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Today in History

Featured ArticlesJanuary 8, 2024

Today is Monday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2024. There are 358 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 8, 1964,...

Mississippi deputy fatally shot during traffic stop by suspect who was killed by police after chase

Featured ArticlesJanuary 5, 2024

BEAUMONT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi sheriff's deputy was shot and killed during a traffic stop by a suspect who was killed by police...

Republican-led Mississippi Legislature begins 4-year term with new leadership in the House

Featured ArticlesJanuary 4, 2024

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Mississippi Legislature began its annual session Tuesday, as all members were sworn in for a four-year term and...

Federal appeals court temporarily delays new state-run court in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital

Featured ArticlesJanuary 4, 2024

JACKSON, MISS. (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily delayed Mississippi officials from creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of...

Third Mississippi man is buried in a pauper’s grave without family’s knowledge

Featured ArticlesDecember 12, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A third man in Mississippi has been discovered buried in a pauper's cemetery without his relatives' knowledge — and despite...

Former Colorado players were told they weren’t ready for Prime Time. They moved on but won’t forget

Local SportsDecember 1, 2023

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Luke Eckardt recalled the excitement of finding out that Deion Sanders would be his new head coach at Colorado. After...

Infrequent grand juries can mean long pretrial waits in jail in Mississippi, survey shows

Featured ArticlesDecember 1, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Most people in Mississippi's county jails have been locked up at least three months without formal charges while waiting to go on...

Safety officials release details of their investigation into a close call between planes in Texas

Featured ArticlesDecember 1, 2023

DALLAS (AP) — The air traffic controller on duty when FedEx and Southwest planes nearly collided earlier this year in Texas told investigators that...

Lawsuit seeks $5M for Black former delivery driver who says white men shot at him in Mississippi

Featured ArticlesNovember 30, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black former delivery driver in Mississippi who says two white men shot into his work van and then pursued...

Mississippi GOP challenges election night court order that kept polls open during ballot shortage

Featured ArticlesNovember 30, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After ballot shortages in Mississippi’s largest county sowed chaos and confusion on the evening of the November statewide election, the state Republican...