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HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) – A coalition of racial justice groups, including one involved in a civil-rights complaint against DeSoto County schools, is calling for “decisive action” to end what it calls persistent racial disparities in […]

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GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) – Milwaukee Tool will add 75 jobs in Greenwood and invest $1.5 million, expanding to meet increasing demand. The unit of Hong Kong-based Techtronic Industries has hired 10 workers and expects to […]

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Colin have hit northern Florida and southern Georgia, knocking out power in some areas and flooding roads on the Gulf coast. The National Hurricane Center says […]

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GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – A 24-year-old man wanted on a charge of capital murder related to a 2015 Gulfport homicide has been extradited from New Mexico to Mississippi. Police spokesman Damon McDaniel said in a […]

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CLINTON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi’s state Board of Education is voting to follow political leaders’ opposition to federal guidance on use of bathrooms and locker rooms by transgender students. The board made the 9-0 vote […]

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A defense attorney says he expects a Mississippi prosecutor to reduce the second-degree murder charge against a man arrested last week when his 8-month-old daughter died after being left in a […]

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WEST POINT, Miss. (AP) – A newspaper reports that a man diagnosed with schizophrenia and accused of killng his father has been jailed for 11 years without trial. Clay County District Attorney Scott Colon tells […]

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PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) – A jury could not reach a unanimous verdict in the sex crimes trial of a Pascagoula man. The Sun Herald reports the jury informed the court Tuesday it was hopelessly deadlocked. […]

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COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) – The state Ethics Commission has imposed a $500 fine on Columbus Mayor Robert Smith after finding that he violated a Mississippi Open Meetings Act last year. The Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1Tithix) reports the […]