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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...
No. 25 Ole Miss shakes off shooting struggles in 84-69 win over Colorado State
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Jaylen Murray scored 16 points and No. 25 Mississippi beat Colorado State 84-69 Saturday evening in a neutral site game at the nearby Landers Center. Mikeal Brown-Jones scored 14 points for the Rebels (4-0), while Malik Dia and Dre Davis added 11 points...
No. 19 Mississippi women beat Delaware State 80-42 in homecoming game for Madison Scott
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Starr Jacobs scored 18 points, Madison Scott added 13 and No. 19 Mississippi beat Delaware State 80-42 on Thursday. It was a homecoming game — sort of — for Scott, who grew up about 100 miles away from Dover in Indian Head, Maryland. Freshman...
Mississippi governor intent on income tax cut even if states receive less federal money
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday that he will continue pushing lawmakers to phase out the state income tax, even with the possibility of federal spending cuts that could affect states after Donald Trump begins his second term as president. ...
Mississippi woman pleads guilty to stealing Social Security funds
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing social security benefits intended for two older people totaling $25,364, federal prosecutors said. Taruars Santae Grace, 46, of Meridian, admitted that she stole Social Security Administration retirement...
