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Traffic fatalities are down 10 percent in Mississippi.

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October 5, 2022

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2022-10-04 21:00:46

Amir Mehrara Molan, Civil Engineering. Photo by Kevin Bain/The University of Mississippi Marketing Communications

Mississippi has the second-largest traffic death rate in the U.S. this year compared to 2021.

Mississippi traffic fatalities for the first six months of 2021 were approximately 380 during the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the total so far 341, according to the U.S. Department Of Transportation.

Amir Molan, an assistant professor of civil engineering, who specializes in highway safety and traffic analysis at the University of Mississippi, said last year’s numbers were higher for several reason, including that during the pandemic last year, the average speed increased, more people driving…

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In NIT, Southern Miss basketball to face UAB in opener

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March 12, 2023

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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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March 9, 2023

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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.