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The Mississippi Department of Public Safety told the public it will not sign a sole-source contract to use AI traffic cameras to issue citations after an ITS board approved the vendor and public backlash, Commissioner Sean Tindell said.
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Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced Tuesday that 11 Mississippi residents have been indicted on charges alleging $12.3 million in Medicaid fraud. The indictments are part of a nationwide effort that has identified about $6.5 billion in losses, the attorney general’s office said.
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A Magnolia Tribune article says the American Revolution nearly collapsed in late 1776 and was revived by George Washington’s Christmas crossing of the Delaware River.
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The Wilkinson County Board of Supervisors declined a request to rename Poor House Road for Clifton Earl Walker, the family said. Relatives proposed historical markers, a memorial highway designation and other tributes.
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Oklahoma beat North Carolina 13-2 on Monday to win the NCAA Division I baseball championship, a turnaround described as remarkable in a column by Rick Cleveland.
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A petition created by a 2008 graduate has drawn 400 signatures in a week calling for the resignation of Superintendent LaMarlon Wilson and other administrators, organizers say. Parents, alumni and former teachers allege lack of American Sign Language and Braille access and high staff turnover.
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Michigan head basketball coach Dusty May surprised fans Monday by accepting the Dallas Mavericks’ job, prompting a discussion on Mississippi State’s most shocking moments.
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An unidentified Black man was found dead in a creek near Adkins Boulevard on Monday, and authorities have taken the body to the State Medical Examiner’s Office, police said.
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A new high school on Mississippi State University’s campus will serve all 9th through 12th graders from the Starkville Oktibbeha district, marking a first-of-its-kind project nationally.
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The Public Employees’ Retirement System executive director told lawmakers that PERS needs additional, recurring funding closer to actuarial recommendations as a new legislative report warns of declining active membership and sizable unfunded liabilities.
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