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U.S. News & World Report
April 27, 2018
A fired Mississippi Gulf Coast teacher is pleading no contest to misdemeanor charges of contributing to the neglect of a child and one count of simple assault. April 26 ... School officials reportedly saw Nettles' and Raymond's behavior while going through the bus camera's footage to find something else.
Jackson Clarion Ledger
April 27, 2018
Regional jails in Mississippi's prison system are no longer under lockdown, corrections officials announced Thursday. But they said movement at the other facilities, including the three state prisons, remains limited. The statewide lockdown came April 20 after incidents at the Marshall County CorrectionalÃâà...
Mississippi Today
April 27, 2018
A passerby near the new Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience cultural complex downtown said she didn't know he was running for Senate until she heard it on the radio last week. Several local and state officials from Meridian and around the state said they were surprised he entered the race.
WTVA
April 27, 2018
mississippi's second entry into automotive manufacturing already has 15 hundred folks working here. official word came this afternoon toyota is going to ... the story. yeah craig a very big deal for mississippi i spoke with some officials who hear the announcement and here's wheat they thought. worldwide .
U.S. News & World Report
April 27, 2018
Mississippi City Shutters Skate Park Until Vandal Turned In. A south Mississippi city says it's closing its skate park until it discovers who tried to break into a storage room. April 27, 2018, at ... Bubba Dossett, who owns a skate shop in neighboring Hattiesburg, says he thinks Petal officials are acting unfairly.
Daily Mississippian
April 27, 2018
Over the course of its 23-year existence, the Double Decker Festival has featured a variety of styles in its promotional posters. Seen all over town on bulletins and buildings in the months, weeks and days leading up to the festival, past posters have included both modern and traditional takes on the iconicÃâà...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
April 27, 2018
The phenomenon of jailing large numbers of people before trial, often because they can't afford bail or a private lawyer, is widespread in Mississippi. A survey the MacArthur Justice Center released earlier this week – given first to The Associated Press – shows that more than one-third of all of those in jailÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 26, 2018
Officials in a rural Mississippi county say they have arrested seven people in connection with a shootout outside a gas station. April 25 ... Kemper County Sheriff James Moore tells WTOK-TV that the trouble in Scooba on Tuesday began with an earlier fight at the town's East Mississippi Community College.
ACLU (blog)
April 24, 2018
This spring, we took the Mississippi Department of Corrections to court for the grave abuses and inhumane conditions they allowed at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, a private prison in Meridian. No court decision will undo the harm done to the prisoners. But the court can require an end to theÃâà...
Sacramento Bee
March 23, 2018
In a story March 21 about a U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi, The Associated Press erroneously reported the end date of a term started by Republican Thad Cochran. The term expires in January 2021, not January 2020. A corrected version of the story is below: The Latest: Mississippi agriculture officialÃâà...
gulflive.com (blog)
March 23, 2018
Law enforcement officials have identified the man and woman involved in a fatal car accident Thursday morning. Kevin M. Hyatt, 54-year-old of Mobile, Ala., was the driver of the 2009 Honda Pilot, killing 31-year-old Ashley S. Killingsworth of Moss Point, and himself, according to Mississippi Highway PatrolÃâà...
WLOX
March 23, 2018
1. Promotion Description. This promotion is sponsored by Spanish Trail Lanes 2909 Old Spanish Trail, Gautier, MS 39553 (“Sponsor(s)”). The promotion begins at 12:00am on Monday, March 26, 2018 and ends at 11:59pm on Friday, April 6, 2018. Entries must be received by 11:59pm on Friday, April 6,Ãâà...
GoDanRiver.com
December 31, 1999
The state's governor will appoint Cindy Hyde-Smith to fill the vacancy, three state Republicans told The Associated Press on Tuesday, March 20. Hyde-Smith, the state's agriculture commissioner, would become Mississippi's first female member of Congress and would serve until a special election on Nov.
NOLA.com
December 31, 1999
A tugboat that sank in the Mississippi River near Chalmette last week, leading to an unsuccessful search for two of its crewmembers, has been located, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Conditions on the river, whose currents were stronger than usual as it crested last week, remain tooÃâà...
WAPT Jackson
December 31, 1999
A third pediatric flu death this season in Mississippi was confirmed Tuesday by state health officials. The patient ... Including this reported death, there have been a total of 19 pediatric flu deaths reported in Mississippi since pediatric flu deaths became reportable in the 2007-2008 flu season. Nationwide, asÃâà...
Brownsville Herald
December 31, 1999
6. Two of the sources said Gov. Phil Bryant was expected to announce his selection of Hyde-Smith as early as Wednesday. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement was not yet official. Hyde-Smith is expected to be backed by the national and Mississippi GOP establishmentÃâà...
CNN
December 31, 1999
Aides spoke to Trump about the Mississippi race on Tuesday, the official said, and the President "expressed his desire to not weigh into the race at this time." The official added that ... White House officials declined to officially comment about Trump's view of the Mississippi race. Update: This story has beenÃâà...
KPVI News 6
December 31, 1999
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — The governor of Mississippi appointed state Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday to succeed fellow Republican Thad Cochran in the U.S. Senate. Cochran, who is 80, is stepping down April 1 because of poor health. Hyde-Smith, 58, would be the firstÃâà...
WTOK
December 31, 1999
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) - The governor of Mississippi has appointed state Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith to succeed fellow Republican Thad Cochran in the U.S. Senate. Hyde-Smith will be the first woman to represent Mississippi in Congress once Cochran resigns April 1. She willÃâà...
