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July 11, 2019 at 9:05 am

As Dems debate busing, southern schools slowly desegregate VIEW

CLEVELAND, Miss. (AP) — This small Mississippi Delta town serves as a reminder that fierce debates over the integration of black and white students are...

July 9, 2019 at 4:24 pm

Board approves air pollution permit for wood pellet plant

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi environmental regulators have approved an air pollution permit for what could be the largest wood pellet plant in the world,...

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July 1, 2019 at 3:49 pm

Judge gets challenge to Mississippi mental health system

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge should intervene in Mississippi's mental health care system, a U.S. Justice Department lawyer argued Monday, saying the state...

June 26, 2019 at 8:38 am

Mississippi fights lawsuit over reliance on mental hospitals VIEW

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As the federal government tries to compel Mississippi to give mentally ill people more options to get the treatment they need...

June 22, 2019 at 5:20 am

Prosecutor could decide on seventh trial in Mississippi case

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi prosecutor has tried and failed six times to send Curtis Flowers to the death chamber, with the latest trial...

June 12, 2019 at 4:07 pm

Mississippi senator asks Trump for pumps to ease flooding

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Faced with weeks more flooding in a part of Mississippi that's been underwater since February, one of the state's U.S. senators...

June 12, 2019 at 2:14 pm

Mississippi sheriff admits guilt in corruption case, resigns

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A north Mississippi sheriff pleaded guilty to four felony charges Wednesday and resigned from office, becoming the state's second sheriff in...

In this May 8, 2019, photo, third-grade student Miles Stidham uses an East Webster High School laptop to do homework in Maben, Miss. The Stidhams are unable to get internet at their home in the country, so they take advantage of the internet in the school’s library. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) JX201 JX201

June 9, 2019 at 9:01 pm

AP: 3 million US students don’t have home internet VIEW

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — With no computer or internet at home, Raegan Byrd's homework assignments present a nightly challenge: How much can she get done...

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June 7, 2019 at 12:54 pm

Mississippi seeks seafood disaster amid spillway complaints

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's governor wants the federal government to declare a fisheries disaster as freshwater from a Mississippi River spillway gushes into what's...

A resident who declined to be identified wades through Mississippi River floodwater to his Winfield home on Friday, May 24, 2019. The river is scheduled to crest for a third time over the week. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS) 1324478 1324478

May 29, 2019 at 6:09 am

No end seen to struggle as Mississippi flood enters month 4 VIEW

More than 500 homes have been damaged in flooding across a region where cotton, corn and soybeans are the main crops. Farmers are resigning themselves...