Double jackpots hit a few days apart at the same South MS casino, on the same machine
Two jackpots in the same week at the same casino is a big deal, and it’s even more unusual when it happened just three days apart at this Biloxi casino. Here’s what happened.
Miss Hospitality pageant set this Saturday
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The Hill22d
Supreme Court won’t weigh Mississippi’s voting ban for felons
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider whether a Mississippi law banning people convicted of certain felonies from voting should be overturned. The Jim Crow-era practice extends to ...
USA Today22d
Cruel and unusual? Supreme Court declines to review Mississippi voting ban for convicted felons
WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court declined Monday to decide whether a permanent voting ban on people convicted of felonies in Mississippi is cruel and unusual punishment. The court, in 2023 ...
Daily Journal23d
MW Components (aka Pontotoc Spring) Mfg. closing Pontotoc plant
PONTOTOC - A Pontotoc manufacturer plans to close its doors after more than 40 years of operation, according to a letter from the company sent to Pontotoc Mayor Bob Peeples this week. On Monday ...
WTVA23d
Pontotoc Spring closing because of largest customer’s decision to outsource manufacturing
PONTOTOC, Miss. (WTVA) — A manufacturer in Pontotoc is closing because its largest customer is outsourcing its business. This is happening at Pontotoc Spring, operated by MW Components. The facility’s ...
FOX 5 Atlanta25d
Mississippi 'contraception begins at erections' bill. Here’s what we know
Mississippi Senator Bradford Blackmon introduced the Contraception Begins at Erection Act. The legislation would make it unlawful for a person to "discharge genetic material without the intent to ...
The Clarion-Ledger25d
ICE agents arrest 20 undocumented immigrants in MS, days after Trump's mass deportation plan
Days after President Donald Trump announced his Mass Deportation Plan, nearly two dozen immigrant arrests were reported in a Mississippi county. On Monday, Trump signed an executive order that ...
The New York Times26d
Tips to Stay Safe if a Hotel Fire Erupts
By Sophie Stuber After a deadly fire swept through a ski lodge in Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 79 people, multiple surviving guests and hotel workers said that they did not hear fire alarms ...
NBC New York26d
Mississippi lawmaker introduces ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act'
Mississippi state Sen. Bradford Blackmon, a Democrat, introduced a bill that would seemingly ban men from masturbating or other sexual acts that are not performed for "the intent to fertilize an ...
The Clarion-Ledger27d
Winter Storm Enzo gobsmacks Gulf: How much snow did South Mississippi get? What we know
So how deep did it get in Mississippi? That's the big question ... it could be several days before the totals are verified and published on their site. Even so, there's plenty of unofficial ...
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No school this week at Pontotoc school after fire
PONTOTOC, Miss. (WTVA) — Firefighters responded to an overnight blaze at an elementary school in Pontotoc. Pontotoc Fire Chief Lance Martin said the fire happened shortly before 11 p.m. on Tuesday, ...