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State education chief blames teacher pay snafu on computer system ‘held...
Rogelio V. Solis, APCarey Wright, State Superintendent of Education, answers questions about staffing during a legislative working group hearing centering on agencies personnel and their cost...
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Don’t look now, but Eagles’‘Big Un’ has heated up
Southern Miss media relationsMatt Wallner, here, just before connecting on the first of two home runs Wednesday night that helped lift Southern Miss to a 5-3 victory over Ole Miss at Pete Taylor Park...
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Tax preparer from nation’s poorest county sentenced to five years for $3.5...
brewbooks/Wikimedia CommonsInside a tax preparation service. Mo’ Money (a tax preparation service) did amount to mo’ problems for businesses operator Teresa Chism, who was sentenced Tuesday to five...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: The Bodyguard
U.S. Attorney General William Barr's testimony testified before Congress and then doesn't. The post Marshall Ramsey: The Bodyguard appeared first on Mississippi Today.
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Some history – and future – at The New Dude
Ron Polk’s plaque in the Ron Polk Ring of Honor was dedicated Saturday at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville. STARKVILLE – So much Mississippi baseball history – and so much of the future – were on display...
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Port Gibson: Decades-long wait for historic 1987 highway program’s completion...
Mississippi Historical markersThe final piece of the 1987 Advocating Highways for Economic Advancement and Development program is a seven miles stretch in Port Gibson. PORT GIBSON – More than three...
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‘Before I Die’ global arts project inspires Mississippians to turn their...
Sherry LucasAlisha Newell makes a video of the goal she just shared on the “Before I Die …” wall at the Arts Center of Mississippi. Open a restaurant. Become a published author. Let go of my anxieties....
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Chewbacca’s loss
Peter Mayhew, the extremely tall and big-hearted actor who portrayed Chewbacca in the original Star Wars films, has died at the age 74. The post Marshall Ramsey: Chewbacca’s loss appeared first on...
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Favored Reeves so far focused on Hood, national Democrats, not his Republican...
Republican candidates for governor: Former Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr., freshman Rep. Robert Foster, R-Hernando and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, as...
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Stacey Abrams keeps presidential possibility alive in Tougaloo commencement...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaStacey Abrams waves to the audience as Tougaloo College’s Sesquicentennial Commencement Exercises begin at Tougaloo’s campus Sunday, May 5, 2019....
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Oxford’s chef Vishwesh Bhatt wins James Beard Award for Best Chef in the South
Aallyah Wright, Mississippi TodayBecca Walton (left) visits with chef Vishwesh Bhatt (center) and Rosie McDavid After five years as a bridesmaid, Vishwesh Bhatt of Oxford’s Snackbar has earned one of...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: The Mississippi Derby
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Some history – and future – at The New Dude
Ron Polk’s plaque in the Ron Polk Ring of Honor was dedicated Saturday at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville. STARKVILLE – So much Mississippi baseball history – and so much of the future – were on display...
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While Kinnison pulls double duty, Statesmen win another title, hire a new...
Michael Wade PhotographyThe Delta State Statesmen took the hard road to the Gulf South Conference Baseball Tournament championship while their coach, Mike Kinnison (standing, far left), pulled double...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: R.I.P. Officer McKeithen
My heart goes out to all who loved Officer McKeithen and everyone in the city of Biloxi. The post Marshall Ramsey: R.I.P. Officer McKeithen appeared first on Mississippi Today.
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Mississippi lottery, with new president in place could start by December;...
Mississippi, one of only seven states to allow betting on sports events, will become the 45th state to offer a lottery as early as Dec. 1. Revenue from both will go to the Mississippi Department of...
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‘He’s my world’: With nearly half of Mississippi’s rural hospitals at risk of...
Loritta Sullivan waits outside of Wayne General Hospital in Waynesboro with tears in her eyes as her son goes through laparoscopic gallbladder surgery. Earlier, she received heart-breaking news that he...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Rain Rain Go Away
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Local districts won’t pay for state’s mistake that left some teachers out of...
Rogelio V. Solis, APState Superintendent of Education Dr. Carey Wright Local school districts will not have to find a way to pay for teachers accidentally left out of a $1,500 pay raise, state...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Code Blue
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