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BOONEVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a series of overdoses in northeast Mississippi that led to two deaths. Booneville Police Chief Michael Ramey said Tuesday that two people had died and three more were hospitalized after taking illegal drugs containing fentanyl. The Mississippi Bureau of... Read More.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump is issuing a federal disaster declaration authorizing aid to eight Mississippi counties following storms and flooding in April. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says Trump signed the declaration Thursday. Governments and certain nonprofit groups are eligible to be repaid... Read More.

The Supreme Court on Friday threw out the murder conviction and death sentence for a black man in Mississippi because of a prosecutor’s efforts to keep African Americans off the jury. The defendant already has been tried six times and now could face a... Read More.

The Neshoba County Board of Supervisors recently presented Ansley Rigby and Abby Seale with Certificates and $500 scholarship checks as the Neshoba County recipients of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors County Employee Scholarship. Board President Allen White said, “It is our pleasure to recognize and... Read More.