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Pedulla, Murrell score 19, Ole Miss pulls away in the second half to defeat Oral Roberts 100-68
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Sean Pedulla and Matthew Murrrell each had 19 points, and Mississippi defeated Oral Roberts 100-68 Thursday night as the Rebels remained unbeaten. Five players scored in double figures for Ole Miss (5-0) with Jaemyn Brakefield and Davon Barnes adding 13 apiece,...
Attorneys want the US Supreme Court to say Mississippi's felony voting ban is cruel and unusual
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Mississippi's Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes such as forgery and timber theft, attorneys say in new court papers. Most of the people...
No. 9 Ole Miss 'peaking at the right time' but can't afford a letdown at Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin feels like his team is “peaking at the right time.” No one would argue after the Rebels knocked off then-No. 2 Georgia two weeks ago to win their third consecutive game. The hot streak has ninth-ranked Ole...
Missouri aims to get back in win column at Mississippi State, which still seeks first SEC victory
Missouri (7-3, 3-3 SEC) at Mississippi State (2-8, 0-6), Saturday, 4:15 p.m. ET (SEC). BetMGM College Sports Odds: Missouri by 7.5. Series: Tied 2-2. What’s at stake? Missouri sits just outside the AP Top 25 and looks to rebound from last...
Court says it's ending dispute over Mississippi airport board but city officials disagree
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court says it is ending a long-running dispute over whether the state of Mississippi or its capital, Jackson, will control the city's airport board. The decision Tuesday by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could...
Fugitive arrested after a standoff in Chicago is being returned to Mississippi
HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) — A man arrested in August after a 15-hour police standoff at a restaurant a few blocks from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago is being returned to Mississippi, where he had escaped from a county jail. Joshua Zimmerman is being extradited,...
Daniel Batcho scores 38 to lead Louisiana Tech over Mississippi College 105-67
RUSTON, La. (AP) — Daniel Batcho scored 38 points as Louisiana Tech beat Mississippi College 105-67 on Monday night. Batcho added eight rebounds for the Bulldogs (4-0). Kaden Cooper added 15 points and eight rebounds. Amaree Abram scored 13. Odis Carter finished with...
Mississippi Gulf Coast restaurant and its co-owner are sentenced for mislabeling seafood
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Gulf Coast restaurant and its co-owner it were sentenced Monday on federal charges of mislabeling inexpensive imported seafood as local premium fish. Mary Mahoney’s Old French House, founded in Biloxi in 1962 in a building that dates to 1737,...
Mississippi College will change its name and drop its football program
CLINTON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi College will change its name and drop its football program after the current season, the board of the private institution announced Monday. The college, in the Jackson suburb of Clinton, will become Mississippi Christian University beginning with...
Mississippi expects only a small growth in state budget
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's budget is expected to grow more slowly next year than it has the past few years, reflecting economic trends with a cooling off of state sales tax collections. Top lawmakers met Thursday and set an estimate that the state will have $7.63 billion...
