A Mississippi police officer shot Kohen Kartier Wiley, a 1-year-old child, while responding to a shoplifting call at the Senatobia Walmart, killing him and critically wounding an adult.
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The Cleveland School District is investing in garden education programs, not just to educate students, but to foster a greater connection between the children and the community around them. The Mississippi Delta school district has a long history of division, stretching back to segregation.
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Mississippi’s state auditor does not have the authority to sue to recover misspent welfare funds from Brett Favre or other defendants, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled. The court said only the attorney general can do so, but State Auditor Shad White accuses her of failing that duty.
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A federal judge in Mississippi booted all lawyers from a case on Tuesday after finding that counsel on both sides had used generative AI to draft legal filings and left hallucinated sources in the legal record.
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In a class-action lawsuit filed Monday, plaintiffs argue that xAI’s methane gas turbines in Southaven are subjecting nearby residents to “near-constant noise, vibrations and other nuisance-level harms.” The plaintiffs are seeking compensation for those alleged harms, as well as injunctive relief and punitive damages against xAI.
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Rachael Floyd drowned in her SUV as a flash flood swept through the strip mall parking lot she was driving by near the Walmart in Petal, Mississippi, on May 25. Now, the community is raising money for her three children and husband, who suffers from an aggressive form of brain cancer.
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Belhaven University’s film department started a student-led film series during the spring semester centered on Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi, to help improve the park’s online presence.
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Sixty years ago, James Meredith began walking alone from the Peabody Hotel in Memphis as he began his March Against Fear. He was heading toward the Mississippi Delta to counter the swelling racism that had followed the passage of major rights legislation and to galvanize Black voter registration.
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Even as local opposition grows to a proposed data center site in Jackson, the company behind it has expanded its proposal from 190 to 230 acres in the Ashley Acres neighborhood.
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Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, the Black men who were tortured by six white Rankin County officers known as the “Goon Squad,” sued local Supervisor Steve Gaines. They allege he defamed them and falsely described them as “the people that raped and doped your daughters” in public remarks.
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Flea-market owners and independent vendors have collaborated to create a string of yard sales that stretches along Highway 15, through multiple East Central and Golden Triangle Mississippi towns. The Hwy 15 Yard Sale lasts from June 4 to June 7, 2026.
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Jackson Mayor John Horhn is praising U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate’s decision to issue a partial injunction on the Metro Jackson Water Authority Act, a state takeover of the capital city’s water system.
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Summer activities will go on as usual this summer in Jackson, Mississippi, with no changes even after the City Council dissolved the Parks and Recreation Department to save money and balance the city’s budget.
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With the 2027 statewide election coming up, Mike Watkins said the Mississippi medical-cannabis community wants candidates who support the ballot initiative—instead of career politicians who have not made any efforts to revive it.
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The “Thacker Mountain Radio Hour” is a radio show based in Oxford, Mississippi, that invites local authors and musical artists to discuss their works or to perform. Mississippi Public Broadcasting will be airing a televised version of the show starting this fall.
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The latest Jackson flood-control proposal calls for widening the Pearl River near the capital city and potentially building a dam along the waterway. But some local residents worry it won’t solve flooding issues, and others worry about the potential downstream impacts.
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President Donald Trump said Saturday that a deal with Iran on the war, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, but the proposal has drawn criticism from top Republicans, including U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi.
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Thousands of Mississippians gathered in Jackson to protest against redistricting schemes to weaken Black voting power on the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that unraveled a key part of the Voting Rights Act.
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With Greenwood Leflore Hospital’s future hanging on by a thread, its owners—the City of Greenwood and Leflore County—have acknowledged it's time for someone else to run the hospital.
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves requested a federal major disaster declaration to address recent storm and tornado damage in Southwest Mississippi and the Pine Belt. The request would make five counties eligible for individual and public assistance under FEMA.
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After federal courts forced Mississippi to create more majority-Black state House and Senate districts in 2025, voters broke the GOP Senate supermajority. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed that ruling.
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ICE arrested, shackled and separated Israel and Max Makoka as they were about to board their school bus in Diamondhead, Mississippi. While one brother endured confinement and pressure to self-deport in a Louisiana prison, the other was sent to a youth home in Texas.
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The Jackson City Council approved demolishing four abandoned buildings at its May 5 meeting, continuing its effort to reduce the city’s blight problem.
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves vowed that U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson’s “reign of terror” will be over “soon,” referring to the state’s only Black member of Congress. He canceled a special session on redistricting set for this month, but says he expects congressional and state legislative redistricting to happen before the 2027 elections.
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The Mississippi Legislature no longer has to redraw its state Supreme Court district maps to create a majority Black district after a federal court vacated an order requiring the State to create a new map that complies with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Innova Preparatory School in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, offers specialized K-12 education for neurodiverse students, with each child receiving an individualized education plan to meet their needs and goals.
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The NAACP has asked a Mississippi federal court to shut down the xAI gas turbines in Southaven, Mississippi, used to power the company’s Colossus 2 data center across the border in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Canvas, the tool many universities use for students to complete and submit assignments, is down at colleges and universities across Mississippi and throughout the United States. A cyber criminal group is claiming credit and demanding a ransom.
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Powerful storms and tornadoes pummeled Mississippi overnight, causing injuries and damaging hundreds of homes across several southwest and Pine Belt counties.
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Thousands of Mississippi voters receive wrong polling-place information from the state's elections database each year, causing some to miss their chance to vote. Experts point to potential solutions, including systems other states have adopted that could help.
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