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Coach who recorded young gymnasts undressing is sentenced to 90 years in prison
A former youth gymnastics coach was sentenced Wednesday to 90 years in prison for secretly videotaping young female students undressing and using the bathroom at a gym in Purvis, Mississippi. Sean…
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7mSen. Raphael Warnock says Scott Colom could flip Senate seat Democratic like his Georgia upset
Warnock said Mississippi, the state with the highest concentration of Black voters in the nation, is ripe for the Democratic Party to flip the Senate seat if only they’ll consistently spend money in the Deep South state and keep working to register voters.
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5mAccelerateMS seeks $2.5M budget increase to expand staff and workforce programs
The request comes as the state prepares for thousands of jobs to open in the next decade.
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4mOfficials work to ‘modernize’ plan to improve health of Mississippians
The new Comprehensive State Health Plan will establish priorities and strategies for enhancing access to care, addressing workforce and system challenges and supporting the sustainability of the state’s public health systems, said State Health Officer Dr. Daniel Edney at a Board of Health meeting Wednesday.
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11mGroups challenge ‘unnecessary’ data-center-fueled gas pipeline
With FERC’s approval of the “Mississippi Crossing” pipeline project, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., has the power of eminent domain and can dig up any landowner's property without their consent.
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4mKamala Harris to campaign in Columbus for Scott Colom
Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, Raphael Warnock and Pete Buttigieg among national Democrats helping Scott Colom in his race against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.