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In one Louisiana town, no one wants to be police chief

A small Louisiana town is trying to figure out what to do after no one volunteered to run ...

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Drug-testing policy to be implemented at north Mississippi school

Officials say a drug-testing policy that will be implemented at a northern Mississippi school is aimed at keeping ...

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Brookhaven school district borrows money to balance budget

A school district in Mississippi is borrowing money to make up for a shortfall in local tax collections.

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Mississippi military shipbuilding firm to hire hundreds

A shipbuilding firm in Mississippi is hiring hundreds of skilled workers after it was awarded several contracts for ...

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Jackson Zoo workers get pay cuts as revenue keeps falling

Workers at the Jackson Zoo will see deep pay cuts amid declining revenue.

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Meridian police officer fired after man shocked by stun gun

A Mississippi police department has fired an officer after video shows him repeatedly grabbing the neck of a ...

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Two Mississippi cities approve tax increases for parks, tourism

Voters in two Mississippi cities have approved a sales tax to raise money to provide tourism services.

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Family finds their loved one’s casket unearthed, upside down in Holly Springs cemetery

A Mississippi family is mourning again after they say a storm toppled a tree, unearthing their grandfather's grave ...

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Ruling OKs removal of another Confederate icon in Louisiana

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — More than a year after four monuments to the Confederate era were removed from ...

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Southaven police officer won’t be charged for fatal shooting at wrong address

A Mississippi prosecutor said Wednesday that a police officer who shot and killed an armed man after going ...

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Mississippi prison system: Short staffing may be affecting public safety

The Mississippi Department of Corrections says it's continuing to investigate how a convicted murderer escaped from a prison ...

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Governor approves takeover of Mississippi school district

Gov. Phil Bryant is approving a takeover of a rural Mississippi school district by the state Department of ...

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Officials raise reward to $11K in dead pregnant dolphin case

Officials are increasing a reward offered in the shooting death of a pregnant dolphin that washed up on ...

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Mississippi officer awarded $20,000 after mold complaint

A police officer in Mississippi has been awarded $20,000 in damages after a federal jury ruled his police ...

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Louisiana man riding on hood car, gets off, shoots and kills driver

Louisiana authorities say a 31-year-old woman was shot and killed by a man who had been riding on ...

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 Mississippi couple tracks down wedding bandit using Facebook

Just weeks after their May wedding, a Mississippi couple found that all their gifts had disappeared from a ...

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New Orleans might reduce traffic offense arrests

A proposal headed to the full New Orleans City Council would discourage police officers from making arrests for ...

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A year after shooting, no decision on charging officers in north Mississippi shooting

A year after police shot and killed a man under questionable circumstances in northwest Mississippi, authorities have yet ...

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Mississippi sues student loan processing company

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is suing the nation's largest student loan processor, saying Delaware-based Navient Corp. has ...

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Louisiana woman, 25, accused of burning baby to death

Louisiana authorities say a 25-year-old woman is accused of burning a 6-month-old boy to death.

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Bear in park surprises, worries Gautier residents

Bear sightings in a park in a south Mississippi town have residents surprised and wary.

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Two killed in South Mississippi vehicle crash

Officials say two people were killed when their vehicle tried to cross a Jackson County highway.

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Mississippi lawmaker seeks investigation of prison escape

A Mississippi lawmaker is asking the attorney general's office to investigate how a convicted murderer escaped from prison ...

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Women released from Mississippi prison make life in Florida

Serving double life sentences for taking part in a 1993 armed robbery that netted $11, sisters Jamie and ...

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Mississippi reports second West Nile virus case in 2018

The Mississippi State Department of Health is confirming the state's second 2018 case of West Nile virus.

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Louisiana teen aims to fly around the world

A Louisiana teenager has begun his effort to become youngest pilot to circumnavigate the globe.

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Truck carrying hundreds of pigs overturns, killing dozens

Dozens of pigs died when a truck carrying nearly one thousand of the animals overturned in central Mississippi.

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Holmes County School District bans corporal punishment

Corporal punishment will be outlawed in Holmes County School District.

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