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Unsolved Baton Rouge slayings leave crushed families

Denise Lee never wanted this job.

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Hurricane Katrina survivor gives back to Puerto Rico

When Jazzmine McKee landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in May, all she could see for miles and ...

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Teachers fight recidivism with creative writing in prison

The lectern in the corner of the classroom at the Alcorn County Regional Correctional Facility nearly reaches Myra ...

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Louisiana state senators want National Guard to leave border

Democratic state senators pushed legislation Friday asking Gov. John Bel Edwards to recall Louisiana National Guard troops at ...

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Michelle Obama discusses new memoir at national library conference in New Orleans

Former first lady Michelle Obama will discuss her upcoming memoir "Becoming" as she kicks off the American Library ...

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Police: Gulf Coast man arrested after family spat causes fatal pileup on Interstate

Police say one person is dead and another is in custody after a family argument caused vehicles to ...

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Alabama, Mississippi refuse money to restart Amtrak service on the coast

Plans to resume passenger train service on the northern Gulf Coast suffered a setback with Alabama and Mississippi ...

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Louisiana couple acquires historic Natchez building for future museum exhibitions

Fred and Melinda Kent, originally of Shreveport, Louisiana, purchased the former Prentiss Club building, 211 N. Pearl St., ...

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Pilot killed when small plane crashes in south Mississippi

Authorities say one person has died in the crash of a small airplane in south Mississippi.

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Mississippi man pleads guilty in killing of Catholic nuns

A Mississippi man admitted Thursday that he killed two Roman Catholic nuns, pleading guilty to murder in an ...

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Tax ruling could open way to Mississippi special session

Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling saying states can force online shoppers to pay taxes on sales could bring ...

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Mississippi gambling regulators approve sports betting rules

Mississippi's state-regulated casinos could begin taking sports bets as soon as late July, after gambling regulators on Thursday ...

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Wreck has shut down Halls Ferry Road

A two-vehicle head-on collision at the intersection of Halls Ferry Road and Fisher Ferry Road has temporarily shut ...

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Lawrence County man charged in sexual battery cold case

A Lawrence County man will be extradited to Florida next week by Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputies who believe ...

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Newly proposed I-14 bill includes Mississippi, Louisiana

Congress recently introduced proposed legislation that would bring an interstate highway through Natchez and Vidalia.

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Historic Emmett Till marker in Mississippi to be rededicated

A historic marker describing the lynching of Emmett Till is being rededicated.

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Son describes decapitating mom to Mississippi deputy

A Mississippi deputy tells a judge that a Stone County man charged with killing his mother admitted decapitating ...

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Gulf coast woman ordered held on $50,000 bail in child’s hot car death

A judge is ordering a Mississippi woman held on $50,000 bail after she was charged with second-degree murder ...

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New Orleans police: Officers beaten in Bourbon Street brawl

Authorities say two New Orleans police officers were punched and kicked in the groin as they tried to ...

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Judge dismisses suit over Ocean Springs flying state flag

A federal judge is dismissing a lawsuit that sought to block a Mississippi Gulf Coast city from flying ...

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Gov. Bryant creates Mississippi school safety task force to study active shooter threats, prevention and response

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he's establishing a school safety task force to study shooting threats, prevention and ...

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Mississippi county considers ban of real fireworks at weddings

Newlywed hearts may be exploding with joy, but one north Mississippi county wants to clamp down on ...

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Man pleads guilty to rigging bids at foreclosure auctions

Prosecutors say a businessman accused of conspiring to rig bids at public foreclosure auctions in Mississippi has become ...

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Southwest Mississippi father, daughter win Jamie Foxx’s #DaddyDaughterTime contest

Father’s Day held a little more excitement for Natchez’s Larry Hooper and his daughter London as Academy Award ...

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Police: Murder-suicide leaves 2 dead at Gulf Coast pharmacy

The owner of a Mississippi Gulf Coast pharmacy has been shot and killed by a sometime employee who ...

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Louisiana police search for clues after finding body, burned car

Louisiana police investigating a body in the yard of a house in Alexandria, soon got a second call: ...

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State lacks power to take action against school district for not reporting abuse

The Mississippi Department of Education says it doesn't have the ability to take action against a school district ...

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Students named to panel to examine tests given to public schools

Four Mississippi high school seniors will be among a 28-member task force meeting to examine state and local ...

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