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NTSB: Failure to fix rail crossing led to fatal bus crash

A train crash into a tour bus that killed four in Mississippi last year stemmed from the railroad ...

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Groom rescues struggling swimmer moments after beach wedding

A bridegroom has been credited with saving a struggling swimmer just moments after his beach wedding on the ...

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Former Hattiesburg oral surgeon pleads guilty in scheme to bilk $400 million from insurers

A former Hattiesburg oral surgeon has pleaded guilty to participating in a pharmacy scheme that prosecutors say bilked ...

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Mississippi prison officials say 5 inmate deaths unrelated

Mississippi prison officials are investigating what they say are five unrelated inmate deaths.

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Deep in debt, Pascagoula officials consider selling city parks

A Mississippi city trying to dig out of a deep budget gap is considering selling some of its ...

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Man dies after jump from bridge into south Mississippi creek

A south Mississippi man is dead after he slipped away from friends trying to rescue him from a ...

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Starkville women bring ‘Library Love’ to low-income neighborhood

After more than a year of volunteering at a low-income housing complex, women from Starkville’s First United Methodist ...

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Mississippi ghost story: A rose for Beulah

Stacey Humphreys and her husband laughed when they heard that an antebellum house they were buying had been ...

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Aerospace firm to put headquarters in Mississippi, hiring 70

An aerospace company spun off from a larger conglomerate will make its headquarters in central Mississippi.  

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Police: Man shoots fiancee while driving off Interstate 210

A Louisiana man is accused of fatally shooting his fiancee while driving off of an interstate.

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64-year-old Edwards woman arrested in deadly drive-by shooting

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A 64-year-old Mississippi woman is in custody after allegedly firing a gun into a ...

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Jackson zoo faces money woes, idea of temporary closure

The city council in Mississippi's capital city has approved $200,000 to cover the Jackson Zoo's "depleted" budget.

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Search is on for teen accused of escaping detention center

Authorities are searching for a teenager they say escaped from the East Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center.

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Hood, Reeves preview possible Mississippi governor’s race

Two likely candidates for Mississippi governor in 2019 exchanged verbal jabs Wednesday at one of the state’s biggest ...

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Firm shifts paper clip making from Wisconsin to Mississippi

An Illinois-based office supply company will shift paperclip manufacturing from Wisconsin to Mississippi, investing nearly $1 million and ...

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Sports betting begins in Mississippi

Legalized sports betting is now available in Mississippi.

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Catholic Diocese: Credible sexual misconduct allegations against two people

The Catholic Diocese of Jackson says it's giving law enforcement information about a deacon and a former Franciscan ...

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Mississippi challenge to execution drug put on hold

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A challenge to lethal injection in Mississippi is on hold until the U.S. Supreme ...

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Suspect captured in north Mississippi highway shooting

SLAYDEN, Miss. (AP) — A gunman who fired into a mail truck and a car on a Mississippi ...

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Oyster fishermen sound alarm over Pearl River flood control project

Oyster fishermen are alarmed about a Mississippi flood control project they say could harm their industry, if it ...

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Louisiana’s bald eagle population growing

After nearly dying out in the 1970s, Louisiana's bald eagle population is showing signs of a comeback.

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Mass shooting in New Orleans likely gang-related, NOPD says

Investigators believe the mass shooting on South Claiborne Avenue that left three people dead and seven more injured is gang-related, ...

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Mississippi woman killed when car plunges off river bridge on Gulf Coast

MOSS POINT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi woman has been killed after her car plunged off an interstate ...

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Caesars launching sports betting in Mississippi, New Jersey

Two Atlantic City casinos owned by Caesars Entertainment will start taking sports bets this week, and another two ...

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3 dead, 7 wounded after gunmen in New Orleans fire on crowd

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two armed individuals walked up to a crowd gathered Saturday evening outside a strip ...

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Mississippi inmate once on FBI’s Most Wanted list dies

A Mississippi inmate once on the FBI's Most Wanted List has died in prison.

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Utica woman runs several stores after becoming pregnant as a teen

At 16 years old, Utica native Diane Liddell was pregnant.

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East Mississippi advisor’s challenge brings national academic honor

One of Abby Jenkins’ first interactions as East Mississippi Community College’s new athletic academic advisor last year was ...

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