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Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi has been broken into three times within a week. The nonprofit shelter in Jackson says up to $18,000 worth of medicine and other items were stolen.

The Bridge to Career Pathway course provides hope for students who cannot graduate because they “age out.” without passing required tests.

One transmasculine student was then publicly outed on May 17, when D’Iberville High School’s Facebook page posted what appears to be a digitally altered version of his senior portrait while congratulating him as this year’s salutatorian. The post highlights Jonas Hole’s “hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence.” It also repeatedly uses his former name, also known as a deadname. 

‘”Goon Squad” victim Eddie Parker, who was in an accident Tuesday in Simpson County, has been charged with illegally carrying firearms.

Medgar Evers was denied admittance to the University of Mississippi School of Law because of the color of skin. Mississippi College School of Law awarded him a posthumous honorary law degree on May 15.

In recent months, Mississippi made fewer errors when determining payment for its food assistance program, according to the most recent data from the Mississippi Department of Human Services. But Mississippi will still owe the federal government at least $80 million to continue running the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, based on changes to federal law.

Members of the rural Porterville Water Association upset with service issues received approval to hold a vote on ousting three board members.

A letter from Mississippi’s congressional delegation asks President Donald Trump to approve federal assistance for five counties impacted by tornadoes and severe storms this month.

The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi said acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche consented to the dismissal of the lawsuit “based on its determination that such a dismissal is commensurate with the public interest and that the matter does not warrant the continued expenditure of government resources.”

Two full-time Clarke County deputies who left the department in what the sheriff called an “attempted internal coup” are back on the job.