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State Auditor Shad White speaks during the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Wednesday, July 31, 2024. " data-medium-file="https:...

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Jenifer Branning, candidate for Mississippi Supreme Court, speaks during the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2...

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Belhaven University’s Singing Christmas Tree is a treasured community tradition that continues to evolve. The addition of dancing angels — d...

** FILE ** Two-way mirrored windows look in at the lethal injection room at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., shown i...

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The Hattiesburg High Tigers, who play for a second state football championship 100 years after the school won its first, are shown here cele...

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Seven high school championship football games will be played Thursday through Saturday at The Rock in Hattiesburg. There are intriguing mat...

Photograph of Ralph Abernathy, left, and Coretta Scott King, right inside a tent set up as part of the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington,...

52 year-old Andrea Lane of Vicksburg, MS lost all toes on his left foot to the ramifications of unchecked diabetes. Without health insurance...

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Protesters and media outside the Lafayette County courthouse before Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr.’s initial appearance on Wednesday, July...

In a survey of more than 5,000 American adults conducted by Gallup and the Knight Foundation, only 23% said they believe most national news...

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Jimmie “Jay” Lee, a 20-year-old University of Mississippi student, has been missing since Friday, July 8. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp...

In 1986, Mike Espy became the first Black congressman from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Seven years later, he became the first Black se...