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Mississippi school kids show more gains on state tests
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaJefferson County third grade teacher Yashica Suddeth is working with students this summer to help them pass a reading test. Mississippi students...
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Noah Saterstrom celebrates Mississippi Storytellers with narrative portraits
Marcy Fischer / Fischer GalleriesNoah Saterstrom is pictured with his two life-size portraits of Eudora Welty and William Faulkner at Fischer Galleries in Jackson. After taking a look at this year’s...
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Mississippi history happening at Pinehurst: two Magnolia Staters in U.S. Am...
Cohen Trolio (right) plays in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur Friday afternoon with his father V.J. Trolio, as his caddy. Until this week, no Mississippian has ever reached the quarterfinals of...
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Sen. Chris McDaniel soared to prominence battling establishment Republicans....
Rogelio V. Solis, Associated PressU.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., right, and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves celebrate Cochran’s runoff election win over state Sen. Chris McDaniel of Ellisville, in the primary...
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Andy Ogletree makes Mississippi golf history
USGA/Chris KeaneAndy Ogletree, proudly sporting the winner’s trophy with his gold medal around his neck, is the first Mississippian to win the U.S. Amateur Championship. Mississippi’s first golf course...
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Could one of Mississippi’s bemoaned state tests soon be history?
Pokéfan95, Wikipedia CommonsA student takes a test Amid repeated complaints about the toll testing takes on students and teachers, the Mississippi Department of Education is considering doing away with...
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Delta school districts restrict public comment following testy exchanges with...
Aallyah WrightThe Board of Trustees and superintendent of the Clarksdale Municipal School District at their August 15 meeting CLARKSDALE – Two weeks ago, the Clarksdale Municipal School District...
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After Rep. McLeod found not guilty of domestic violence, Gunn presses for...
State Rep. Doug McLeod, R-Lucedale Speaker Philip Gunn said he still will ask the House Ethics Committee to look into the circumstances that led to police charging state Rep. Douglas McLeod with...
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Tate Reeves spends big in final days before Republican governor’s runoff...
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves faces Bill Waller Jr., the former chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, in an Aug. 27 runoff. Editor’s note: This story has been edited to clarify a $426,000 payment the...
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Waller, Reeves debate boils down biggest question facing GOP runoff voters:...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGOP candidates Tate Reeves, left, and Bill Waller Jr. prepare for the gubernatorial debate at WJTV studios Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Lt. Gov. Tate...
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Educators fear dramatic raids on first day of school will leave lasting trauma
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaImmigrants and their family members wait to seek legal help at Alpha and Omega Church of Deliverance in Forest, Miss., Saturday, August 10, 2019....
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Going beyond teen pregnancy data: On-the-ground support program prepares...
Clarksdale Baby UniversityBaby University graduates from the June 2019 session at the Crossroads Cultural Art Center in Clarksdale. Between 2010 and 2016, Coahoma County saw a 60 percent decline in...
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How Mississippi, where chicken is a multi-billion dollar business, repeatedly...
The early August day when federal immigration agents raided seven chicken processing plants, detaining nearly 700 workers across central Mississippi, gubernatorial candidate and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves...
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‘Toxic, stagnant, nasty water’: Mississippi River Commission hears about...
VICKSBURG — Warren County resident Lauren Stubblefield, a flood victim and seventh generation Mississippian, stood in front of the Mississippi River Commission and painted a vivid image of her home on...
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Advocates, clergy condemn raid but officials say detained parents given...
Augatina Leon sits with her granddaughter, Jerilynn Perez, outside of Koch Foods Inc., plant in Morton, Miss., Thursday, August 8, 2019. Friends and family members of those who were detained during...
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One incarcerated woman’s three-year battle for a bra that won’t give her a rash
Every time Judy Wilbanks wore the bra, she broke out into a rash. About three years ago, Wilbanks, an inmate at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl, developed an allergy to the elastic...
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Absentee ballots down for Tuesday’s runoff, could mean fewer voters than on...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaHinds County residents cast their votes at Eudora Welty Library during Mississippi’s Primary Election Day, Tuesday, August 6, 2019. Fewer...
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Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves prevails in GOP runoff, will face Democrat Jim Hood in...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGOP gubernatorial candidate Tate Reeves speaks to media after voting at Liberty Baptist Church during the GOP runoff elections. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves...
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Hungry, thirsty, sleep-deprived: Some immigrants without food nearly 24 hours...
Rogelio V. Solis, Associated PressA Latino youth wears a t-shirt that has “American” written on the back at a Spanish Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Canton, Miss., Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019...
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Mississippi voters, women AG candidates poised to make history in November
Republican Treasurer Lynn Fitch and Democrat Jennifer Riley Collins are both poised to make history. State Treasurer Lynn Fitch took a step Tuesday in becoming the first woman to serve as Mississippi...
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