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With few other options, football is hope for families in rural Mississippi

Feb. 19, 2024 10:29 AM EST

LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — A winter sun is setting over the brown, patchy field where Ronald Redmond’s kids have been playing football since they were 5. The goalposts are rusting and the fence is ripped. But Redmond knows what kids who played on this field have gone on to achieve: high school...

Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

Jan. 24, 2024 07:12 AM EST

Greenwood Commonwealth. January 23, 2024. Editorial: Industry’s I-55 Dividing Line Democratic lawmakers are grumbling that Mississippi’s biggest economic development victories, such as the electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant announced last week, always...