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Plans to create reservoir on Pearl River generate worries in Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana officials are worried Mississippi’s plans for a new reservoir on the Pearl ...

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Second person charged with hurling objects at vehicles on rural highway

A second person has been charged with hurling hard objects at vehicles traveling on a rural highway in ...

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Officials: Crime lab finds fentanyl in synthetic marijuana in Brandon

Mississippi officials are warning that synthetic marijuana they seized at a Brandon convenience store on Aug. 8 is ...

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Mississippi labor market cools in July as jobless rate rises, payrolls fall

Mississippi's labor market cooled in July, with the unemployment rate ticking up and employer payrolls falling.

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Parents of LSU fraternity pledge sue after son’s death

The parents of a Louisiana State University freshman who died of alcohol intoxication last year after an alleged ...

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Court ruling costs Lowndes county $800K in tax revenue

A unanimous ruling by the Mississippi Supreme Court in May means that some Lowndes County businesses have been ...

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Why are Mississippi teachers crowdfunding classrooms?

Kristy Clark taught in the Hancock County School District on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for 15 years, but ...

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Lauderdale sheriff: Girl, 12, stole mother’s car, ran over deputy

A Mississippi sheriff says a 12-year-old girl stole her mother's car and ran over a deputy trying to ...

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Former Louisiana deputy admits to distributing drugs other items confiscated at traffic stops

A former Louisiana law enforcement officer has admitted distributing marijuana and giving his girlfriend marijuana, alcohol and other ...

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High court: Mississippi Delta district can merge schools

The Mississippi Supreme Court is clearing the way for a school district to merge schools, overturning a lower ...

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‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin has died

Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul" who sang with matchless style on such classics as "Think," ''I ...

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Body in Mississippi believed that of missing Louisiana man

Louisiana authorities say a body believed to be that of a man missing since Aug. 3 has been ...

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Mississippi inmate’s death is the 6th in a year

Prison officials in Mississippi confirm that an inmate died over the weekend.

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‘Mississippi’s Exiled Daughter’ recalls civil rights push in Pike County on book tour

“Mississippi’s Exiled Daughter” is coming home.

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AP Interview: FBI eyes plethora of threats on Mississippi River

Giant cranes loading and unloading gargantuan barges. Oil tankers, supply vessels and pipelines serving a vital energy industry. ...

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Interstate 55 expansion wrapping up soon south of Jackson

Some orange barrels are disappearing from a heavily traveled section of interstate highway in central Mississippi.

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Petal police officer saves child from drowning in pool on Gulf Coast

A Mississippi police officer is credited with saving a child from drowning in a pool.

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Delta man charged with launching objects at Mississippi drivers

Officials are adding charges against a Mississippi Delta man they say was launching objects at people along ...

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Police bag grocery robber hiding next to ice machine in Summit

A Mississippi man accused of armed robbery tried to play it cool, but the heat found him anyway.

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FBI: Tallahatchie County sheriff was bribed to shelter drug dealer for 15 years

Federal authorities say a Mississippi sheriff gave protection for years to a drug dealer who robbed other dealers ...

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Medical marijuana in Louisiana hits speed bump, regulatory hurdle for crop

Louisiana's first medical marijuana crop will take longer than expected to reach patients.

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Flowood hospital fires employee over racial slur video

A Mississippi hospital says an employee recorded on video using a slur offensive to African-Americans has been fired.

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Louisiana teen gets 55 years for killing grandfather, 2nd man

A 19-year-old Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to killing his grandfather and another man.

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TAG2HI? Tax rate error means it really is in Greenwood

Mississippi drivers like to complain about the high price of license plates. Now, some 10,000 people in one ...

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Multistate crime suspect pleads guilty, gets life sentence for strangling girlfriend in Mississippi

A Mississippi man pleaded guilty Monday to a killing and a drive-by shooting that launched what authorities say ...

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Top officer replaced at troubled south Mississippi prison

The top officer of a Mississippi prison has been replaced, weeks after a convicted murderer escaped and days ...

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Analysis: Road money session waits on lieutenant governor

A special session to seek more money for Mississippi's roads and bridges could be drawing near. But nothing ...

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Police: New Orleans couple’s argument ends in deadly wreck

New Orleans police say a New Orleans couple's argument ended in a deadly wreck.

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