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State/National News

Police: Veteran teacher had sex with student for over a year

OXFORD (AP) — A high school teacher who authorities say had a sexual relationship with a student for ... Read more

State/National News

Man accused of tossing cocaine from SUV

GULFPORT (AP) — A man who said he was headed to Texas for Hurricane Harvey relief work is ... Read more

State/National News

Man gets life for cold-case murder

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Mississippi man will spend the rest of his life in prison ... Read more

State/National News

Searching for cow, farmer finds SUV holding human remains

TUPELO (AP) — A Mississippi farmer was out looking for a lost cow when he found a burned ... Read more

State/National News

2 inmates, including murderer, escape prison

PARCHMAN (AP) — Two inmates, including a convicted murderer, have escaped from Mississippi’s largest prison. Officials say the ... Read more

State/National News

Man in horror-film mask shoots 3; 1 killed

JACKSON (AP) — Police say a man wearing a Jason Voorhees mask from the horror movie “Friday the ... Read more

State/National News

Man killed in hit-and-run in Alabama

EPES, Ala. (AP) — A Mississippi man has died in a hit-and-run accident in Alabama. AL.com reports that ... Read more

Opinion

Reluctant officials get civics lesson from Supreme Court

During the hurricanes early this month, the Mississippi Supreme Court quietly struck a blow to ratify people-power in ... Read more

Opinion

School takeover tangled in web of other issues

The potential state takeover of Mississippi’s second-largest school district has highlighted the depth of anger some people feel ... Read more

State/National News

South Mississippi pond drained to seek clues in woman’s death

PICAYUNE (AP) — Investigators have drained a Mississippi pond where a woman was found dead. The Picayune Item ... Read more