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Corps of Engineers appeals ruling on spillway openings
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge's ruling that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must consult with federal fisheries experts before opening a spillway that protects New Orleans from Mississippi River flooding is being appealed. The Bonnet Carre spillway control structure is...
Mississippi sets tighter restrictions on absentee ballots
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will set tighter restrictions on who can gather other people's absentee ballots, under a bill that Gov. Tate Reeves signed Wednesday. The Republican governor said the law, which takes effect July 1, will ban political operatives from collecting and...
Gulfport principal named south Miss. Catholic schools leader
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — The Catholic Diocese of Biloxi has named Jennifer Broadus as the next superintendent of Catholic schools in southern Mississippi. Broadus served as principal of St. James Catholic School in Gulfport for 18 years. She will take over for interim Superintendent...
Four children and one adult killed in Mississippi car crash
BATESVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Five people were killed Tuesday evening in Mississippi after a car they were riding in crashed into a barricade on a bridge and plunged into a creek below. Four of the five people who died were children between the ages of 12 to 15, WMC-TV reported. The...
Mississippi initiative proposal, minus abortion, in limbo
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Senate leaders are not saying whether they will support a new initiative process that would allow voters to put proposed state laws — but nothing dealing with abortion — on the ballot. Senators face a Thursday deadline. They could accept a...
Editorial Roundup: Mississippi
Columbus Dispatch. March 21, 2023. Editorial: A painful exodus When a vote is taken, it stands to reason that there are winners and losers. Yet today, it’s hard to imagine that anyone who calls Columbus First United Methodist Church his/her church...
Only 1 Black rep gets role in talks on Mississippi policing
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One Black lawmaker and nine white ones have been chosen to negotiate final versions of bills that could expand the territory of a state-run police department inside Mississippi's majority-Black capital city. Critics say the bills are a way for the...
Georgia senators send gender care restrictions to governor
ATLANTA (AP) — A bill banning most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies in Georgia for transgender people under 18 is headed to Gov. Brian Kemp's desk after senators gave it final passage on Tuesday. Senators voted 31-21 along party lines with Republicans...
Women's Sweet 16 features new format and historic field
The Sweet 16 features a new format and a bit of history when it begins later this week. The NCAA changed its setup for the women's tournament this season, trimming the traditional four regional sites to two. Seattle and Greenville — a city of 71,000 in South Carolina about halfway...
March Madness: Van Lith and Louisville pummel Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Louisville rarely opens the NCAA Tournament away from home. The Cardinals could learn to love these early road trips. Faced off with No. 4 Texas on the Longhorns' home court, Hailey Van Lith and the No. 5 Cardinals delivered a swaggering, smothering, romping...
