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Southwest Airlines returning to Mississippi airport in 2021
Southwest Airlines will start offering flights to and from Mississippi’s capital city in 2021, about seven years after the low-cost carrier stopped the service. Southwest ... Read more
21 hours ago by The Associated Press.
Gap Inc. closing 350 stores, moves towards leaving malls
Gap Inc. said it will be closing 220 of its namesake Gap stores. The San Francisco-based retailer, which was for decades a fixture at shopping ... Read more
21 hours ago by Magnolia State Live.
Hearing set for woman convicted of torturing, killing her two stepchildren
An Alabama judge has scheduled a hearing Nov. 17 for a woman who was sentenced to death for torturing and killing her two stepchildren. Mobile ... Read more
22 hours ago by Magnolia State Live.
Mississippi State to host in-person commencement ceremonies this fall
Mississippi State is announcing plans for in-person fall commencement exercises to be held on the Starkville and Meridian campuses. The Starkville campus will have four ... Read more
2 days ago by Magnolia State Live.
Six people charged with defrauding $12 million with fake theology school
Six people from three states are charged with defrauding $12 million from federal student aid programs by allegedly enrolling students into a theology school without ... Read more
2 days ago by The Associated Press.
Forecasters recall the intensity of a record-setting hurricane that will be forever overshadowed by Katrina
By the middle of October 2005, the United States had already had its fill of notorious and catastrophic hurricanes. The hurricane season that year was ... Read more
2 days ago by Magnolia State Live.
Surge in Mississippi coronavirus cases continues with latest statistics
More than 10,000 cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus were detected in Mississippi over the last two weeks. That’s the most cases in any two-week period ... Read more
2 days ago by Magnolia State Live.
President Trump endorses Hyde-Smith for U.S. Senate
President Donald Trump, who helped Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith win her seat in a 2018 special election with three visits to Mississippi, on Wednesday tweeted his ... Read more
2 days ago by Magnolia State Live.
Man sentenced to jail for killing girlfriend with homemade gun
A Mississippi man was sentenced to 40 years in jail for killing his girlfriend with a homemade shotgun. Errick Nichols, 55, pleaded guilty to second-degree ... Read more
2 days ago by Magnolia State Live.
In Mississippi, Black voters face many hurdles
The old civil rights worker was sure the struggle would be over by now. He’d fought so hard back in the ‘60s. He’d seen the ... Read more