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As of Tuesday, 400 people had signed an online petition calling for the resignation of LaMarlon Wilson, superintendent of the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind District, and other administrators.

After having a regular season losing record in the Southeastern Conference, Oklahoma won college baseball’s national championship by trouncing North Carolina 13-2.

The family of a Black World War II veteran gunned down by the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are seeking other options to honor him after Wilkinson County supervisors denied a request to rename a road after him.

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.

Jackson is one of a growing number of Mississippi cities to consider data center regulations. Clinton and Ridgeland recently passed requirements for data centers, such as how far a center can be from a residential area.

According to recent KIDS COUNT, Mississippi was a leader in education, but also ranked at the bottom nationally in categories such as child and teen deaths and children living in poverty. 

Senate Public Health Chairman Hob Bryan said the lack of transparency around the governor’s program to spend millions in federal rural health dollars in Mississippi is “almost the Saturday Night Live parody of secrecy.” Bryan and his House counterpart, Chairman Sam Creekmore, share their frustrations over lack of input from communities, and the Legislature, in how the state spends federal rural health care money.

Attorneys for the family of Kohen Wiley are calling tor an independent autopsy of the 1-year-old, footage from law enforcement body and dashboard cameras and Walmart surveillance video.

In an amendment filed Thursday, Special Judge Barry Ford said the election date — which was set for July 14 — was void and that Gov. Tate Reeves would have to set an election date under Mississippi law.

The Mississippi Board of Mental Health selected Teresa Mosley as chair and Dr. Sara Gleason as vice chair during a recent meeting.