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GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – Federal agents said they used a “buy/bust” operation to arrest a felon who’s been selling guns and offering his buyers a sample of crystal meth. Court documents say 34-year-old Russell Clack […]

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Several Methodist leaders are objecting to Mississippi’s new religious-objections law, saying it violates their religious principles. More than 30 Methodist ministers published an open letter Monday, saying the state’s so-called “religious […]

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Authorities say a Mississippi blogger is out of prison after serving several months for sneaking into a nursing home to shoot unauthorized video of the ailing wife of U.S. Sen. Thad […]

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi lawmakers are on track to impose rules that for the first time limit officials’ ability to pocket campaign money for personal use. House and Senate negotiators filed a conference report […]

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CHARTER SCHOOLS FUNDING RePublic Schools charter network gets $9.6M for expansion JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – An operator of charter schools in Tennessee and Mississippi is in line to get $9.6 million in federal funding, with […]

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TRAIN-SMALL FIRE Small fire extinguished on train on Mississippi Gulf Coast PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (AP) – Firefighters quickly extinguished a small blaze on a freight train that had just traveled over a bridge on the […]

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MERIDIAN SHOOTINGS 2 shootings in Meridian, 1 resulting in death   MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) – Meridian Police are investigating two separate shootings that happened within 30 minutes of each other. The first of the Sunday […]

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TRANSPORTATION-MISSISSIPPI 2 in Dem runoff for Miss. Transportation Commission seat JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Businessman Robert Amos and longtime state Rep. Mary Coleman and are competing Tuesday to become the Democratic nominee for one of […]