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Don’t Let Fraud and Scams Ground Your Summer Vacation
As you make your summer travel plans this year, or perhaps you’ve already hit the road or you’re on your way to the airport, one thing to keep in mind – without putting too much of a damper on your…
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3mFormer state Sen. John Polk dies at 77
Former state Sen. John Polk was a veteran of the Mississippi National Guard and served as an executive at his family's business, Polk Meat Products.
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4mJudge questions Jackson officials about Lake Hico data center discussion
Emails between Jackson Mayor John Horhn and a local tech nonprofit detail the benefits of a hyperscale data center at Lake Hico, including up to $15 billion in private investment and up to $20 million a year in revenue for the city.
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2mPhoto gallery: Funeral of Nolan Xavier Wells
Mourners gathered Monday for the funeral of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells, whose body was found July 6 near Horn Island. He had gone to the barrier island with a friend group on the Fourth of July, and the death is under investigation.
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9mNolan Xavier Wells' mom challenges his mourners to be like her son, 'the light that brightens the lives of those around you'
Advocates at Nolan Xavier Wells' funeral Monday renewed a call for transparency and justice in the death investigation and offered $100,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
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5mCivil rights groups ask to intervene in lawsuit over majority-Black DeSoto County judicial subdistrict
Several DeSoto County residents, including former Republican gubernatorial candidate and current county Supervisor Robert Foster, filed a lawsuit July 2 seeking to break up a majority-Black judicial subdistrict.