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Mississippi flag supporters criticize ballot summary

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Sponsors of three identical initiatives that seek to keep the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag say they’re frustrated by ballot titles the attorney general’s staff is writing for their […]

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5 Ole Miss students charged in beating at fraternity house

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Five University of Mississippi students have been arrested following the Oct. 6 beating of another student. A university police report shows the beating happened about 4 a.m. at the Sigma Pi […]

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Latinfest becomes largest Latino festival in Mississippi

October is Hispanic Heritage Month By Ayesha K. Mustafaa Editor October is Hispanic Heritage Month, and a festival celebrating this rapidly growing sector of not only American society but also Mississippi’s population is one of […]

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Voting Rights Act made things happen

Mississippi Department of Archives and History joins Center of Southern Culture in historic film/discussion of 50-year-old Voting Rights Act By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D. Contributing Writer The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into […]

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Mississippi social worker charged with kidnapping juveniles

TUPELO, Miss. — A Tupelo woman is facing multiple felony charges after police say she kidnapped two children from the Gulf Coast. Multiple media outlets report that 29-year-old Georgia Sasso, a social worker for the […]