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Many Mississippi students, teachers in COVID-19 quarantine Jan. 10-14

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2022-01-19 15:53:25

Nearly three weeks into 2022, cases of COVID-19 among students have skyrocketed, with more than 14,000 Mississippi school children testing positive for the coronavirus. 

More than 23,500 students were in quarantine statewide from Jan. 10-14. 

Of 678 schools reporting from 71 of Mississippi’s 82 counties, there were 9,642 new COVID-19 cases in Mississippi students statewide from Jan….

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In NIT, Southern Miss basketball to face UAB in opener

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-03-12 21:36:08

Southern Miss men’s basketball is heading to the NIT for the first time since 2014.

The Golden Eagles will face UAB in the first round of the 2023 NIT on Tuesday (6:30 p.m., ESPN+), having learned their postseason fate Sunday.

Coach Jay Ladner – the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year – guided Southern Miss (25-7) to its third regular-season conference championship and first since 2000-01. The regular-season title clinched an automatic bid for the Golden Eagles despite a 78-61 quarterfinals loss to South Alabama in the conference tournament March 4.

Alcorn State (18-13), which won the…

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Mississippi Legislature moves through another major deadline Wednesday

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-03-09 13:31:52

Another legislative deadline came and went Wednesday, with all bills having to move past the floor of the chamber they did not originate in, and a number of the most watched bills remain alive.

Some big pieces of legislation died though, including one of the most important ones related to the city of Jackson.

See what made it past Wednesday’s deadline, and what did not.

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, right, confers with Senate Judiciary A Committee Chairman Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, during the morning session of the Mississippi Legislature in Jackson, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.

Jackson Water Regionalization

Senate Bill 2889 failed to pass the House in any version before the deadline.

It would have created the Mississippi Capital Region Utility Authority, taking ownership of Jackson’s troubled water and…

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Madison Booker is Mississippi Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of Year

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-03-08 11:44:23

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