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No end seen to struggle as Mississippi flood enters month 4
HOLLY BLUFF, Miss. (AP) — Larry Walls should have been out working in his fields last week. Instead, his John Deere tractor is parked on high ground, just beyond the reach of the ever-encroaching floodwaters in the southern Mississippi Delta. Four...
Storms batter South, kill 2 in Mississippi, 1 in Alabama
LEARNED, Miss. (AP) — Strong storms again roared across the South on Thursday, killing two Mississippi drivers and a woman in Alabama while leaving more than 100,000 people without power across Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. National We...
Fed Chairman Powell says prosperity not felt in all areas
ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell traveled Tuesday to a historically black university in the Mississippi Delta to deliver a message that the nation's prosperity has not been felt in many such areas around the country....
County liable for jailing woman 96 days without seeing judge
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — There are two remaining questions left for a Mississippi woman who sued over being jailed 96 days without seeing a judge: Will the U.S. Supreme Court get involved, and if not, how much will she get paid? U.S. District Judge...
Mississippi study examines if marijuana can cut seizures
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A study of whether ingredients extracted from marijuana can reduce seizures in children is moving ahead in Mississippi. The University of Mississippi Medical Center announced last week that the six-month trial began early...
Mississippi court: Woman has parent rights in same-sex split
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a woman has parental rights to a 6-year-old boy born to her ex-wife when the two were married, in a case watched by gay rights activists and groups aiding in vitro...
Ag official who backed Trump expected to get US Senate nod
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is preparing to fill an upcoming vacancy in the U.S. Senate, and three state Republican sources told The Associated Press that he will choose the state agriculture commissioner who helped advise...
Mississippi passes law banning abortion after 15 weeks
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday passed what is likely to be the nation's most restrictive abortion law, making the procedure illegal after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The House voted 75-34 in favor of the measure, and Gov. Phil B...
Multistate crime suspect now to face Mississippi charges
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — A man convicted in Kansas of attempted murder and other charges during a series of crimes in several states has been brought back to Mississippi to face murder charges. Rankin County District Attorney Michael Guest said...
Rescuers seek anyone _ alive or dead _ left in floodwaters
HOUSTON (AP) — Rescuers began a block-by-block search of tens of thousands of Houston homes Thursday, pounding on doors and shouting as they looked for anyone — alive or dead — who might have been left behind in Harvey's fetid floodwaters,...
Remnants of Harvey still powerful enough to threaten floods
HOUSTON (AP) — A week after it slammed into Texas, Harvey retained enough rain-making power Friday to raise the risk of flooding as far north as Indiana. In Houston, officials tried to safeguard parts of their devastated city by intentionally...
Harvey repeats devastation back on shore in Texas, Louisiana
ORANGE, Texas (AP) — A weaker Harvey replicated its devastating roll Wednesday, returning to shore with a deluge of rain that inundated homes and highways and left police and government officials struggling to pluck people from the water. The...
Police: Mississippi girl dies after beating over math lesson
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who fatally beat a 3-year-old girl because she couldn't correctly answer questions about numbers told investigators that "this was a tough world and she had to be tough if she wanted to survive," Meridian...
Mississippi school plan seeks to double proficiency levels
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's state Board of Education wants 70 percent of all students to perform proficiently on standardized tests under a new plan to comply with federal education legislation. The state plan for the Every Student...
Biofuel case: $4.5M for investors under federal settlement
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $4.5 million settlement for private shareholders of failed biofuel maker KiOR, and a lawsuit by the state of Mississippi seeking to recover a much larger amount continues. U.S. District Judge...
Southern Cross to carry Texas wind power through Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A San Francisco-based renewable energy company wants Mississippi regulators to approve a $1.4 billion power transmission line that would carry electricity from wind generated in Texas to the Southeast. The Southern Cross...
Judge finalizes Mississippi school desegregation settlement
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge Monday finalized a settlement in a 52-year-old Mississippi school desegregation case, merging historically white and black high schools and middle schools in a district. The 3,500-student Cleveland school...
Mississippi suspect's mayhem-fueled run ends in fiery crash
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — A trail of mayhem that began last week in a suburban Mississippi apartment ended Wednesday morning when a stolen SUV chased by police flipped in a fiery crash in a rural Kansas field. In between, authorities suspect...
School desegregation accord reached in Mississippi district
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Delta school district has agreed to a settlement in a long-running desegregation lawsuit, a lawyer said Monday evening. The Cleveland school board voted unanimously to accept a settlement, district lawyer Jamie...
Mississippi teacher accused of dragging student is indicted
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Greenville teacher has been indicted on a misdemeanor charge of abusing a vulnerable person. Washington County District Attorney Dewayne Richardson said Monday that Linda Winters-Johnson will be arraigned as early as...
Jailed 96 days on bogus charge: It is no one's fault?
ACKERMAN, Miss. (AP) — Pulled over for traffic violations, Jessica Jauch was held for 96 days in a Mississippi jail without seeing a judge, getting a lawyer or having a chance to make bail. She was charged with a felony based on a secretly...
District ready to merge schools, but would shut black school
JACKSON, Miss. (AP, Oct. 13, 2016) — A Mississippi school district says it's ready to stop fighting a plan to merge historically black and white schools. But the district's willingness to act comes at a cost — closing historically black schools....