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New law will send armed juveniles to adult court
Starting Wednesday, any juvenile charged with committing a violent crime while possessing a firearm – regardless of whether they fire it – can be prosecuted in circuit court as an adult.
Imes takes gavel as press association board president
Peter Imes, publisher for The Commercial Dispatch, has been elected president for the Mississippi Press Association Board of Directors for 2026-27.
Ole Miss nabs commitment from state’s top-ranked player
Louisville star defensive lineman Mitchell Turner – the top-ranked player in Mississippi and No. 55 overall player in the 2027 recruiting class, per 247Sports’ Composite – has committed to Ole Miss, according to Rivals/On3’s Hayes Fawcett.
Report: ESPN broadcaster Kendrick Perkins set to join Jackson State men’s basketball as new GM
Former NBA player and 2007-08 league champion Kendrick Perkins has agreed to become the general manager for Jackson State’s men’s basketball team.
The World Cup is half over, with 54 of 104 matches complete. And the drama is just getting started
It’s halftime at the World Cup. Take a break, everyone.
NCAA Cabinet tweaks college football calendar with 14-week season and bowl rule change
The NCAA Division I Cabinet has approved a series of changes to the college football calendar, including standardizing the Bowl Subdivision regular season at 14 weeks, and a proposal surfaced to further tighten the January transfer portal window.
Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against the maker of Roundup weedkiller
The Supreme Court sided with the maker of Roundup weedkiller Thursday in a ruling expected to block thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people the product could cause cancer.
Judge rules against effort to create majority-Black DeSoto County districts
U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson ruled Wednesday that the plaintiffs in Harris v. DeSoto County did not provide enough evidence that DeSoto County district maps were drawn to intentionally dilute Black voting power.
Froma Harrop: Mamdani’s victory strut is premature
Yes, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist picks just knocked off some Democratic incumbents in New York City.
Reflecting Pool liner was cut with a sharp knife or razor, National Park Service says
A liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor this month, causing damage to the foam sealant installed as part of a $16 million rehabilitation project, a top official at the National Park Service says.
Vatican begins 5-year restoration of Raphael Loggia, used by popes and presidents
One of the most intricately decorated parts of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, a passageway walked by popes and presidents and attributed to Renaissance master Raphael, is getting its first major face-lift in over 500 years.
Jabe Nicholson: The Holey Brolly
On June 30, 1973, I married my high school sweetheart. We were privileged to spend our honeymoon in Britain.
Veronique de Rugy: From London’s tennis courts to California, aggressive taxes always disappoint
Last week, nearly every elite men’s tennis player skipped one of London’s marquee tournaments.
Senate Republicans reject war powers resolution after Trump berates them at Capitol meeting
Senate Republicans who were berated by President Donald Trump over opposition to his war in Iran held a late-night vote Wednesday to try to appease him, rejecting a war powers resolution a day after a similar measure passed.
David Clayton-Thomas, powerhouse lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, dies at 84
David Clayton-Thomas, the lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, whose husky, high-strung tenor on “Spinning Wheel,” “And When I Die” and other hits helped make the so-called brass rock band among the most popular acts of the late 1960s, has died at age 84.
Camp Mystic files for bankruptcy after catastrophic Texas floods killed 28 people at the girls’ camp
Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday, nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 25 campers and two teenage counselors at the Christian camp for girls along the Guadalupe River in Texas.
How Americans are feeling about the country’s 250th anniversary, according to new polls
Duane Mitchell has big plans for the United States’ 250th anniversary.
Top Army general who was last US soldier to leave Afghanistan is suddenly leaving his post
The Army’s commander of its forces in Europe and Africa — who was famously the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan in 2021 — is unexpectedly stepping down from his post after just 18 months in the job, the Army confirmed late Tuesday.
Raymond Barranco: July 5th
As America prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding, we should take time to appreciate what an extraordinary achievement the United States has been.
County to start paying SPD for animal control assistance
July 8, 2025
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