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1941: Doris Miller carries shipmates to safety
On this day in 1941, mess attendant Doris “Dorie” Miller on the USS West Virginia carried the injured captain and other shipmates to safety during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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5mReeves awards $32 million in federal funds to develop healthcare workforce and psychiatric services
Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday awarded $32 million for healthcare workforce development and psychiatric emergency services as a part of a federal program to improve rural healthcare.
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6mNew visitor center will highlight Vicksburg's role in the Civil War
Mississippi officials Wednesday celebrated plans to build a $114 million Civil War museum and visitor center next to Vicksburg National Military Park, one day after President Donald Trump signed legislation that will help with the development.
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4mMore Mississippi county health departments could lose clinical services
As funding challenges persist, Mississippi health officials may cut clinical services at more county health departments.
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4mLexington faces new lawsuit, days after settling with Justice Department
The Southern Poverty Law Center and the ACLU of Mississippi are representing Lexington resident Terrance Gypson, who alleges police threw him to the ground and arrested him without probable cause because he was taking a video of them.
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7mTrump rallying in Mississippi on Monday to support Hyde-Smith
President Donald Trump will visit Mississippi next week to campaign for U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on Monday night at the Crossroads Arena in Corinth, multiple sources familiar with the situation have told Mississippi Today.