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Estate of Mississippi native, Southern author Julia Reed to be auctioned for charity
The estate of a writer who chronicled Southern food and life will be auctioned next month to benefit ...
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What does it take to be in top 1% of wealth in Mississippi?
Windfall used its 2020 consumer financial database to determine the net worth required to rank in the top ...
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New Orleans Jazz Fest delayed until October
The coronavirus pandemic, which forced the cancellation of last year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, is forcing ...
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Actress who portrayed Mary Ann on ‘Gilligan’s Island’ dies of COVID-19
Dawn Wells, who played the wholesome Mary Ann among a misfit band of shipwrecked castaways on the 1960s ...
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World mourns Mississippi singer who ‘did things no one had ever done’
Charley Pride wasn’t country music’s first Black artist, but he reached heights that had not been available to ...
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Guitar rock legend Eddie Van Halen loses battle with cancer
Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into ...
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Harshmallow hiatus: Pandemic prompts Peeps production pause
Peeps treats are going on hiatus for several months — another consequence of the coronavirus pandemic. Just Born ...
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Is this an alien egg? A dragon stone? Strange object found in Arkansas field causes speculation
A big, strange-looking thing that resembles a large, scaly egg was discovered recently in an Arkansas field, sparking ...
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Trick-or-What? Halloween in pandemic mixed bag for American families
Roving grown-ups tossing candy at kids waiting on lawns. Drive-thru Halloween haunts. Yard parties instead of block parties ...
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Author Winston Groom who created ‘Forrest Gump’ dead at 77
Winston Groom, the writer whose novel “Forrest Gump” was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became ...