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Cowboy Maloney President Eddie Maloney dies at 71

Eddie Maloney, president and CEO of Cowboy Maloney’s Electric City Appliance Centers, died Wednesday at the age of 71, ... Read more

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Hearing on damages owed by ex-cop Kinne who killed mother of 4

A former Oxford police officer, Matthew Kinne, who shot and killed a sleeping woman should pay her four ... Read more

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Former OPD lieutenant joins Capitol Police force

A former Oxford Police patrol shift lieutenant and officer of the year will be the new assistant chief ... Read more

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Mississippi revises eviction law that judge called ‘absurd’

Mississippi has revised its landlord-tenant law to give renters time to gather their belongings from a home before ... Read more

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Autopsy backlog plagues Mississippi, with worst delays in US

After Truitt Pace admitted to law enforcement that he beat and shot his wife, her family expected a ... Read more

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Brion Whitten makes award-winning turkey calls, viral videos

It wouldn’t be fair to call Oxford resident Brion Whitten a jack of all trades. Just a lot ... Read more

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State law imposes harsher penalties as fentanyl deaths spike

Cordie Rodenbaugh recalls a conversation she had with her son Parker at the end of his freshman year ... Read more

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Federal probe finds severe problems at Parchman prison

A Mississippi prison violated inmates’ constitutional rights by failing to protect them from violence, meet their mental health ... Read more

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Former Oxford University School director pleads guilty in massive federal welfare scheme

Nancy New and her son Zach New, former executive director for Oxford University School, reached deals Wednesday to ... Read more

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Lafayette County to join 8-county group for Tallahatchie River projects

Mississippi is creating a group to promote economic development and other projects in areas crossed by the Tallahatchie ... Read more

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New law extends no-test time for expired driver’s license

A new law gives Mississippi residents more time to renew expired driver’s licenses without having to take a ... Read more

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Art that Makes You Feel Seen: Jacob Hoshimoto transports visitors to fantastic landscapes

When visitors step into artist Jacob Hashimoto’s abstract worlds at the University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses, ... Read more

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Mississippi collects more than $95M from lottery in 9 months

Scratch-off cards and other games of chance have put more than $95 million into the Mississippi budget since ... Read more

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Starbucks employees and others trying to unionize in Mississippi face decades-old hardships

Haley Morgan lost her job at a liquor store when she came out as transgender last year. The ... Read more

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Bird flu hikes up the egg prices

Mississippians buying eggs for day-to-day consumption or for Easter decorations will find that the food staple is pricier ... Read more

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Mississippi governor signs state’s largest income tax cut

Mississippi residents will pay lower income taxes in coming years as the state enacts its largest-ever tax cut. ... Read more

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‘Go, Mississippi’: State could ditch song with racist roots

Mississippi is on the verge of scuttling a state song with racist roots, two years after it retired ... Read more

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Mississippi governor signs largest teacher raise in years

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Wednesday authorizing the largest pay raise in a generation for the ... Read more

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Mississippi lawmakers pass largest-ever state income tax cut

Mississippi, one of the poorest states in the nation with perpetually underfunded schools and struggling rural hospitals, had ... Read more

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Mississippi gov says he’s ‘married’ to income tax phaseout

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves insisted Thursday that legislators pass a bill to phase out the state income tax, ... Read more

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It’s a deal: Mississippi teacher pay plan awaits final votes

Negotiators from the Mississippi House and Senate reached a deal Wednesday to boost some of the lowest teacher ... Read more

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Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its fourth week on today, with Russian forces largely bogged down outside major ... Read more