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Clarksdale mayor pledges $10,000 for ‘drug dealers, gang members’ to get out...
CLARKSDALE – To reduce crime in this city of about 16,000, Clarksdale Mayor Chuck Espy has a straight forward plan – he’s inviting “drug dealers, gang members and want-to-be criminals” to get out of...
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Disasters are regional and miserable if you happen to be affected. Salt in the wound is when you feel like you are (or really are) ignored. The post Marshall Ramsey: The Flood appeared first on...
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‘Lives are at stake’: Judge to rule soon on Mississippi’s controversial...
“Doesn’t it boil down to six is less than 15?” That was the question U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves asked during a hearing this morning on Mississippi’s controversial six-week abortion ban, which...
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Jim Hood, a self-styled pro-life Democrat, draws rebuke from the right and...
Jim Hood is in a tough spot. On one hand, the four-term attorney general is running for governor this year in a conservative Deep South state as a Democrat. He’s a member of a national party which has...
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Nearly 9,000 third-graders statewide could be held back after failing to pass...
File Photo/Clarion LedgerIn this file photo, reading coach Lakisha Watkins practices word sounds and spelling with third-graders at Goodloe Elementary School in Canton. Advocates say investing more in...
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‘Mother Nature and God Almighty are powerful adversaries’: Floodwaters...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaTommy Parker takes a break from the flood relief efforts to enjoy a cigarette in Eagle Lake, Monday, May 13, 2019. EAGLE LAKE — Tommy Parker doesn’t...
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Starkville junior spearheads rules change, making fast-pitch softball a safer...
Alan BarefieldAlly Barefield, shown here with the protective mask she wears as a first baseman at Starkville High, has helped make fast-pitch softball a safer sport in Mississippi. What you first need...
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McLeod donations from global agro-chemical corporation suspended pending...
State Rep. Doug McLeod, R-Lucedale State Rep. Doug McLeod, R-Lucedale, who was arrested this past weekend on charges of domestic violence against his wife, was part of the 2012 freshman class that...
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Gunn looking for ways to remove McLeod from office if domestic violence...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaMississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn House Speaker Philip Gunn said Friday morning he is asking legislative staff to explore methods of removing...
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NSPARC, a taxpayer-funded data center, charged $27,750 for public records...
Courtesy Mississippi State UniversityNSPARC director and professor Steven Grice Mississippi State University research center NSPARC, whose founder calls himself “one of the best data scientists in the...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: To Resign Or Not To Resign?
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View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Ross Bjork heads to Texas A&M
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Power-laden Pearl River CC gunning for first-ever national baseball championship
PRCCThe Pearl River Wildcats, shown here celebrating last week’s Region 23 championship, will try to win the school’s first-ever national championship in the NJCAA World Series at Enid, Okla. This may...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Memorial Day 2019
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View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Rain Rain Go Away
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Reeves’ message to voters – he has state moving in right direction; opponents...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaLt. Gov. Tate Reeves, from left, Rep. Robert Foster, R-Hernando, and former Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. stand as...
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Black women in Mississippi 60% more likely to die of breast cancer than white...
Black women in Mississippi with breast cancer are more than 60 percent more likely to die of the disease than their white counterparts, according to a recent article from Pew Charitable Trusts....
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