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• The 2020 Mississippi Legislature embraced runoff elections despite racist origin

  20-09-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Republican Secretary of State Michael Watson’s recent reminder that there will be no possibility of runoff elections in Mississippi’s upcoming U.S. Senate and House races conjures up memories from the historic 2020 legislative session.The 2020 session of the Mississippi Legislature will be remembered for removing some long lingering links to the state’s racist past, and for that, lawmakers should be commended.The Legislature, most notably, removed the old state flag that displ
  
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• Heat Continues, Storms Possible Monday

  20-09-2026 07:00 via breezynews.com
  
  Our last days of summer will be hot ones in this part of central Mississippi and the heat could help to fuel some strong storms on Monday.  Temperatures will continue running more than 10 degrees above normal, with highs forecast generally in the upper 90s.  Durant could reach the triple digits today.  There’s a Level-1 “marginal” risk of isolated severe storms for the entire local area Monday afternoon and evening.
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• Trinidad Chambliss leads No. 8 Mississippi past No. 7 LSU 32-24 in Lane Kiffin’s return to Ole Miss

  20-09-2026 05:48 via mississippitoday.org
  
  OXFORD — Lane Kiffin’s new team at LSU couldn’t deny Trinidad Chambliss — the quarterback Kiffin helped transform into a star after recruiting him from a Division II program to Mississippi last year.Chambliss passed for 363 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a tiebreaking score in the fourth quarter, and No. 8 Ole Miss delighted a crowd that was already revved up about Kiffin’s return, beating the seventh-ranked Tigers 32-24 on Saturday night.Mississippi running
  
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• The Grove, the crowds, the rivalry: Football fans party together, and taunt each other, on LSU-Ole Miss game day

  20-09-2026 01:09 via mississippitoday.org
  
  OXFORD — A sea of red and blue tents filled the Grove at the University of Mississippi as tens of thousands of people converged on campus Saturday for the long-anticipated Top 10 game between LSU and Ole Miss.The longstanding rivalry became a grudge match after Lane Kiffin ditched his job as the Ole Miss head coach before the end of the 2025 season for a bigger paycheck in Baton Rouge. Ole Miss fans toted hand-lettered signs that mocked Kiffin, calling him a traitor and worse.ESPN br
  
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