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Softball joins baseball in the Mississippi sports spotlight this week. Mississippi State stunned proud Oklahoma to reach the College World Series for the first time. Belhaven won its Super Regional and will play in the Division III World Series. Southern Miss, State, and Ole Mis all play in NCAA Baseball Regionals this weekend. All that and lots more, including a visit from Southern Miss athletic director Jeremy McClain who is on the NCAA Baseball Committee.

A mob of Klansmen opened fire with shotguns on Clifton Walker Sr. on Feb. 28, 1964, as he was driving home on Poor House Road, killing the Black World War II veteran.

Two pilots were being evaluated at a hospital after a military training jet from Naval Air Station Meridian crashed Tuesday near Shuqualak.

The South Carolina Senate has rejected President Donald Trump’s push to redraw the state’s congressional districts in hopes Republicans could gain an extra seat. The proposal passed the South Carolina House on May 20. But senators rejected it Tuesday as early in-person voting started for June 9 primaries.

On May 17, D’Iberville High School published a Facebook post that used Jonas Hole’s former name and allegedly edited his photograph to appear more feminine.

The “Mississippi Miracle” label has helped shape the national conversation around the state’s gains in reading, even if it simplifies a much longer story. The gains followed years of work.

New Albany, one of the areas in Mississippi hit hardest by January’s winter storm, will receive more than $948,000 to help with debris removal.

The Congressional Black Caucus is calling on major corporations in the United States to oppose redistricting efforts by Republican-led states that seek to eliminate majority-Black U.S. House districts. In a letter sent Tuesday to more than 250 companies, members of the Black Caucus urge them to condemn the redistricting efforts, which the lawmakers call attempts “to silence Black voices at the ballot box.”

Mississippi Today’s politics team gives a rundown on a monumental week in the Magnolia State that saw thousands of people marching and rallying in Jackson over voting rights and the gerrymandering battle embroiling much of the nation.

A new nonprofit group, Jackson Rising, is donating up to $100,000 to the city to help pay for law enforcement expenses. The donation was made after Mayor John Hohrn said he would seek private financial support to pay some benefits for the new police chief.