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MLK Jr. Day celebrations: MLK Day keynote speaker asks audience to 'give Mississippi a chance'

Posted in Area

Five years before he became the first Black student to earn a law degree from Ole Miss, 23 years before he became the first Black justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court and 58 years before he would lead a commission to select a new state flag for the state, Reuben Anderson was just another 19-year-old undergraduate at Tougaloo College.

TOP NEWS

Columbus police plan data-gathering strategy to get at causes of crime in city

Posted earlier today in Columbus & Lowndes County

The first goal of Columbus' Community Crime Prevention Task Force is to identify underlying causes of crime in the city so task force members can brainstorm ways to address those causes.

More than 100,000 have had 1st vaccine dose in Mississippi

Posted earlier today in State

More than 100,000 people in Mississippi have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and officials are taking further steps to administer the state's supply of shots more efficiently, Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday.

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Jackson State band to perform in Biden inauguration event

Registered nurse Betty Cunningham, second from left, chats with associate nurses Audrey Moore, Shan Williams and Amberial Covington at the help desk in Outpatient Pavilion at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Friday afternoon. Cunningham has worked at Baptist for 40 years, and says the people she works with have always been like one big family to her.

Monday Profile: Cunningham finds a family at Baptist, where her job ensures staff don't transmit infections to patients

37,000 additional vaccine doses expected in state this week

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Hunt named Partnership director for tourism

Heavily fortified statehouses around US see small protests

Health fraud case: Mississippi pharmacy owner gets 18 years

Civil Rights, history museums free on MLK Jr. Day

Bang for the buck: Starkville museum owner starts GoFundMe to raise $150K for field cannon

Starkville police getting new body, vehicle cameras in $621K contract

Higgins proposes county take on debt for industrial park projects

CRLC replaces first house destroyed by tornado

Lowndes sees more than 600 new COVID cases in less than two weeks

SOCSD preparing for hundreds of students to return to in-person learning

Three charged in conspiracy to exploit vulnerable person

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SPORTS

Mississippi State receiver Osirus Mitchell concludes his time in Starkville with 107 receptions for 1,413 yards and 14 touchdowns in parts of four seasons.

Mississippi State receiver Osirus Mitchell declares for NFL draft

Mississippi State announces 2021 baseball schedule

In crucial moments, Mississippi State women's basketball is losing production from its most important pieces

'This is the biggest game of the year': Mississippi State men ready to clash with Ole Miss for first time in 2021

Mississippi State guard Dareuan Parker declares for NFL draft

No. 14 Mississippi State blown out by No. 8 Texas A&M as serious questions arise

OPINIONS

Our View: More relics of a regrettable era

Voice of the people: Paul Mack

Voice of the people: James Hodges

Patrick J. Buchanan: Now, the left owns it all

Cartoonist View: 1/19/21

Slimantics: Whose Day is it really?

LIFESTYLES

Volunteers work on a project at the J.L. King Center in Starkville during the 2020 Mississippi State University Maroon Volunteer Center Martin Luther King Day of Service. The COVID-19 pandemic is changing how the Golden Triangle will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day tomorrow, but service to community is still an emphasis.