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Senatobia officer involved in fatal shooting of Black toddler was accused of making a racially offensive remark two days prior

An internal complaint at the Senatobia Police Department says Sgt. Hunter Foster made a racially offensive remark in front of other employees to refer to a Black colleague.

Proposed weir rehabilitation aims to restore East Pearl River

Restoring water flow to the East Pearl River would provide environmental, recreational and economic benefits for communities.

Senatobia officer involved in fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley was once accused of exaggerating threat posed by a car 

A Mississippi police officer involved in last month’s fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley at a Walmart was previously accused of exaggerating the risks that a vehicle posed to officers during another parking lot confrontation that escalated into violence in 2019, records show.

Mississippi joins states reporting cyclospora stomach bug

Five cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported in central and southern Mississippi, the Delta and the Gulf Coast., leading State Epidemiologist Dr. Renia Dotson to declare it a reportable disease.

Q&A: Nora Miller reflects on her tenure, her hopes and the ‘constant battle for funding’ for Mississippi University for Women

Miller, who was named president of the Mississippi University for Women in 2018. The two-time MUW alumna retired on June 30.