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Mississippi, national leaders commemorate 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport
WLOX - Mississippi
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August 29, 2025
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Friday morning, on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi and national leaders gathered at Jones Park to hold a commemoration ceremony. Officials, service members, and residents gathered under the Barksdale...
Mississippi commemorates 20th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
WTVA 9 News - Mississippi
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JACKSON, Miss (WTVA) - Governor Tate Reeves has signed a proclamation declaring August 29th, as Hurricane Remembrance Day. This is the 20th anniversary since the deadly storm made landfall. This is to remember the lives lost from the catastrophic...
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves speaks at 20th anniversary Hurricane Katrina commemoration ceremony
WLOX - Mississippi
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August 29, 2025
Senior Meteorologist Wesley Williams is tracking a rain disturbance that will move in Friday, bringing possible downpours to the region. Plus, he has a look at your weather forecast this holiday weekend.
Mississippi leaders commemorate 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport
WLOX - Mississippi
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August 29, 2025
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Friday morning, on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi leaders gathered at Jones Park to hold a commemoration ceremony. Officials, service members, and residents gathered under the Barksdale Pavilion to...
Mississippi Remembers Emmett Till on 70th Anniversary of His Killing
Delta Daily News - Mississippi
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August 29, 2025
HomeLocal NewsMississippi Remembers Emmett Till on 70th Anniversary of His Killing Fri, August 29, 2025 by Delta Daily News Staff MONEY, Miss.–The 70th anniversary of Emmett Till’s death will be remembered this weekend with several events. One of...
Letter: Use of troops legal
Fredericksburg Free Lance Star - Virginia
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I am not taking a side on who is right in the LA riots. I am quite sure that most immigrants are good, hardworking people. I am just as sure that some of them are not.Too many people, too fast, legal or illegal, overwhelm infrastructures such as...
Mailbag: Pac-12 legacy sleeper teams for 2025, our QB assessment, legal affairs, the Saint Mary’s issue, schedules matters and more
Marin Independent Journal - California
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August 29, 2025
The Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to wilnerhotline@bayareanewsgroup.com and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on the social media platform X: @WilnerHotline Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity....
MONA presents Art After Dark: Omaha's Gilded Age, Trans-Mississippi, International Exposition of 1898
Central Nebraska Today
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Artwork on display at the Museum of Nebraska Art, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today) KEARNEY — The Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA) presents Art After Dark: Omaha’s Gilded Age and the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition of 1898,...
Orlando Bloom looks in good spirits as he enjoys a boys' night out in London amid ex-fiancée Katy Perry's lengthy legal battle over California mansion
Daily Mail
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August 29, 2025
Orlando Bloom appeared in good spirits as he enjoyed a boys' night out at the Rex Rooms in Chelsea, London, on Thursday. The 48-year-old actor - whose split from Katy Perry was confirmed in June after nine years together - looked cheery while...
Why Dallas Love Field doesn’t have international flights
The Dallas Morning News - Texas
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August 29, 2025
North Texas passengers may have noticed for many years that international flights aren’t available from Dallas Love Field Airport. That’s because it’s illegal to do so. In 2006, federal legislation, known as the Wright Amendment Reform Act, was...
California’s Newsom Tells Trump to Send Soldiers into Louisiana, Mississippi
Breitbart
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August 29, 2025
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that President Donald Trump should send troops into Louisiana and Mississippi if he is serious about stopping crime, claiming GOP-led states are more dangerous. Newsom made his demand at a news conference...
The long recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, 'ground zero' for Hurricane Katrina
Little Rock Public Radio - Arkansas
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August 29, 2025
Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour stands before a wall-sized satellite image of Hurricane Katrina as it headed for landfall on Aug. 29, 2005. "The eye came in right there over the Pearl River, which is the boundary between Louisiana and...
Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for Aug. 28, 2025
The Clarion Ledger - Mississippi
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The Mississippi Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Aug. 28, 2025, results for each game: Winning Mississippi Match 5 numbers from Aug. 28 drawing 01-08-10-30-35 Check Mississippi Match 5 payouts and...
A Mississippi City’s Tax Break Spurred Post-Katrina Building. But Will Homes Stand?
Insurance Journal
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August 29, 2025
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Rocking on his front porch overlooking the Mississippi Sound, former Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes questions how anyone wouldn’t want to live there. “People are always going to gravitate to the water,” he said. “And we have a...
Mississippi’s age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test
TechCrunch
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August 28, 2025
An overly broad age assurance law in Mississippi is leading to arguments about which platforms — Bluesky, Mastodon, or others — offer the best solution for avoiding crackdowns on internet freedoms. The company that makes the Bluesky social app...
In Waveland, Mississippi, Katrina’s Legacy Looms Large 20 Years Later
Mississippi Free Press
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August 28, 2025
WAVELAND, Miss.—When Beverley Coleman thinks about her home in Waveland, Mississippi, before Hurricane Katrina, she remembers the trees: towering oaks with full canopies that flanked her single-lane street and continued down to the beach several...
Mississippi Reports 4.1 Percentage Point Drop in Alcohol Use Since 2013 Peak
Laurel Leader-Call - Mississippi
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Alcohol consumption in the United States has shifted noticeably in recent years, with a growing share of adults choosing to drink less—or not at all. Public health experts point to a combination of factors driving this trend, including increased...
20 years after Katrina, Mississippi town still waits for FEMA funding to rebuild
CBS News
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Biloxi, Mississippi — Twenty years ago Friday, Katrina made its second and most destructive U.S. landfall, coming ashore just southeast of New Orleans as a Category 3 hurricane. While the damage and destruction left by Katrina in 2005 changed New...
Visit Jackson CEO Dr. Rickey Thigpen elected Treasurer of Destinations International
Jackson Advocate - Mississippi
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August 28, 2025
JANS – Visit Jackson’s President & CEO, Dr. Rickey Thigpen, has been elected Treasurer of Destinations International (DI), the world’s largest and most trusted resource for destination organizations. Dr. Thigpen’s election as Treasurer represents...
Gun used in Emmett Till murder now on display at Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
WLBT - Mississippi
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August 29, 2025
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - History was made today, on the 70th anniversary of the abduction and murder of Emmett Till. Artifacts involved in his lynching, previously hidden from the public, are now on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in...