Oil Sands in Miss. to be Studied
MOBILE, Ala.–Oil sands in northeast Mississippi and Alabama will be studied for a possible new source of petroleum in the state after an agreement between...
Category : Politics
USDA Warns Southern Quality Meats
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JACKSON, Miss. – Weeks ago PETA put out some pretty disturbing footage showing a pig betting shocked and prodded several times inside Southern Quality Meats,...
Gulf Oil Spill Evidence Hidden on Purpose, Haliburton Pleads
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NEW ORLEANS, La.–Evidence was purposefully covered up in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill that killed 11, including four Mississippians. That is the expected plea...
Brand New Board May Mean Better Days for School District
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PANOLA COUNTY, Miss.–It’s been five years since a state of emergency was declared for the North Panola School District. But, with a new look at...
Student Loan Acts Lowers, Sen. Wicker Approves
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Student Loan Act passes in Washington 81 to 18, but what does this mean for you? It will retroactively lower student...
Death Row Inmate Allowed to Pursue DNA Testing By Miss. Supreme Court
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JACKSON, Miss. — Death row inmate, Willie Jerome Manning, will get the DNA and fingerprint testing that he says could prove he did not kill...
Most of Mississippi’s Delegation Votes Not to Stop NSA Spying
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WASHINGTON, D.C.–Cameras are watching you everywhere and the National Security Administration can monitor your phone call, e-mails, internet records and searches and a host of...
Miss. eChildcare to Expand: Aimed to Reduce Costs, Increase Integrity
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JACKSON, Miss.–The Mississippi Department of Human Resources announced that their pilot program, MS eChildcare, is set to expand in the fall of 2013 statewide....
Mississippi’s Version of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground”
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JACKSON, Miss. – “Stand Your Ground” is a Florida law that came up several times during the George Zimmerman Trial, it has to do with...
Key Witness From the Emmett Till Case Dies in Chicago
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CHICAGO, Ill.–Willie Louis, also known as Willie Reed, a key witness in the Emmett Till case, has died, reported the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. He was...