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Hurricane Ida plows onto Louisiana shore with 150 mph winds, now headed toward southwestern Mississippi

Hurricane Ida blasted the Louisiana coast on Sunday, with the eye of one of the most powerful storms ... Read more

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Efforts to convince Mississippians to take coronavirus seriously ‘going nowhere,’ state health officer says

Mississippi’s top health official said he is exhausted trying to convince people in the state to take the ... Read more

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State shuts down Mississippi daycare after 8-week-old baby dies

The Mississippi State Department of Health said Thursday that it has suspended the license of a Lafayette County ... Read more

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Summer sports, bar hopping cause Mississippi virus spike, state official says

Cases of coronavirus in Mississippi are growing fastest among teenagers and people in their 20s, fueled by outdoor ... Read more

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John Lewis, hero of American civil rights movement, dies at 80

John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 ... Read more

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Walmart to require customer face masks starting Monday

Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam’s Club stores, making ... Read more

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Louisiana AG says mask mandate ‘likely unconstitutional and unenforceable’

Attorney General Jeff Landry, who is currently quarantining after testing positive for the coronavirus, issued a legal opinion ... Read more

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Mississippi man admits to being moonshiner, feds say he owes $1.2 million in state and federal taxes

A Mississippi man who pleaded guilty in a moonshining case owes $1.2 million in federal and state taxes, ... Read more

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COVID-19 hits dozens of lawmakers; state leaders beg Mississippians to protect themselves as virus rapidly spreads

Mississippi’s governor and top public health official implored people Wednesday to help slow the spread of COVID-19 during ... Read more

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Mississippi House speaker Phillip Gunn said he now has coronavirus

House Speaker Philip Gunn said Sunday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus as state health officials ... Read more