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The Links plan Mardi Gras Ball at Country Club

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The LeFleurr’s Bluff Chapter of The Links Inc., will hold its Mardi Gras Ball at 7 p.m. Jan. 30, at the Country Club of Jackson. Tickets are $75. For more information visit www.lefleursbluff.com or email […]

Business

Walmart plans to shut 6 stores in Mississippi, none on coast

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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Six Walmart stores in Mississippi are closing as part of the company’s plan to shutter 269 stores worldwide. More than 100 of the closures will affect the smallest format stores, Walmart […]

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George County street gang member indicted in transgender teen’s death

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LUCEDALE, Mississippi (AP) — A documented member of the Latin Kings street gang used a hammer to beat to death a transgender teen who once considered him a boyfriend. A George County grand jury indicted […]

Education

School will seek to fire teacher who body-slammed student

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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — School officials say they will seek to fire a teacher who body-slammed a student into the pavement outside a high school. Freddrick Murray, chief academic officer for high schools at Jackson […]

Entertainment

Scientists spot brightest supernova ever, brighter than entire Milky Way

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the brightest star explosion ever, a super supernova that easily outshines our entire Milky Way. An international team revealed “the most powerful supernova observed in human history” […]

Entertainment

`Revenant’ leads Academy Award nominations with 12

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NEW YORK (AP) — The brutal frontier saga “The Revenant” leads the 88th annual Academy Awards with 12 nominations. The strong showing for “The Revenant,” including a best actor nod for Leonardo DiCaprio, follows its […]

Entertainment

Alan Rickman, star of stage and `Harry Potter’ films, dies at 69

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LONDON (AP) — British actor Alan Rickman, a classically trained stage star and sensual screen villain in the “Harry Potter” saga and other films, has died. He was 69. Rickman’s family said Thursday that the […]

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Parchman prison guard attacked by inmate with broom handle

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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A correctional supervisor has suffered serious injuries after an inmate attacked her with a broom handle at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Lt. Clarissa Williams was assaulted Tuesday in an […]

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Woman pleads not guilty in stabbing death of boyfriend

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PASCAGOULA, Mississippi (AP) — A Moss Point woman has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the 2014 stabbing death of her boyfriend during an argument. The Sun Herald reports 23-year-old Shakendra Latrice Galloway pleaded not guilty […]

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Louisiana theater shooter thanks man accused of black church slayings

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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) — The gunman responsible for a deadly rampage inside a Louisiana movie theater last summer left a journal thanking the man accused of killing nine black people in a church. In […]

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