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Columbus man gets life in prison for role in 2011 murder of disabled cousin

A Mississippi man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for orchestrating the 2011 murder of ...

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86-year-old pulled from well at age 3 in Philadelphia searches for savior

Philadelphia native Willard Cumberland returned last week with his son and grandson to search for a woman who ...

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Clarksdale high school football player dies after collapse

A Mississippi high school football player who collapsed on the sidelines of a game has died.

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Is bare-knuckle fighting poised for a US boom? Biloxi show drawing notice

David Feldman staged a bare-knuckle boxing match on the undercard of a mixed martial arts show at a ...

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Investigator at trial: Woman and boyfriend drank heavily before death

A police investigator says both a woman and her boyfriend consumed large amounts of alcohol before she was ...

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Mississippi lottery bill advances, but more work remains

Mississippi could be inching closer to creating a lottery and leaving the list of six states that ...

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Five people hit at LSU when crash knocks vehicle into pedestrians

Louisiana State University officials say four students were hospitalized after a multi-vehicle car crash knocked one vehicle into ...

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Open-government mandate added to Mississippi lottery bill

If Mississippi creates a lottery, its governing board would have to abide by the state's longstanding Open Meetings ...

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DNA leads to Louisiana man’s arrest in 1987 sexual battery

The re-testing of DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a man in Louisiana for a rape ...

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Louisiana to boaters: Watch out for manatees

Louisiana is warning boaters to watch out for manatees, threatened marine mammals which have migrated from Florida across ...

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One of South’s last Bonanza eateries to close in Tupelo, leaving 15 open

The second to last Bonanza Steakhouse restaurant left below the Mason-Dixon Line is closing its doors after 45 ...

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Louisiana sheriff: Married man, girlfriend faked man’s divorce papers

A 27-year-old Louisiana man is accused of filing false divorce papers, and his 50-year-old girlfriend is accused of ...

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Body found in Louisiana identified as missing Florida man

Officials have identified the body found in a sunken vehicle off a Louisiana highway as a missing Florida ...

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Trump tweets ‘total endorsement’ for Cindy Hyde-Smith for senator

President Donald Trump tweeted his "complete and total endorsement" Thursday for a Republican who was appointed to ...

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Kroger to phase out plastic bags at all stores

The nation's largest grocery chain has begun to phase out the use of plastic bags as more Americans ...

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4 arrested in fatal Super Bowl party shooting in Moss Point

Four men have been arrested in a shooting death during a Super Bowl party in Mississippi earlier this ...

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Senate advances Mississippi lottery bill

Mississippi senators are advancing a bill that would create a state lottery and earmark money for 10 years ...

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Louisiana library plans ‘Drag Queen Story Time’ for children

Residents are defending a Louisiana public library's plan to host fraternity brothers who are going to read to ...

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2-year-old Mississippi girl drowns after wandering from Laurel home

A 2-year-old girl has apparently drowned after wandering away from her Mississippi home.

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Special session on road and bridge money beginning

Finding money for roads and bridges is the focus of a special session Mississippi lawmakers are opening ...

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Man convicted of murder escapes jail in north Mississippi

Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from a jail in northwestern Mississippi.

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Alabama police seeking owner of briefcase filled with fossils

Police in Alabama are trying to find the owner of an old briefcase that was filled with what ...

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Plan to reset Mississippi high school grades moves forward

Mississippi education leaders, after more debate, are moving toward resetting the scoring scale the state uses to grade ...

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Louisiana grocery store clerk gets new car for act of kindness

A grocery store clerk whose act of kindness toward an autistic 17-year-old went viral has been given a ...

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Bond set for Taylorsville man charged in death of 2-year-old

A judge has set bond for a man charged with killing a 2-year-old child in central Mississippi.

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Louisiana, Mississippi top nation in illness from West Nile

Louisiana and Mississippi are leading the nation in the number of people who have become seriously ill from ...

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Gulf Coast man faces new charges in Mississippi road rage death

PASAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man faces new charges in a road rage death earlier this year. ...

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Records: Louisiana man accused in deaths says arrest stopped his killing spree

Records say a Louisiana man accused of killing three people last year and wounding another told authorities ...

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