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October 30, 2020 at 10:55 am

Mississippi city won’t lose lights after threat over debt VIEW

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An entire city in Mississippi that was under threat of losing electricity before the end of the year because of unpaid...

October 28, 2020 at 8:33 am

Mississippi city may be left in dark over unpaid power bill VIEW

ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) — A decade ago, the sole grocery store in the city of Itta Bena shuttered. The last bank left a few...

Business

October 2, 2020 at 2:33 pm

Sheriff: Men in truck chased, shot at Black teens on ATVs

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A white father and son in rural Mississippi have been arrested after they allegedly chased two Black teenagers on ATVs off...

September 28, 2020 at 12:10 pm

Mississippi hasn't abolished its mask mandate, says social-media claim is a fake

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A letter circulating on social media claiming to be from the office of Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves and abolishing the statewide...

September 9, 2020 at 1:43 pm

Teacher deaths raise alarms as new school year begins

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Teachers in at least three states have died after bouts with the coronavirus since the dawn of the new school year,...

FILE – This Nov. 17, 2019, file photo shows Kanye West on stage during a service at Lakewood Church in Houston. A law firm with ties to prominent Democrats has filed a lawsuit attempting to keep West off presidential ballots in Virginia. Attorneys for Perkins Coie filed a lawsuit in Richmond on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, on behalf of two people who say they were tricked into signing an â€œElector Oathâ€ backing West’s candidacy. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File) NY107 NY107

September 8, 2020 at 9:58 am

Kanye West makes presidential ballot in Mississippi VIEW

The entertainer, approved as a candidate in Mississippi on Tuesday, is already on the ballot as an independent in several other states, including Arkansas, Idaho,...

Entertainment

September 7, 2020 at 5:53 am

During pandemic, Black families put trust in Black doctors VIEW

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Dr. Janice Bacon was exactly the person Kay McField hoped to talk to when she found herself spending most of her...

September 3, 2020 at 9:19 am

A new $300 federal jobless benefit? Not likely for some

Because of a raft of restrictions and bureaucratic hurdles, more than 1 million of the unemployed in the U.S. won’t receive that $300 benefit check,...

Business

August 30, 2020 at 5:23 am

After victories, Medicaid expansion revisited in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After voters expanded Medicaid in conservative states like Missouri and Oklahoma, health care advocates are renewing a push for expansion in...

August 10, 2020 at 3:15 pm

Mask up: Mississippi lawmakers return amid virus outbreak

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Most Mississippi legislators wore masks and practiced social distancing Monday as they returned to the state Capitol for the first time...