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Kendrick no longer with Mississippi’s team

OXFORD – (AP) Former McDonald’s All-American Jelan Kendrick has left Mississippi’s basketball program after one tumultuous season. The 6-foot-7 guard averaged 5.1 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game last season after becoming eligible […]

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JSU Names McCall Offensive Coordinator

From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – Jackson State University head football coach Rick Comegy has named Derrick McCall to serve as offensive coordinator. The 2012 season marks McCall’s fifth as a member of the […]

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3-year-old dies after being left in car

PHILADELPHIA – (AP) Philadelphia police said a 3-year-old child died Monday of heat exposure after being left in a car. Police Chief Richard Sistrunk said autopsy results came in Tuesday and the child’s death was […]

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Man drowns off Pensacola Beach

PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. – (AP) Officials said a 23-year-old Mississippi man drowned and more than a dozen other swimmers were ordered out of rough surf off Florida’s Pensacola Beach amid heavy rain that caused widespread […]