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Your Tuesday, September 29 Mississippi News Report: the Mississippi Attorney General clears DeSoto County deputies in the 2025 Nesbit shooting, SEC Nation heads to Starkville for No. 16 Mississippi State vs. No. 7 Alabama, and the latest headlines from across Mississippi.
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The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office said Monday it will not retry the Hinds County officer-involved shooting case after a not-guilty verdict for one officer and a hung jury for the other.
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Mississippi’s Monday evening headlines for September 28, 2026: SEC Nation returns to Starkville for No. 16 Mississippi State vs. No. 7 Alabama, Jackson State cracks the AFCA Top 25, an update on the Tasia Fortune homicide case, and traffic rerouted through Batesville after an I-55 wreck at Sardis.
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The Sain Road bridge in Hardeman County, TN, closes Oct. 1 after a TDOT inspection found structural issues. Detours could last up to a year. Routes inside.
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A Mississippi judge set a $5 million bond for a third man charged in the death of Tasia Fortune, whose body was found hanging from a tree in August.
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The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office found two late-2025 deputy-involved shootings in Pearlington and Stone County were justified, the office said.
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Sen. John Fetterman joined Senate Democrats in a letter to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin warning against immigration enforcement that could interfere with midterm voting.
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WXXV says the Guice family will appear on Family Feud Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 12:30 p.m.; two members, Barry and Daniel Guice, appeared in the station studio.
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The new Bolivar hospital from West Tennessee Healthcare opens Nov. 9 with 12 ER rooms and six inpatient beds, serving Middleton and Hardeman County.
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Ripley and Walnut meet at 6 p.m. Monday, while Falkner faces Jumpertown at the same hour.
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Tyler L. Camburn, 35, of Walnut, was arrested Sept. 22 on felony shoplifting charges after thefts were reported at the Lowe’s on North Gloster Street in Tupelo. He is held on $10,000 bond.
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Fire danger stays high through Tuesday with rain chances possible by the weekend. Supervisors set October meetings, the voter registration deadline nears, and Ripley returns to Walnut for volleyball tonight.
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Actor Josh Duhamel told Fox News he began testosterone replacement therapy about five years ago and says it has left him feeling better at 53 than in his 30s.
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Tippah County fire danger stays elevated through Tuesday as humidity plunges, but the weather service says rain chances return late this week in Ripley.
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Mississippi’s Monday morning headlines for September 28, 2026: a motorcycle operator killed in a Starkville crash, one killed and one injured in a Sardis shooting, No. 4 Ole Miss falling 52-28 at Florida, and Tupelo’s 70th-anniversary Elvis Homecoming tonight.
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From rising health costs and crowded jails to a book festival that gathered thousands, this week’s headlines invite a Christian response that blends justice, mercy and civic repair.
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Mississippi’s top stories for Sunday, September 27, 2026: a $13 million port expansion breaks ground in Tishomingo County, severe drought spreads across northeast Mississippi, and Sunday college soccer and volleyball results from Oxford to Jackson.
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Team USA rallied from a 10½-7½ deficit to beat the International team 17-13 at Medinah Country Club, and captain Brandt Snedeker thanked President Trump, Fox News reported.
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The Ripley band was named Reserve Grand Champion at the 2026 Crossroads Marching Classic, sweeping Class 4A drum major, color guard and percussion awards.
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Brandon Young, 38, escaped from the Madison County Community Work Center on Sept. 27, 2026, the Mississippi Department of Corrections said; he is on parole for felony DUI.
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