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Sex Abuse, Beatings and an Untouchable Mississippi Sheriff
As abuse allegations in a rural jail piled up, criminal inquiries dragged on or went nowhere. No one scrutinized how the sheriff ran his jail.
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Mississippi woman arrested after striking deputy in face, making threats to kill officer
A Mississippi woman was arrested after she reportedly became combative and struck a deputy in the face. On March 30, Pike County deputies were dispatched ...
by Mississippi Today, Thursday, April 6, 2023 6:45 am
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Body of man who fell into river found more than a month after he went missing
Missing for more than a month, the body of Donny Mitchell was recovered late Tuesday afternoon from the Mississippi River. Mitchell, 50, of Clayton, Louisiana, ...
by Mississippi Today, Wednesday, March 15, 2023 6:21 am
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Jackson State University president put on administrative leave; Mississippi officials offer no details as to why
by Kayleigh Skinner, Mississippi Today March 2, 2023 Jackson State University President Thomas Hudson has been put on administrative leave with pay, the Institutions for ...
by Mississippi Today, Friday, March 3, 2023 5:50 am
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Prosecutor: ‘Nothing’s happened’ in case of Ole Miss student charged with murder of LGBTQ+ student
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today February 27, 2023 A Lafayette County prosecutor said that “nothing’s happened” in the case involving the slaying of well-known Black, ...
by Mississippi Today, Tuesday, February 28, 2023 9:33 am
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Four deaths in Mississippi possibly linked to medicine-resistant fungal infection, C. auris
by Sara DiNatale, Mississippi Today February 20, 2023 Mississippi is battling an outbreak of C. auris, a fungal infection resistant to medication, which the Department ...
by Mississippi Today, Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:04 pm
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Officials investigating after inmate found unresponsive in Mississippi jail
Officials are investigating after an inmate was found dead in a Mississippi jail. Brandon Bishop was found unresponsive in his Alcorn County jail cell Saturday ...
by Mississippi Today, Tuesday, February 21, 2023 6:05 am
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Mississippi man gets more than 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute nearly 9 pounds of meth
A Mississippi man was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca ...
by Mississippi Today, Thursday, February 16, 2023 3:45 pm
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Bill Waller Jr. will not challenge Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves in 2023
by Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today January 30, 2023 Bill Waller Jr., the former chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court who waged a strong 2019 ...
by Mississippi Today, Monday, January 30, 2023 4:51 pm
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‘The honeymoon period is over’: JSU faculty votes no confidence in president, administration at Mississippi university
‘The honeymoon period is over’: JSU faculty senate votes no confidence in president, administration by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today January 27, 2023 The Jackson State ...