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Mayor DuPree on diversity

By Natalie Bell Special to The Mississippi Link Currently serving his fourth term as mayor of Mississippi’s fourth largest city, Johnny L. DuPree, Ph.D. walks into a room with a sense of urgency, visibly and […]

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Tragedy hits family of fallen Mississippi officer

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Tragedy has again touched the family of fallen Hattiesburg Police Officer Benjamin J. Deen. The Hattiesburg American reports Deen’s daughter, 13-year-old Melah Deen, died Friday. Allen Murray, president of the Hattiesburg Fraternal Order […]

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Mississippi flag temporarily removed at Hattiesburg city buildings

(AP) The Mississippi flag, which includes a Confederate battle emblem, was temporarily removed Thursday from most municipal buildings in one of the largest cities in the state. Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree said he ordered the […]

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Thousands attend funeral for 2nd slain Hattiesburg officer

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) – A funeral was held Saturday for one of two Mississippi police officers shot to death a week ago during a traffic stop. Thousands of mourners and law enforcement officers from around […]

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Hattiesburg mayor cited for contempt of court order

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) – After being found in civil contempt of a court order, Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree has to show in two weeks why that charge should not be enforced. If not, the four-term […]

Education

USM looking at ways to trim 4.5 percent from its annual budget

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi (AP) — Administrator say a hiring slowdown, larger classes and reducing travel are among the methods the University of Southern Mississippi may use to cut 4½ percent from its annual budget. The Hattiesburg […]

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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 […]