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Melinda with Elouise Cobell The “100 Years: One Woman’s Fight for Justice” Interview with Kam Williams Melinda’s Native Agenda! Upon graduating cum laude from Emerson College, Melinda Janko founded Turning Point Productions, […]
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Police arrest teen in Mississippi on Nebraska murder charge
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Police have arrested a teenager in the shooting death of a man last month in Lincoln, Nebraska. Lincoln police say authorities arrested the 16-year-old boy Monday in Gulfport, Mississippi, on charges […]
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5 candidates now in special US Senate race in Mississippi
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Two more people have filed for a special U.S. Senate election in Mississippi, bringing the field of candidates to five. The qualifying deadline is Tuesday. […]
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Mississippi OKs $25 million in bonds for bridge improvements
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Top Mississippi officials have approved the state’s borrowing $25 million to help repair or replace dangerous bridges. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood and Republican Treasurer Lynn Fitch […]
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Mississippi city buys more surveillance after dip in crime
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) – A northern Mississippi city is installing two more public surveillance cameras after seeing a reduction in police reports where two cameras were installed earlier this year. The Northeast Mississippi Daily […]
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Man accused of stabbing Mississippi woman to death
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) – A man has been charged with capital murder for the stabbing death of a 63-year-old woman in Mississippi. Fifty-three-year-old Andrew Presley could face life in prison or the death penalty if […]
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Smithsonian director tours Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
By SARAH MEARHOFF Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Lonnie Bunch says Americans have always pushed to better the country no matter the […]
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Mississippi inmates harvesting 300 pounds of tomatoes a week
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) – Inmates at a prison in the Mississippi Delta are growing tomatoes in a greenhouse, and officials expect the harvest to be about 8,000 pounds by the end of May. The state […]
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Discovery of bones halts water line project
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) – The discovery of human bones brought a temporary halt to infrastructure work in an area of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The city of Biloxi reports on its Facebook page that the […]