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#PrayforBert

The Mississippi Link Newswire 16 WAPT’s Bert Case, 76, was hospitalized recently fighting sepsis. His fever is breaking and he is improving reported his wife, Mary Weiden. The family has received an outpouring of support […]

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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 […]