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Federal agency to help pay for Mississippi flood control

A federal agency has set aside money to help guard Mississippi’s capital city and surrounding areas against flood damage following two deluges in three years

The Independent UK

Mark Story: No time to mope. UK football’s next five foes have an axe to grind with the Cats.

The ardor with which Kentucky football pursued victory Saturday at then-No. 14 Mississippi was impeccable.

Tribune News Service

EXPLAINER: Favre, other sports figures in welfare fraud case

Mississippi’s largest public corruption case in state history involves tens of millions of misspent dollars earmarked for needy families

The Independent UK

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Coed university with 'women' in name considers rebranding

Forty years after Mississippi University for Women started enrolling men, its president says the school should consider choosing a more inclusive name

The Independent UK

Exclusive: Trump lawyer to represent Brett Favre in welfare scandal

The former top White House lawyer confirmed his new role after it was disclosed to Axios.

Axios

Ole Miss honors James Meredith 60 years after integration

The University of Mississippi is paying tribute to James Meredith 60 years after integration

The Independent UK

Ex-NFL star Brett Favre’s charity donated $130,000 to a university athletic programme, report claims

The charity — which claims to provide support for disabled children and breast cancer patients — only gave up to $10,000 donations to most beneficiaries

The Independent UK

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Official: Mississippi capital police 'won't be deterred'

Mississippi’s top law enforcement official said police officers in the capital city of Jackson will not change the way they pursue suspects

The Independent UK

Abby Wambach to Fully Divest From Brett Favre–Backed Company

Her decision comes while the former NFL quarterback is at the center of a Mississippi welfare fraud case.

Sports Illustrated

What I want Favre to know about poverty

As the Mississippi welfare scandal continues to swirl around Favre, a word about the people who need those funds

Salon

LZ Granderson: The accusations against Brett Favre are not just another NFL scandal

Nearly every member of my family has ties to Mississippi. During school breaks, we would load up the Aerostar and head out from Detroit, down I-75 south to our grandparents' home in Cruger, a small town nestled somewhere between where Emmett Till's body was found and where Medgar Evers was…

Los Angeles Times

Water crisis tests Mississippi mayor who started as activist

The Democratic mayor of Mississippi's capital is facing a leadership test as the city struggles to consistently produce clean drinking water

The Independent UK

Presidents Cupper’s hot start, pair of aces among five takeaways from Thursday’s first round of the Sanderson Farms Championship

Here's what you missed in the first round.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Low water on the Mississippi River impacting barge traffic

Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time — as crop harvests begin

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Mississippi prosecutor who worked on reopened Emmett Till case dies aged 67

Joyce Chiles presented evidence in the Emmet Till case to a grand jury in 2007

The Guardian - US

Jackson water crisis: Mississippi accused of ‘intolerable’ racial discrimination

State officials accused of violating civil rights, which resulted in ‘persistently unsafe and unreliable drinking water’ for residents

The Guardian - US

Favre’s cancer charity donated $130,000 to his alma mater’s athletic foundation

Favre 4 Hope, whose mission is to support ‘disadvantaged children and breast cancer patients’ donated to the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation

The Independent UK

Mississippi city with water woes to replace some lead pipes

Officials in Mississippi’s capital city say workers have found lead in water pipes at 16 buildings out of nearly 24,000 checked so far

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Category 5 hurricanes are rare in the U.S. There have only been 4 in its history

Such massive storms are fairly rare, and it's even more rare for them to make landfall. NOAA says that for such storms, "catastrophic damage will occur" with electricity outages "for weeks or months."

USA Today Sports Media Group

For former Ole Miss star Jackson Suber, a PGA Tour debut in Mississippi is ‘really special’

Suber spent the previous four years playing for Ole Miss, picking up first-team All-SEC recognition twice.

The Independent UK

NAACP says Jackson's water problems are civil rights issue

The NAACP on Tuesday accused Mississippi of discriminating against Black residents by denying badly needed federal funds for drinking water infrastructure in Jackson and instead diverting money to largely-white communities that needed it less

The Independent UK

Jackson's water system at the mercy of spending rhetoric

Years before he became Mississippi governor, Tate Reeves served as the state's treasurer and had a hand in delaying funds for water system repairs in the capital city of Jackson

WEKU

A Mississippi man burned a cross in a hate crime, the U.S. Justice Department alleges

The 23-year-old suspect burned the cross in front of his Black neighbors because of their race, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

The Independent UK

Prosecutor who worked on 1 renewal of Emmett Till case dies

A Mississippi prosecutor who worked on one of the renewed investigations into the 1955 killing of Black teenager Emmett Till has died

Pioneer Press

After booking 2 years ahead, some passengers find their Mississippi cruise canceled 4 days before departure

ST. PAUL, Minns. — Richard and Jean Pletcher hoped to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in style. In April 2020, the Eagan couple paid $18,800 to reserve a luxury cruise from St. Paul to New Orleans, which would have been their sixth voyage with Viking, an international cruise giant based…

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