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Mississippi voters report problems amid heavy midterm turnout
The secretary of state's office on Tuesday said that its elections hotline had seen a high volume of calls and reports of late-opening precincts, voting machines being temporarily down and issues…
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7mMBI accidentally released a report about the fatal shooting of Kohen Wiley. Here’s what we know.
A new set of records mistakenly released to a local news outlet by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation provides the most detailed look yet at how the agency investigated the police shooting death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in a Walmart parking lot this summer.
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2mMississippi votes: photo gallery of voting in midterm elections
Follow live election results with Mississippi Today as Magnolia State voters help determine the balance of power in Congress.
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6mEntergy argues data centers are net positive for Mississippi electric customers
Entergy executive: "New revenues from Mississippi data centers, like Amazon’s, are a primary reason why (electrical) rates didn’t go up" and remains below the national average.
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4mTears and prayers at Jackson State vigil after nightclub shooting kills 2
Candles glowed Monday evening at Jackson State University as students and faculty remembered one of their own, one of two college students killed by gunfire at a Jackson nightclub over the weekend.
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12m‘Lost in the System’: What it’s like to be stuck for months in a Mississippi Jail
At the end of June 2026, Hinds County’s jails had 131 people waiting more than six months without a charging decision from a prosecutor, including 56 who had been held over a year, an analysis by The Marshall Project found.