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Two men from Tennessee in custody after deadly Oxford hit-and-run

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Memphis Commercial Appeal – 2022-10-17 17:20:04

Two men from Tennessee have been arrested in connection to a hit-and-run in Oxford early Sunday morning that killed one Ole Miss student and left another in critical condition.

The Oxford Police Department said they responded to a 911 call on Sunday around 1:14 a.m. saying that two people were hurt. The two victims, Walker Fielder and an unnamed woman, were transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi for treatment.

Fielder died from his injuries, and the woman was taken to Regional One Hospital in Memphis in critical condition.

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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.

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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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