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Mississippi public school district removes paddling, other corporal punishment from policy

One Mississippi public school district has officially removed its policy allowed the corporal punishment of students. Corporal or “physical” punishment has long been a disciplinary ... Read more

by Daily Leader Staff, Friday, March 1, 2024 3:23 pm

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Fire destroys historic Mississippi factory building that once produced 1.5 million uniforms for military during World War II

A fire destroyed an old Mississippi factory building listed in the National Register of Historic Places that at one point produced 1.5 million uniforms for ... Read more

by Daily Leader Staff, Tuesday, February 27, 2024 1:42 pm

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Bending the rules while hunting or fishing in Mississippi? It could cost you, just like more than 1,000 other people in January

Col. Jerry Carter, chief of law enforcement for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, gave a law enforcement update in a regularly scheduled ... Read more

by Daily Leader Staff, Sunday, February 25, 2024 12:13 am

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Bill to level squatted vehicles in Mississippi advances; petition could keep them slanted

Mississippi State Senator Jason Barrett introduced Senate Bill 2250 on February 5 sparking outrage online. His bill made progress on February 21 while a petition ... Read more

by Daily Leader Staff, Friday, February 23, 2024 10:38 pm

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Mississippi small town public works director injured in hit-and-run while on job. Police searching for truck that fled scene.

Authorities are looking for a pickup truck that injured a Mississippi small-town public works director in a hit-and-run incident Wednesday. The Brookhaven Daily Leader reports ... Read more

by Daily Leader Staff, Thursday, February 22, 2024 3:09 pm

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12.5 million trees dead after Mississippi drought

Extreme drought conditions in Mississippi killed approximately 12.5 million trees and over 80,000 acres affected across the state, the Mississippi Forestry Commission reported. The United ... Read more

by Daily Leader Staff, Tuesday, February 13, 2024 8:47 pm

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Mississippi couple riding horses in search for missing child struck by SUV

A Lincoln County couple was injured Sunday afternoon while riding horses when a vehicle struck them on Hwy. 51 N near Martinsville in Copiah County. ... Read more

by Daily Leader Staff, Monday, February 12, 2024 9:30 pm

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Mississippi man convicted of shooting girlfriend

A 55-year-old man from Silver Creek has been convicted of aggravated assault domestic violence with a deadly weapon. On Feb. 7, James Stanley Roberts was ... Read more

by Daily Leader Staff, Friday, February 9, 2024 10:15 pm

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Sinking cemetery to cost Mississippi city $15k

A Mississippi cemetery is experiencing significant problems. An erosion problem is causing serious issues at Hillcrest Cemetery, including some the dirt in some graves sinking, ... Read more

by Daily Leader Staff, Thursday, February 8, 2024 10:36 pm

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Man sentenced in Mississippi Waffle House murder

A Brookhaven man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2021 shooting death of a woman at Waffle House. Willie Ray Walker III, 34, ... Read more

by Daily Leader Staff, Thursday, February 1, 2024 9:26 pm

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