'There was not the remotest chance this would convince me Donald Trump deserved to be removed,' Wicker says of trial
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Mississippi’s senior senator talks impeachment exclusively with Mississippi Today
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Marshall Ramsey: The Comeback
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As Metrocenter attempts to make a comeback, another big thing in the ’90’s also tries one, too.
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Marshall Ramsey: Eli’s Retirement
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After two Super Bowl victories and a solid professional career, former Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning calls it a day.
Mississippi Culture
Jackson State grads debut on Broadway: ‘You don’t go higher in the theatrical world’
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Tramell Tillman made his Broadway debut in ‘The Great Society,’ which closed Nov. 30 at Lincoln Center’s Beaumont Theater. Rob Demery makes his in ‘A Soldier’s Play’ at American Airlines Theatre, opening Jan. 21 for a run through March 15
Government
Hyde-Smith, indebted to Trump and facing re-election, pledges POTUS her unwavering support
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When asked if Democratic impeachment managers could sway her stance on supporting President Trump, Mississippi’s junior senator had no comment. She has fiercely defended the president throughout the impeachment process
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Marshall Ramsey: The Crossroads
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There is another crossroads in the Delta, and its name is Parchman.
2020 Legislative Session
Two independents who switched from Democrat get key committee chairs in GOP-dominated House
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House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, announces committee assignments
Justice
Willie Nash, slapped with 12 year sentence for jail cellphone, wants ‘grossly disproportionate’ punishment reconsidered
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Attorneys for Nash asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to rehear his case, arguing that his harsh prison sentence is unconstitutional
Parchman
Rome: Community in the Shadow of Parchman Endures the Storm
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After the media spotlight fades, residents of this small community less than five miles from the state’s most notorious prison say love for their community will help them persevere.
Sports
Baylor’s Dave Aranda and Ron Roberts: two plums off the Delta State coaching tree
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A dozen years after they coached together at Delta State, Dave Aranda is the new head coach at Baylor and Ron Roberts is his defensive coordinator. Their roles were reversed at Delta State, which has become quite the cradle of football coaches.
Election 2020
Hyde-Smith has lead over Espy in early polling of potential Senate rematch
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Majority of Mississippians oppose removing Trump from office in Millsaps College, Chism Strategies survey. Poll also examines state health care and infrastructure
Politics
Sen. Wicker, who accused Clinton of ‘criminal conduct,’ sees no impeachable offense by Trump
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As the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump gets under way in the U.S. Senate, Mississippi’s senior senator says he will listen to the evidence — even though he sees no proof of wrongdoing by the president
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Marshall Ramsey: The Welcome Gift
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Governor Tate Reeves is greeted by a mess in the corrections system.
Justice
Why a DOJ probe, the latest in a string of actions against Mississippi prisons, could take years
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The Justice Department, through its Civil Rights Division, is more than familiar with problems plaguing correctional institutions in Mississippi and across the Deep South. However, their investigations and the settlements that normally follow don’t come quickly