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COVID-19 cases rising rapidly in Mississippi

COVID-19 cases in Mississippi have increased rapidly over the past two weeks, though overall numbers still remain low. Mississippi has . . .

Editorial: Gang violence

The shooting at Jackson’s recent Mudbug Festival on the state fairgrounds was a sad indictment of the juvenile lawlessness afflicting . . .

St. Francis School is closing after more than 70 years

Greenwood’s only Catholic school will be closing after more than 70 years of operation. When St. Francis of Assisi School . . .

Obituaries

Obituary: Grace Tolar Rogers

Grace Tolar Rogers 97, Columbia Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 6, 2022, at Colonial Funeral . . .

Autopsies take way too long

For years now, Mississippi has been operating a dysfunctional system for determining the cause of death for those who die . . .

Officials with the Franciscan religious order announced Friday that St. Francis School, due to declining enrollment and increasing budget deficits, will be permanently shuttered after school lets out May 20.

The Nation's Weather
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tue,05/17/22-3:30AM, 34 Reads
The Nation's Weather for Tuesday, May 17, 2022

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NATIONAL SUMMARY

In the wake of showers and severe thunderstorms, cooler and

less humid air will settle over the Northeast today as high

pressure builds from Ohio to West Virginia. Humid air will
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A person pays his respects outside the scene of a shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Livestreamed carnage: Tech's hard lessons from mass killings
By BARBARA ORTUTAY, HALELUYA HADERO AND MATT O'BRIEN - AP Technology Writers
Tue,05/17/22-3:01AM, 43 Reads
These days, mass shooters like the one now held in the Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket attack don’t stop with planning out their brutal attacks. They also create marketing plans while arranging to livestream their massacres on social platforms in hopes of fomenting more violence.
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A.F. Branco for May 17, 2022
By EDITORIAL CARTOONIST - A.F. BRANCO
Tue,05/17/22-2:10AM, 34 Reads
Cartoon By: A.F. Branco

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Andy Capp for May 17, 2022
By COMIC - ANDY CAPP
Tue,05/17/22-2:10AM, 20 Reads
Comic By: Reg Smythe

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State News

COVID-19 cases rising rapidly in Mississippi

COVID-19 cases in Mississippi have increased rapidly over the past two weeks, though overall numbers still remain low.

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