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• Lexington faces new lawsuit, days after settling with Justice Department

  21-10-2026 21:42 via Mississippi Today
  
  Legal groups are suing Lexington and its police department for free speech violations days after the city settled with the U.S. Department of Justice over its policing practices. The Southern Poverty Law Center and the ACLU of Mississippi are representing Lexington resident Terrance Gypson, who alleges that in May 2024 police officer Robert Boyd came at him with a Taser, threw Gypson to the ground and arrested him without probable cause. The 29-year-old was recording video of police a
  
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• Trump rallying in Mississippi on Monday to support Hyde-Smith

  21-10-2026 21:29 via Mississippi Today
  
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  President Donald Trump will visit Mississippi next week to campaign for U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on Monday night at the Crossroads Arena in Corinth, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. Neither Hyde-Smith nor her campaign would confirm a Trum
  
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• Trump considering Mississippi visit to support Hyde-Smith

  21-10-2026 21:29 via Mississippi Today
  
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  President Donald Trump is considering a trip to Mississippi next week to campaign for U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. Neither Hyde-Smith nor her campaign would confirm a Trump visit is imminent, but at an event
  
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• Judge denies Trump administration request to dismiss NAACP lawsuit against xAI

  21-10-2026 17:00 via Mississippi Today
  
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  A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration can intervene in the NAACP lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI, but blocked the federal government’s attempt to dismiss the case. “We are pleased the Court saw through the Department of Justice’
  
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• Receiver leading the Hinds County jail says officials give him too little money and information

  21-10-2026 16:00 via Mississippi Today
  
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  Hinds County Board of Supervisors President Robert Graham leaned over the wooden barrier dividing the courtroom from the sparse audience inside the federal courthouse in downtown Jackson. “This is a waste of time,” Graham said of Tuesday’s hearing
  
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• Felony DUI and Felony Indictment in Philadelphia and Neshoba County Arrests

  21-10-2026 14:00 via BreezyNews.com – Kosciusko News 24/7
  
  TENNIS LEE BACA, 40, of Philadelphia, Hold for Drug Court, NCSO.  Bond $0.
   KAVEION DASHAWN BURNSIDE, 19, of Philadelphia, No Insurance, Improper Passing, Reckless Driving, MHP.  Bond $800, $300, $500.
   DALTON EUGENE DEMPSEY, 22, of Louisville, Failure to Appear, NCSO.  Bond $0.
   TERRANCE G DURANT, 25, of Philadelphia, DUI – Other Substance, PPD.  Bond $1,500.
   DAVID TROY GOODIN, 58, of Philadelphia, Hold for Drug Court, DC.  Bond $0.
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• One year after Leland mass shooting, no indictments, only questions

  21-10-2026 13:00 via Mississippi Today
  
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  Leland has marked a year since a homecoming block party in the heart of downtown erupted in gunfire, claiming the lives of eight people and leaving grieving families and the community to process the tragedy. Families of the victims and residents returned to Main and
  
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• Audio: Sunstar Insurance Coaches Show – October 21, 2026

  21-10-2026 09:35 via BreezyNews.com – Kosciusko News 24/7
  
  This week: On this episode of the Sunstar Insurance Coaches Show, Holmes Head Coach Marcus Wood joins recaps the game against East MS, spotlights Player of the Game Elijah O’Briant, and previews the game against MS Delta.The post Audio: Sunstar Insurance Coaches Show – October 21, 2026 appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.
  
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• Outdoor Burning Now Illegal Areawide

  21-10-2026 06:25 via BreezyNews.com – Kosciusko News 24/7
  
  Burn bans shown in red as of 10-21-26
   
  Every county in this area is now under a burn ban.  Choctaw County is the most recent to outlaw outdoor burning, effective today.  Statewide, a total of 48 burn bans have been posted as our dry weather is forecast to continue at least until late next week.  Also helping to promote wildfires, the low humidity.  But the National Weather Service says, for the time being, winds should remain light, preventing the wildfire danger from b
  
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• New video shows chaotic moments before Senatobia police shot toddler

  21-10-2026 06:00 via Mississippi Today
  
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  Joseph Cranney is a reporter at Verite News. Mukta Joshi is a reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow. Eduardo Medina is a reporter covering the South for The New York Times. Devon Lum is a reporter on the Vis
  
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