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Alisa Archie, 58, left, and her daughter Shalanda Cook, 30, continue to mourn the loss of their daughter and sister, Anteeatta “Tee” Archie Swims, 36, who was killed by her husband, David Swims, 41 in their Oxford, Miss.,home in 2021. Timothy Ivy/MCIR

MCIR: He admitted killing his wife and previously abused others. Why has he been free for over a year?
By MADISON HAHAMY - MISSISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Mon,09/26/22-12:34PM, 314 Reads
The soft, halting notes of a piano lingered in the dark room from a video as Shalanda Archie-Cook rocked her 6-year-old sniffling son to sleep. “She’s right here,” she told him, pausing to take a shuddering breath. “In your heart.”

They cried together until the video ended.
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Gov. Phil Bryant speaks during Cindy Hyde-Smith's watch party at the Westin Jackson after Hyde-Smith won the U.S. Senate runoff on Nov. 27, 2018. Credit: File photo: Mississippi Today

Former Gov. Phil Bryant moves to keep texts private while denying he helped channel welfare funds to Brett Favre’s volleyball stadium
By ANNA WOLFE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,09/26/22-12:02PM, 335 Reads
In former Gov. Phil Bryant’s latest court filing objecting to a subpoena from Nancy New’s attorney, Bryant is releasing several new text messages in an attempt to show he was unaware of plans to use welfare money to build a volleyball stadium at his alma mater.
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Kristel Robinson and her son Aiden, 11, pose for a portrait outside of their home in Brandon, Miss., Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Aiden was accidentally burned and was treated at the JMS Burn and Reconstruction Center in 2019. The center, which is the only burn center in the state, is set to close in October. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

‘Very concerned about our patients’: Inside the final days of Mississippi’s only burn center
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,09/23/22-1:12PM, 600 Reads
Mississippi’s only burn center employees, who were only given about a month’s notice that the center would close, are in shock. But the center’s leaders are determined to find a home somewhere else in the state.
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Melissa Jordan is pictured with her Jefferson Middle School students, Kayleigh Howell, Max McDaniel, Trinity Davis, Lamar Conerly, Avery Dewitt, Kullen Ratliff, Kaydence Davis, Cooper Robertson, Makenzie Holland and Tiffany Abram. | Photo by Brad Crowe

Professional Profile: Teaching has always been in Melissa Jordan's blood
By BRAD CROWE - Sports Editor
Thu,09/22/22-8:32AM, 729 Reads
This week The Columbian-Progress spotlights Jefferson Middle School teacher Melissa Jordan.

Q: When and where were you born?
A: I was born July 17, 1983 in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Q: Where did you attend school?
A: I was raised here, and I'm an alumni of Columbia High School.
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