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Longtime Mississippi sheriff dies of COVID-19 in Alabama

A longtime Mississippi sheriff has died of COVID-19 in the hospital where he was being treated. The Sun Herald reported that former Jackson County Sheriff ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Friday, November 6, 2020 10:56 am

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Still waiting: Autopsy results ‘in the process of being completed’ four years after murder

Mississippi investigators have been waiting four years for autopsy results that they hope will lead to an arrest for the murder of a Brandon gas ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Friday, November 6, 2020 6:24 am

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New Orleans’s Dixie Beer announces ‘neighborly’ name change

The iconic Louisiana brewery, Dixie Beer, which has been around since 1907, will now be known as Faubourg Brewing Company after the nationwide uproar over ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Thursday, November 5, 2020 9:14 am

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Officials: Fire set in Mississippi hardware store in order to steal merchandise

Columbus officials are investigating a suspicious fire that they believe was intentionally set in a local hardware store in order to steal merchandise in another ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Thursday, October 29, 2020 2:04 pm

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Enough already! Forecasters looking at another potential tropical weather system

Even the meteorologists are getting tired of the current hurricane season. As parts of the country were cleaning up from Hurricane Zeta, the National Hurricane ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Thursday, October 29, 2020 12:36 pm

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Mississippi man with previous convictions charged with capital murder in death of ex-girlfriend

A Mississippi man with previous convictions has been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of his former girlfriend. Darriel Gilbert, 50, of Greenwood, ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Friday, October 23, 2020 4:35 pm

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U.S. Immigration officers accused of torturing migrants at Mississippi detention facility

A British newspaper reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers allegedly tortured asylum seekers in a Mississippi detention center in an effort to fly ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Friday, October 23, 2020 4:15 pm

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Meridian mayoral candidate claims city employees, including police officers, conspiring to kill him

A Meridian mayoral candidate posted a video to social media Monday alleging that city employees and police officers are conspiring to kill him. Weston Lindemann, ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Tuesday, October 13, 2020 10:06 am

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Southern Miss unveils statue honoring washerwoman who donated life savings

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — The University of Southern Mississippi on Friday unveiled a new statue honoring Oseola McCarty. McCarty worked for 75 years as a ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Friday, October 9, 2020 2:42 pm

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Face masks encouraged, not required when Mississippi State Fair opens Wednesday

  When the gates to the 161st Mississippi State Fair open Wednesday amid the current COVID-19 pandemic, tickets will be required, but masks will not. ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Tuesday, October 6, 2020 11:40 am

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