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Monkey escape in Mississippi uncovers secretive world of animal research

Monkey escape in Mississippi uncovers secretive world of animal research

The escape of 21 research monkeys after the truck carrying them crashed on a Mississippi interstate highway is the latest glimpse into the secretive industry of animal research. A truck carrying the rhesus macaque monkeys overturned in a rural...

Owner:  Australian Government
JD Vance’s Mississippi Moment.

JD Vance’s Mississippi Moment.

- Advertisement - At a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi last week Vice President JD Vance handled a tense question about his wife’s religion with humor and calm. A woman in the audience accused him of hypocrisy for being...

Owner:  Kenneth Williams
Fitness tests to return to Miss. schools after governor issues executive order

Fitness tests to return to Miss. schools after governor issues executive order

JACKSON, Miss. (WMC) - Governor Tate Reeves has issued an Executive Order 1589 to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test for elementary, middle, and high school students across Mississippi. This order follows President Donald J. Trump’s...

Owner:  Gray Television Inc.
Monkeys on the run: Crash on Mississippi highway exposes secrecy of research industry

Monkeys on the run: Crash on Mississippi highway exposes secrecy of research industry

The recent escape of several research monkeys after the truck carrying them overturned on a Mississippi interstate is the latest glimpse into the secretive industry of animal research and the processes that allow key details of what happened to be...

Owner:  Hearst Family

Entergy Brings New Phase of Superpower Mississippi

Vicksburg will once again be home to an Entergy Mississippi power generation source with construction of the Vicksburg Advanced Power Station, the company’s latest investment to replace retired, fifty-year-old natural gas generation facilities...

Owner:  Scott Coopwood

5-Year mystery ends with tail wag in DeLand: Volusia County Animal Services reunites lost Mississippi dog with family

Photo for Headline Surfer / Penny, a 6-year-old Chihuahua mix originally from Mississippi, was reunited with her owners, Christy Taylor and Josh Craig, after being discovered by a DeLand resident a week ago. The little dog had been missing for...

Owner:  Henry Frederick & Sera King
Community steps up as SNAP benefits halted across Mississippi

Community steps up as SNAP benefits halted across Mississippi

Early Saturday, people lined up outside a closed South Jackson grocery store for a community food giveaway — part of a growing effort to fill the gap while food stamp payments are halted.Sadie Palmer of Jackson said she came "to get something to...

Owner:  Hearst Family
Escaped monkeys from Mississippi truck crash puts spotlight on NIH-funded Tulane lab

Escaped monkeys from Mississippi truck crash puts spotlight on NIH-funded Tulane lab

A truck hauling rhesus monkeys on Tuesday from Tulane University flipped, freeing multiple, "aggressive" monkeys on a Mississippi interstate, according to the Jasper County Sheriff's Department. (Credit: Scotty Ray Report) NEWYou can now listen to...

Owner:  Murdoch Family
Judges face backlash after using AI in legal docs

Judges face backlash after using AI in legal docs

In a Mississippi civil rights case, a judge’s ruling included allegations not in the lawsuit, and it used the wrong names for the parties involved. How could U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate get this basic information wrong? That same day, July...

Owner:  Joe Ricketts
Our View: Shutdown politics overshadowed by SNAP fight

Our View: Shutdown politics overshadowed by SNAP fight

Published 10:52 am Friday, October 31, 2025 Regardless of political beliefs, no one likes to be hungry. Yet for almost 400,000 Mississippians, being hungry is looking more and more likely. The Mississippi State Department of Health announced...

Owner:  Todd Carpenter
Two Sheriffs, Numerous Officers Indicted for Allegedly Helping Traffickers Run Drugs in Mississippi
14 Officers Among 20 Charged in Mississippi-Tennessee Drug Bribery Scandal

14 Officers Among 20 Charged in Mississippi-Tennessee Drug Bribery Scandal

By Blessing Nweke Fourteen current and former law enforcement officers are among 20 defendants charged in Mississippi and Tennessee for allegedly accepting bribes from drug traffickers in exchange for police protection — a scheme federal officials...

Owner:  Sam Anthony
FBI Busts 14 Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers for Alleged Drug Trafficking

FBI Busts 14 Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers for Alleged Drug Trafficking

Fourteen local law enforcement officials in the Mississippi Delta have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi announced....

Owner:  Edward Atsinger III
Feel-Good Friday: Americans Step in and Step Up to Give Neighbors Hope During Government Shutdown

Feel-Good Friday: Americans Step in and Step Up to Give Neighbors Hope During Government Shutdown

In the midst of a government shutdown that is turning into one of the longest in recent history, the tragedy is that when government fails to do its job, it is the American people who suffer its effects. However, the silver lining is that these...

Owner:  Edward Atsinger III
Monkey escape in Mississippi gives a glimpse into the secretive world of animal research

Monkey escape in Mississippi gives a glimpse into the secretive world of animal research

The recent escape of several research monkeys after the truck carrying them overturned on a Mississippi interstate is the latest glimpse into the secretive industry of animal research and the processes that allow key details of what happened to be...

Owner:  Allan Block
Your guide to the Mississippi Senate special elections in DeSoto County

Your guide to the Mississippi Senate special elections in DeSoto County

Owner:  Gannett Co. Inc.
Meet the Candidates: Mississippi House Special Elections on Nov. 4

Meet the Candidates: Mississippi House Special Elections on Nov. 4

Mississippi voters will elect candidates to serve in the Legislature in seven Mississippi Senate special elections and six Mississippi House special elections on Nov. 4. This guide is for the House elections, but you can read our candidate guide...

Owner:  Mississippi Journalism and Education Group
Meet the Candidates: Mississippi Senate Special Elections on Nov. 4

Meet the Candidates: Mississippi Senate Special Elections on Nov. 4

Mississippi voters will elect candidates to serve in the Legislature in seven Mississippi Senate special elections and six Mississippi House special elections on Nov. 4. This guide is for the seven Senate elections, but you can read our candidate...

Owner:  Mississippi Journalism and Education Group
Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for Oct. 30, 2025
Government Shutdowns Are Acts of Economic Sabotage, Not Fiscal Responsibility.

Government Shutdowns Are Acts of Economic Sabotage, Not Fiscal Responsibility.

Like Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry 1 (ThyBlackMan.com) For millions of Americans, the federal government isn’t an abstraction. It’s a paycheck, a housing voucher, a student loan payment, a disaster relief check. When the government shuts down,...

Owner:  Calvin Thomas Adams

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