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West Point toddler drowns in Tombigbee River

COLUMBUS, Mississippi (AP) — Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant says a 3-year-old boy drowned in the Tombigbee River. The accident happened just before 3 p.m. Sunday. Merchant identified the victim as Landon Henson, of West […]

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Study: Mississippi’s 73 airports have $2.5 billion in economic impact

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A study by state transportation officials shows Mississippi’s 73 airports generate more than $2.5 billion annually in economic activity. “When all of the impacts of the state’s 73 public-use airports are added […]

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Columbia woman pleads to reduced charge in 2012 shooting

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi (AP) — A woman charged with capital murder has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the 2012 holdup that left a 19-year-old man fatally wounded in his Hattiesburg apartment. Antonica Magee, 22, of […]

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Jury finds Oktibbeha County man guilty of shooting ex-girlfriend

STARKVILLE, Mississippi (AP) — An Oktibbeha County man has been convicted of capital murder in the fatal shooting of his former girlfriend in 2008. Circuit Judge Lee Howard sentenced 53-year-old Archie Quinn to life in […]

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U.S. appeals panel rules Mississippi abortion law unconstitutional

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi’s effort to close its last abortion clinic was overturned in federal appellate court on Tuesday. Advocates for the law said women with unwanted pregnancies could always travel to other states, […]