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Mar 05 2024
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Racehorse stolen from Mississippi recovered in Kentucky
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Agents with the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) recovered a racehorse stolen from Mississippi in Todd County, Kentucky. On February 23, 2024, Terry police received a report about the stolen racehorse, worth $7,000. A few days later, agents with the MALTB were asked to assist in the investigation, and they took the lea. During the
WJTV 12Mar 05 2024
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Mississippi authorities recover stolen racehorse in Kentucky
TERRY, Miss. (WLBT) - A racehorse stolen out of Terry, Miss., is on its way home. On Tuesday, the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau announced it had recovered the horse in Todd County, Kentucky. The horse was stolen on February 23. According to the Terry Police Department’s initial report, the animal was valued at $7,000. MALTB was asked to assist in the investigation on
WLBT 3Mar 18 2024
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2 Black men tortured by Mississippi officers call for toughest sentences
JACKSON, Miss. — Two Black men who were tortured by six Mississippi law enforcement officers last year called Monday for a federal judge to impose the strictest possible penalties at their sentencings this week. The former law officers admitted in August to subjecting Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker to numerous acts of racially motivated, violent torture. Prompted by a neighbor’
Washington PostMar 12 2024
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Mississippi manufacturers voice support for Medicaid expansion plan
The Mississippi Manufacturers Association voiced support for the House Medicaid expansion plan, which would make Mississippi the 41st state to expand Medicaid to cover the working poor, in a social media post. The group cited new economic development projects this year as a reason to expand Medicaid coverage in the state with the lowest workforce participation rate. “In late Feb., Jason White
Mississippi Today NewsMar 12 2024
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Mississippi Senate passes Jackson water takeover bill
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would place Jackson’s water system under the control of an appointed utility council.
Senate Bill 2628 passed in a 35-14 vote. The bill was authored by State Senator David Parker (R-District 2).
Ted Henifin, interim third party manager for JXN Water, said JXN Water supports efforts to establish future
WJTV 12Mar 18 2024
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18-wheeler carrying load of bees overturns at Mississippi intersection
A Mississippi intersection was literally buzzing with activity when an 18-wheeler carrying a load of bees overturned. Officials with the Natchez Police Department and Adams County Sheriff’s Office report that the truckload of bees overturned in front of Merit Health Natchez at the intersection of US 61 South and John R. Junkin Drive just after midnight Monday. Natchez Police Department
Magnolia State LiveMar 12 2024
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Mississippi election results: President, Senate, House primaries
Mississippians voted Tuesday in several contested party primaries for president, U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, and election results are below. Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was expected to easily carry the Republican primary on Tuesday, while current President Joe Biden was unopposed on the Mississippi ballot for the Democratic nomination.
Mississippi Today NewsMar 12 2024
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Mississippi voters head to polls in 2024 primary election
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippians headed to the poles to vote in the 2024 Presidential Primary Election. On Tuesday morning, operations were running smoothly at voter precincts in Hinds County. For many citizens, expressing the right to vote is extremely important. “When I think about the things that our people went through, the struggle that they went through, I just feel like we need to
WJTV 12Mar 23 2024
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One dead after Mississippi convenience store is chased by suspect with knife
A Mississippi convenience store clerk reportedly killed a man who began chasing him in the store with a knife.
Jackson police are investigating a shooting that happened inside the store at approximately noon on the Road of Remembrance.
Police report that a male suspect entered the store and began chasing the clerk with a knife.
When the suspect attempted to stab the clerk
Magnolia State LiveMar 27 2024
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Mississippi Says BlackRock Deceives Investors on ESG Agenda, Orders It to ‘Cease and Desist’
‘Investment companies will not push their political agenda on Mississippians,’ Secretary of State Michael Watson stated. Red state officials put more heat on BlackRock this week, with Mississippi charging that the world’s largest asset manager had misled investors about its support for the progressive environmental social governance movement, also known as ESG, in violation of state securities
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