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Record-breaking 14-foot gator meat was donated to Mississippi soup kitchens

The record-breaking gigantic alligator has been turned into meat to help feed local soup kitchens in the area

The Independent UK

Mississippi governor’s brother suggested that auditor praise Brett Favre during welfare scandal

As Brett Favre became ensnared in media attention for his connection to Mississippi’s sprawling welfare scandal, Gov. Tate Reeves’ brother suggested the state official investigating the case praise the retired NFL quarterback

The Independent UK

In Mississippi, a tiny fish is reintroduced to the river where it disappeared 50 years ago

A species of tiny fish that once flourished in the U.S. South's Pearl River is being reintroduced there after disappearing 50 years ago

The Independent UK

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Brickbat: Pissed Off

Senatobia, Mississippi, Police Chief Richard Chandler said an officer involved in detaining a 10-year-old boy who urinated in public is "no longer employed" by the department. He also said that other officers involved in the incident will face discipline. Chandler did not specify whether the officer quit or was fired,…

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Mississippi candidate for attorney general says the state isn't doing enough to protect workers

A candidate for Mississippi attorney general says that elected officials must play a more aggressive role in protecting labor rights

The Independent UK

Two school board members recalled in West Bonner County School District, Idaho

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Longest alligator in Mississippi history captured by hunters

A group of hunters have captured the longest alligator ever to be recorded in Mississippi

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News outlet asks court to dismiss former Mississippi governor's defamation lawsuit

A local news outlet that helped expose a wide-reaching public corruption scandal has filed its legal defense against a defamation lawsuit brought by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant

The Independent UK

‘Nightmare’ giant alligator caught in Mississippi sets new records

‘Humongous’ record-breaking beast wrestled from Yazoo River by four friends after epic seven-hour tustle

The Independent UK

A look at who is running this year’s presidential campaigns

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Ballotpedia

8 things to know about Wheeler Parker Jr., Emmett Till’s cousin, eyewitness to his lynching

Wheeler Parker, minister of a suburban Argo church, talks about Emmett Till’s 1955 lynching and brutal murder by white supremacists in Mississippi — and what triggered it.

Chicago Sun-Times

Court won't revive lawsuit that says Mississippi officials fueled lawyer's death during Senate race

A federal appeals court will not revive a lawsuit by the family of a Mississippi lawyer who took his own life

The Independent UK

AP Election Brief | What to expect in Mississippi's runoff primaries

Mississippi voters will head back to the polls next week to resolve a handful of state legislative contests from the Aug. 8 primaries in which no candidate reached the vote majority needed to advance to November's general election

The Independent UK

Former death row inmate in Mississippi to be resentenced to life with possibility of parole

A former death row inmate in Mississippi will be resentenced a second time because of a determination that he has intellectual disabilities

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3 red states will elect governors this fall. Could Democrats have a chance?

Gubernatorial races in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi are heating up. It could be a chance for Democrats to get a foothold in these states with Republican supermajorities.

The Independent UK

Federal judge orders utility to turn over customer information amid reports of improper water use

A federal judge has ordered Mississippi’s largest electric utility to turn over information on customers in and around the capital city who might be using water without paying for it

The Independent UK

Black FedEx driver loses job after being chased and shot at by white men in Mississippi

Company says it offered driver a different position

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How a congressional resignation rewrote Utah’s election calendar

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The Independent UK

Black delivery driver loses FedEx job, more than a year after he said white men attacked him

A Black FedEx delivery driver who says two white men shot at and chased him in Mississippi in 2022 has now been fired from his job

The Independent UK

Mississippi grand jury cites shoddy investigations by police department at center of mistrial

A Mississippi grand jury has issued a report sharply criticizing a police department whose errors prompted a mistrial in the case of two white men charged in an attack on a Black FedEx driver

The Independent UK

Mississippi seeks new court hearing to revive its permanent stripping of some felons' voting rights

Mississippi is asking a federal appeals court for a second hearing on whether it can permanently strip voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies

The Guardian - US

Alyssa Nichols: the trailblazing US referee chasing her World Cup ‘dream’

The youngest Black woman to earn a Fifa referee badge, the Mississippi native, Jackson State alumna and proud Delta is breaking down barriers one assignment at a time

WEKU

Mississippi judge declares mistrial in shooting attack on Black FedEx driver

Citing errors by police, a Mississippi judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of two white men accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver who was making a delivery.

The Guardian - US

Mistrial declared in case of men accused of shooting at Black FedEx driver

Grand jury indicted father and son in November 2022 for attempted murder but Mississippi judge says detective made mistakes

The Independent UK

Mississippi judge declares mistrial for two white men charged with shooting at Black FedEx worker

FedEx driver D’Monterrio Gibson was delivering packages in Brookhaven, a town about 55 miles south of Jackson, when father and son duo Gregory Case and Brandon Case chased him in a pickup truck and opened fire

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