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Orley Hood on Bailey Howell: Shows how perceptive great sports writing can be
Elwin WilliamsMary Ann Hood, Orley Hood’s widow, and Bailey Howell, with the new Orley Hood exhibit at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. Five years ago this week, we held beloved newspaper writer...
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The following is a complete list of candidates who qualified to compete in the 2019 primary and general elections, provided by the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office. 2019 Republican candidates...
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Marshall Ramsey: The Big Announcement
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‘Promises after promises’: State workers, stuck under stagnant wages, have no...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaClarise Martin, 62, has worked at the Adams County DHS office for 30 years. She is one of thousands of state employees whose salary falls far below...
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‘You get what you pay for’: Holmes County eyes tax hike for $5,000 teacher...
Kristen Ellis, left, presents a physics equation at Holmes County Consolidated High School. Residents of Holmes County, one of the poorest in Mississippi, will go to the polls this summer for a $15...
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Plan for voucher-like education scholarship accounts is dead
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaRep. Richard Bennett, R-Long Beach, discusses Senate Bill No. 2001 during a special session at the Capitol in Jackson Monday, August 27, 2018. A...
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Bigger, stronger, faster: just compare Metcalf, Sweat to 1959 Ole Miss titans
Darron Cummings / Associated PressMississippi State defensive lineman Montez Sweat, at six feet, 6 inches and 260 pounds, ran the 40-yard dash in 4.41 seconds at the NFL football scouting combine,...
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Marshall Ramsey: The Transfusion
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‘What we stand for as an Ole Miss family’: Meet the students leading a...
Grace MarionFor several weeks, six University of Mississippi students met in a study room at the Croft Institute for International Studies to develop a plan to move the school’s Confederate monument...
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Marshall Ramsey: Renovations
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Voter awareness initiative culminates in downtown Jackson art gallery
“Mississippi Mural” by Trinity Larke, an 11th grade student at Tupelo Christian Preparatory, won first place. If you were an artist commissioned to draw a mural representing your hometown, what would...
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State Tournament packed with passion, as previously undefeated Yazoo County...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaYazoo County’s Head Coach Rahim Lockhart gives instructions to junior guard John Lewis during the Class 3A semifinal game with Velma Jackson...
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Marshall Ramsey: Leadership
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‘Promises after promises’: State workers, stuck under stagnant wages, have no...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaClarise Martin, 62, has worked at the Adams County DHS office for 30 years. She is one of thousands of state employees whose salary falls far below...
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20-room artist run hotel in Clarksdale, a “hub” for arts, hopes to help spark...
I just finished up an interview with Charles Coleman, community engagement director of Coahoma Collective, the nonprofit arts organization that oversees the new/revamped Travelers Hotel in downtown...
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Marshall Ramsey: March Madness Mississippi Style
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Tax collections strong in final report before decision on teacher, state...
Tax collections were strong in the final revenue report before legislators decide if and how much of a pay raise to provide to state employees and school teachers. The February report, released Friday...
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Pay raises for county supervisors, clerks pass Senate and House; fee increase...
Rogelio V. Solis / Associated PressFile photo of Derrick Surrette, executive director of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors, flanked by members and lawmakers, June 3, 2015, at a news conference...
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Marshall Ramsey: Spring Forward
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