Treadwell scores a touchdown every time he touches the ball this season for Ole Miss. Except once. “In a strange kind of way,” […]

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Texas deputy shot 15 times; suspect held without bond

HOUSTON (AP) — A suburban Houston police officer who was ambushed at a gas station was shot 15 times, Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson said in court Monday. Shannon J. Miles appeared briefly in […]

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Katrina’s wrath and rebuilding marked on 10th anniversary

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mississippi and Louisiana marked the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Saturday by ringing church bells, laying wreaths and celebrating the resiliency of a region still recovering from a disaster that […]

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826-pound alligator breaks 2 Mississippi records

DAVIS ISLAND, Miss. (AP) — An alligator that was 14 feet, one-quarter-inch long and weighing 826 pounds broke Mississippi records that other alligators had set earlier that day for length and weight. The alligator shot […]