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‘Pushing Forward’: Mississippi’s youngest Freedom Rider is finally telling...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaHezekiah Watkins takes a look at his 1961 mugshot as he recounts his time as a Freedom Riders while at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in...
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‘We’re getting a double hit’: Mississippi farmers, slammed by weather and...
Thomas Wells | Northeast Mississippi Daily JournalTony Campbell of Baldwyn, pictured in this file photo, drives a tractor-trailer loaded with soybeans over to a processor in Alabama on most days....
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Former Natchez mayor entered governor’s race to highlight state’s woes, drops...
Phillip “Bucket” West said he did not enter the Democratic primary for governor on March 1, the qualifying deadline, with the intent of winning, but with the desire to call attention to “the...
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A hard conversation about racism: How ‘The Blood of Emmett Till’ led high...
Aallyah Wright, Mississippi TodayStudents from St. Benedict’s Preparatory School read the marker located in Money, Miss. CLARKSDALE – When Michael Scanlan and Dennis Lansang, teachers at St. Benedict’s...
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Sen. Thad Cochran, a 45-year veteran of Congress, dead at 81
Bill Clark, CQ Roll Call via APSen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., leaves the Senate Republicans’ policy lunch in the Capitol on Oct. 24. Republican U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, whose 45-year congressional career...
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Senator Thad Cochran was a gentleman and a statesman. He served Mississippi and definitely left the state better than he found it. May he rest in peace. The post Marshall Ramsey: Thad Cochran appeared...
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Steve Martin’s musical ‘Bright Star’ right at home in the South and at New Stage
Photo by Greg CampbellThe cast of “Bright Star” includes (from left) Drew Stark as Daryl Ames, Tess Jonas as Lucy Grant, Tyler Bellmon as Billy Cane, Sari Koppel as Alice Murphy and John Maxwell as...
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Lawsuit targets Jim Crow-era provision in state Constitution that governs how...
YouTubeFormer U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., now chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, said African Americans in Mississippi are forced to vote in a system that was...
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Jim Hood long railed against Mississippi’s mental health system. Now, amid...
Rogelio V. Solis, APAttorney General Jim Hood speaks on Feb. 21, 2018, about pending legislation that could limit the powers of his office. When Mississippi faces off against the Department of Justice...
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Thad Cochran funeral: State leaders honor senator’s legacy at Capitol memorial
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaThe late Republican Sen. Thad Cochran funeral service was held at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Monday, June 3, 2019. Thad Cochran’s legacy...
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From Macon to MIT: Larry Anderson’s amazing story
Who knew? Who knew the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a successful basketball team? They do, and naturally they are called the Engineers. And who knew MIT has a New England Basketball...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Another Nightmare for the Coast
In an effort to keep the Mississippi River from changing course, the Bonnet Carre flood control structure is now open. Marine life along the Gulf Coast is paying a price. The post Marshall Ramsey:...
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‘He’s a model for what the Senate should be’: U.S. senators eulogize Thad...
Desmond Boylan, APU.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., gives a press conference alongside Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, on Feb. 22, 2017. U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy stood...
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Clarksdale settles lawsuit alleging bias against white city workers but keeps...
CLARKSDALE – Almost two years after three white former city employees filed a lawsuit against Clarksdale alleging they were fired because of their race, the two parties announced Tuesday afternoon that...
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Charter school groups from Greenwood, Vicksburg, Pike and Canton advance to...
AP file photoThe Charter School Authorizer Board will announce final decisions on this year’s applicants Sept. 9. If prospective school founders are successful this year, the charter school movement in...
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Grenada homeowners fighting contaminated land ‘cut off at the pass’ by...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaRylan Townsend holds protest signs during a rally concerning the contaminated groundwater under Eastern Heights residents’ homes in Grenada, Miss.,...
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Mississippi magic? No, here, college baseball really does mean more
Kelly Donoho/Mississippi State athleticsThis was the scene at an April 27 game at Dudy Noble Field when Mississippi State hosted Georgia. Expect a similar scene, though perhaps with less sunshine, when...
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