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Inmate executed for 17-year-old sex crime

PARCHMAN – A 61-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting a woman and repeatedly running over her body with his car was executed by lethal injection last Thursday at Mississippi‘s state prison in Parchman. William J. […]

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AT&T to boost broadband to rural areas

JACKSON – (AP) AT&T has committed $53 million to an effort to bring broadband access to more rural areas in Mississippi. AT&T Mississippi President Mayo Flynt tells the Clarion-Ledger that the program will target mainly […]

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5 from USM pep band disciplined ‘green card’ chant

HATTIESBURG – (AP) The University of Southern Mississippi has revoked the scholarships of five members of its pep band who took part in the heckling of a Kansas State basketball player at last Thursday's NCAA […]