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Apr 01 2024
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Mississippi man shot dead after firing at deputies
Sheriff's deputies in central Mississippi shot and killed a man who fired a gun toward them, the state Department of Public Safety said Monday. The shooting happened around 4 p.m. Sunday in the Rankin County town of Florence. Deputies with the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office were responding to a call about a person threatening family members at a home, according to a Department of Public Safety
Fox News (Online News)Apr 05 2024
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Mississippi state budget is expected to shrink slightly in the coming year
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Budget writers in the Mississippi Legislature will have slightly less money to spend during the coming year than they did in the current one. Top members of the House and Senate met Friday and set a revenue estimate of $7.6 billion for the year that begins July 1. That is a decrease of 1% from the current year. The estimate is experts’ best guess of how much money the
Associated PressApr 11 2024
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Whew! These Ex-Mississippi 'Goon Squad' Officers Are Going to Jail for a Long Time
Members of the infamous Mississippi “Goon Squad” were sentenced on Wednesday for the racist attack and torture of two Black men, Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker. The white Rankin County officers, who nicknamed themselves the “Goon Squad,” plead guilty to assaulting Jenkins and Parker. According to The Guardian, ex-deputy Brett Morris McAlpin was told by a neighbor that Black
The RootMar 25 2024
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Entergy Mississippi reports thousands of power outages
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Thousands of power outages have been reported in Central Mississippi as severe storms moved through the state on Monday, March 25.
Entergy Mississippi reported more than 6,200 power outages as of 9:30 p.m.
The majority of the power outages were reported in Hinds and Madison counties. According to Entergy Mississippi, 1,197 outages were reported in Hinds
WJTV 12Apr 10 2024
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‘Goon squad’ members sentenced for state charges in torture of Black men in Mississippi
Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a host of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men were sentenced to years in prison on state charges on Wednesday. Former Rankin County deputies Brett McAlpin, Christian Dedmon, Jeffrey Middleton, Hunter Elward and Daniel Opdyke and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield were sentenced to between 15
The HillApr 09 2024
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6 former Mississippi law officers to be sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men will be sentenced Wednesday in state court. The six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker in January 2023 have already been ranging from about 10 to 40 years. In March, U.S
Associated PressMar 22 2024
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Mississippi teen sentenced for intent to distribute fentanyl
A Bay St. Louis woman was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 pills containing fentanyl. Emma Kate Stoute, 19, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, on August 29, 2023, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration followed up on a written complaint alleging drug
Magnolia State LiveFeb 28 2024
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Universities in Mississippi profiles
The Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) in Mississippi consists of eight state-funded universities. Three of the eight are Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) More: Mississippi senator wants to close 3 state universities by 2028 Alcorn State University is the oldest public historically black land-grant institution in the United States and the second-oldest state supported
The Clarion-LedgerMar 14 2024
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Abandoned bear cub rescued in Mississippi
A female bear cub was rehomed in Wilkinson County after her mother abandoned her last week, Anthony Ballard said. He serves as the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks Bear Program Coordinator. MDWFP’s Bear Program spends most of the summer trapping and collaring bears to set up den checks in early March. “One day you are trying to set up the den checks and this is the other
Magnolia State LiveApr 07 2024
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Fallout for Georgia baseball, Mississippi State for Sunday game after slew of ejections
Filling out a lineup card for Sunday’s Georgia baseball game at Mississippi State will pose an adventure of sorts for the two head coaches after the wild and wacky events of Saturday night. At least five Mississippi State players were ejected from Georgia’s 3-2 win in Starkville including Dakota Jordan who leads the team in home runs, RBI and batting average. Georgia starting second baseman
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