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Friends’ Snapchat messages surged with worries about Nolan Wells
Over 200 pages of Snapchat messages pulled from the cellphone of Nolan Xavier Wells have only fueled questions surrounding what led to his death on Horn Island. The forensic phone extraction by…
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12mThe false promise of consolidation in West Bolivar schools: ‘It takes a toll’
The West Bolivar School District struggles with issues including leadership turnover, low accountability grades and an investigation by the state Department of Education. Do those problems stem from a previous district consolidation?
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6mGulfport moves forward with $54M road project amid environmental concerns
The Interconnecting Gulfport project will build an overpass west of U.S. Highway 49 to provide another way across Interstate 10 and impact 98.3 acres of wetland.
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7mJackson business leaders urged to base data center opinions 'on the facts'
Data centers are facing increasing pushback from residents in Mississippi and across the country as companies are rushing to meet the expected artificial intelligence demand for computing power.
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15mHow MVSU lost and regained a star basketball recruit from ICE detention
Qingfang Pang of China had been a late recruit for Mississippi Valley State University's basketball team and only on campus for a day when ICE detained him on an expired visa.
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5mFormer President Bill Clinton to campaign in Mississippi for Scott Colom
The former Democratic president's trip to Mississippi will be the latest in a string of appearances by national figures hoping to turn out voters in the state's heated Senate race between Colom and incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.