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Rice and 3rd man plead guilty in murder of James Craig Anderson

From The Mississippi Link Newswire  WASHINGTON, D.C., – The Justice Department announced that besides 19-year-old Deryl Paul Dedmon, John Aaron Rice, 19, and Dylan Wade Butler, 20, all from Brandon, Mississippi, pleaded guilty in U.S. […]

Entertainment

Whitney Houston dies of accidental drowning; drugs in body

LOS ANGELES – (AP) Whitney Houston died from accidental drowning and the effects of cocaine use and heart disease, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office said Thursday. The singer, who died at age 48 in […]

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Mitchell asks US Supreme Court to stop execution

JACKSON – (AP) William Mitchell will die by lethal injection tonight if the U.S. Supreme Court does not stop his execution. Mitchell’s execution is scheduled for 6 p.m. tonight at the state prison in Parchman. […]

Local Sports

Pate named men's coach at Itawamba CC

FULTON – (AP) Grant Pate, the former Tupelo High School men's basketball, has been named head basketball coach at Itawamba Community College. The 44-year-old Pate took over as head coach at Tupelo in 2008 and […]

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Death Row inmate asks US high court to block execution

JACKSON – (AP) A Mississippi prison inmate has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block his execution Tuesday based on the argument that his lawyers didn't do a good job and prosecutors discriminated against blacks […]

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Woman in military explosives case dies

News Briefs From Across The State By Monica Land Woman indicted last month for theft of explosives A 50-year-old Gulfport woman charged in a federal explosives case has died, and two of her brothers wanted […]

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Woosnam to play in Saucier golfing event

SAUCIER – (AP) Ian Woosnam, the 1991 Masters champion, received one of four sponsor's exemptions to play in this week's Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic at Fallen Oak in Saucier. The Champions Tour event runs from […]

Business

Developer seeks to buy casino hotel

VICKSBURG – (AP) A New Orleans developer says he has offered to buy the Grand Station Hotel. The Vicksburg Post reports that Kenneth W. Bickford, president of Chappapeela Development Corp., said the Grand Station Hotel […]