Hurricane Katia is still spinning out in the Atlantic, but a more immediate threat is looming as Tropical Storm Lee formed this afternoon in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center says that the slow-moving system could soak much of the Gulf Coast this weekend. The tropical storm packing 40 mph winds was about [...]
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Violent tornadoes blew through parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee today and tonight with several powerful tornadoes touching down. As of 8 p.m. EDT, there have been over 100 reports of tornadoes, according to the Storm Prediction Center. A mile-wide, devastating tornado hit Tuscaloosa, Alabama after 6 p.m. EDT with “complete devastation” being reported in [...]
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Wow. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a baseball play quite like the one below. Here’s the set-up. Mississippi’s Tupelo High and South Panola High have always had a rather spirited rivalry, but now they’ll have a new piece of folklore to pass down from generation to generation. Last week, South Panola played Tupelo and, [...]
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The parenting disasters continue this week as Terrie Robinson, a 24-year-old mom in Mississippi, has been charged with murder in the death of her 3-year-old son after police found the boy’s burned body in an oven. Authorities discovered the boy’s body just after midnight on Wednesday inside the oven at his mother’s apartment. An autopsy [...]
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While you were busy watching the Oscars last night, residents of Arkansas were feeling the effects of a 4.7-magnitude earthquake. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, more than 700 earthquakes have occurred in the area within the last six months. No one seems to know why, but many seem to believe that the Arkansas earthquake [...]
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Blues singer Marvin Sease died today in Vicksburg, Mississippi, just 8 days shy of his 65th birthday. The official cause of death has not yet been released, but sources indicate he died from pneumonia. Born in Blackville, South Carolina, Sease got his start as a gospel singer with the group The Five Gospel Crowns. After [...]
Brandi Favre, the younger sister of NFL quarterback Brett Favre, has been arrested as part of a meth lab sting in Mississippi. Brandi was one of five people taken into custody inside a local condo where a cooking station was being hidden. The suspects were all taken to an area medical center for decontamination before [...]
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For the past 16 years, sisters Jamie Scott and Gladys Scott have shared a life sentence behind bars for taking part in a robbery that netted them $11. Now, in order to earn their freedom, one sister must donate a kidney to the other. Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour suspended their life sentences yesterday, but 36-year-old [...]
A high school basketball coach is Mississippi has caused a media firestorm after cell phone footage of him whipping his players leaked online. A six-second cellphone video shows one player being whipped at Murrah High School in Jackson. Coach Marlon Dorsey allegedly whipped players on the buttocks with a belt during practice for failing to [...]
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, right? Everyone, including football players in the NFL, wears pink to support the cause, right? Someone better bring the folks in Mississippi up to speed. Coy Sheppard, a high school student in Mississippi, has filed a lawsuit against his school district because his football coach cut him from the [...]
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Actor and former TV host Gary Collins is facing an arrest warrant after what is being called a hit-and-run accident. The crash happened in Jackson, Mississippi. A Jackson police officer says Collins, 72, exchanged information with the other driver but then left the scene, saying it was taking too long for police to arrive. The [...]
UPDATE: An earlier tweet indicating Nick Bell had passed away could not be verified. The tweet may have been sent by a fake Twitter account. Stay tuned. UPDATE 2: As we initially reported late this morning, Nick Bell has passed away (confirmed). Mississippi State’s Nick Bell is fighting a critical stage of skin cancer, and [...]
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