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Suspects in 2013 homicide apprehended

YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) – Two suspects have been arrested in the 2013 slaying of a Yazoo City businessman. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation says in a news release that 36-year-old Johnny Mack Brown was […]

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GRADUATION CHARGES Mississippi school district drops cheering charges SENATOBIA, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi school superintendent who pressed charges against people for cheering at a high school graduation has now dropped the charges. According to […]

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Officials: 2 dead at motel; 1 victim’s wound self-inflicted

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) – Jackson County sheriff’s deputies say they found two people dead in a motel room, and one victim’s gunshot wound was apparently self-inflicted. The bodies were found by the housekeeping staff […]

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Analysis: Local governments among losers from prison reform

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Should Mississippi gear its prison policy to produce free inmate labor for local governments? The answer that some sheriffs, county supervisors, lawmakers and others are giving seems to be yes. The […]

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35 Mississippi airports split $10M in federal grants

(AP)  The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding more than $10 million in grants that will be divided among 35 Mississippi airports. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran, R-Miss., said the grants will pay for […]

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GULF OIL SPILL-TRIAL Deliberations near in ex-BP executive’s oil spill trial NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Closing arguments have been scheduled in the case of David Rainey, the former BP executive charged with lying to federal […]

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Jackson considers returning to city ambulance service

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Jackson may return to providing its own ambulance service after nearly 25 years. Mayor Tony Yarber tells The Clarion-Ledger (http://on.thec-l.com/1dRE9Xd) the city resuming ambulance service is something Fire Chief R.D. Simpson […]

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Police: man punches officer in face, fights police in ditch

WAVELAND, Miss. (AP) – Police have arrested a man on felony assault and other charges after he got into a scuffle with officers. The Sun Herald (http://bit.ly/1cBo6Lt ) reports 31-year-old Leif Dasco was arrested after an […]

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GRADUATION CHARGES School official presses charges for cheering at graduation SENATOBIA, Miss. (AP) – Can cheering be criminal? One Mississippi school superintendent says yes, and he swore out charges against three people for doing it. […]