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Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival begins on Friday
The Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival begins on Friday. The lineup is listed below:
Year: 2015
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Police: Children locked in hot car while couple gambled
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – Gulfport police say Meridian couple has been arrested after they left their children in a hot car to go gambling at the Island View Casino. Sgt. Damon McDaniel tells The Sun […]
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ISLAMIC STATE-MISSISSIPPI Judge denies bail in Islamic State arrests JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A federal magistrate judge has ordered a young man and woman from Mississippi to be held without bail, pending grand jury action […]
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Justices speak out about death penalty, but executions go on
By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Wherever their summer travels have taken them, Supreme Court justices probably will weigh in over the next few days on Texas’ plans to execute two death row inmates in the […]
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Jackson proposes 8 percent property tax increase
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber has presented his budget proposal to city council members calling for an 8 percent tax increase, once a month furloughs of many city workers and a hiring […]
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5 women accused of being witches beaten to death in India
PATNA, India (AP) — Dozens of villagers in eastern India beat to death five women Saturday, accusing them of practicing witchcraft and blaming them for a series of misfortunes in the village, police said. Residents […]
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Inmate challenge to death sentence goes back to trial court
By JACK ELLIOTT JR. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court is allowing death row inmate Eddie Lee Howard Jr. to go back to trial court to argue that his sentence should be thrown out. […]
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Your Child. Your Choice. Our Future!
With the recent coverage on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s budget crisis, parents are understandably concerned about the impact the proposed budget impasse will have on their children’s future. It is unclear what, exactly, will be […]
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Texas police fatally shoot unarmed college football player
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A police officer in suburban Dallas shot and killed a college football player during a struggle after the unarmed 19-year-old crashed a car through the front window of a car dealership, […]
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Michael Brown’s father says family still in mourning
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown Sr. says he and the family are still in mourning one year after his son’s death. Brown spoke Saturday at a parade in Ferguson to honor his son, who […]