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Pascagoula police search for missing teen

A 15-year-old Jackson County girl is missing and the police department is asking for the public’s help in locating her. Lt. James Massey said Allysa Taylor Gray was last seen Saturday night about 7:30 p.m. near the intersection of Ingalls Avenue and Pascagoula Street.
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Jackson State falls Mississippi State 56-9

Jackson State coach Rick Comegy chose to look at Saturday night’s 56-9 loss to Mississippi State as a learning experience for his team.

Mississippi State cruised to a big win in front a seventeenth-consecutive sellout home crowd in each team’s opener. […]

Education

Mother of GMA co-host Robin Roberts dies in Gulfport

Lucimarian Tolliver Roberts, the mother of “Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts, has died a day after the anchor announced she was taking a medical leave for a bone marrow transplant.

The 88-year-old Roberts died in Gulfport, Miss., on Thursday night, Jeffrey W. Schneider, senior vice president of ABC News, said Friday. […]

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Former probation officer arrested for embezzlement

A former Tunica County probation officer has been arrested and charged with embezzlement. Patricia Nicole Brown, 40, of Hernando was arrested in a joint operation between investigators of the Attorney General’s Public Integrity Division and the Mississippi Department of Corrections Investigations Division. […]

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Man falls to his death helping friends during Hurricane Isaac

The first confirmed death attributed to Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana was reported in Vermilon Parish.

Sheriff Mike Couvillon says a 36-year-old man had gone to help two friends move a vehicle from under a tree to prepare for Isaac on Tuesday, and fell to his death after climbing 18 feet up the tree. […]

Entertainment

WKDH to end broadcasting

A local television station is going off the air at the end of the month.

WKDH is the ABC station.

Its owner, Southern Broadcasting, says it will end broadcasting at 11:59 p.m. on August 31 after more than a decade on the air. […]

Business

MDA names new deputy director

The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) has hired a new deputy director for their agency. Officials there said Jim McArthur brings to MDA nearly 20 years of experience in business development, marketing and economic development. […]

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AG arrests 2 for price gouging during Hurricane Isaac

Mississippi’s Attorney General Jim Hood said Wednesday evening that two business owners have been arrested for over charging customers during Hurricane Isaac.

The first arrest occurred in Jackson when Rajinder Singh, 50, of Madison was arrested at his place of business, Fuel Time Gas Station, on Bullard Street. […]