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A convenience store clerk gathers winning scratch-off tickets for redemption

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Former Executive of Mississippi Lottery Corporation Is Sentenced for Embezzlement

by Associated Press June 14, 2024November 20, 2025

Hope Bishop, former executive of the Mississippi Lottery Corporation, has received a five-year house-arrest sentence for embezzlement.

Thomas Smith and Donnie Wren in a selfie holding US flags and TRUMP 2020 flags.

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Mathiston Man Who Carried Old State Flag On Jan. 6 Guilty For Role In Insurrection, Jury Finds

by Heather Harrison May 19, 2023June 11, 2024

a screencap of Mary Margaret White speaking on a stage while sitting in a chair

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Mississippi Today CEO Apologizes For Saying Phil Bryant ‘Embezzled’ Welfare Funds

by Ashton Pittman May 17, 2023February 17, 2026

Mental health worker Kimberly Harris attended the criminal record expungement clinic

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Advocates Push For Automated Criminal-Record Expungement in Mississippi

by Kayode Crown December 15, 2022November 12, 2025

a photo of Nancy New, Phil Bryant and John Davis

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Ex-Mississippi Welfare Leader Pleads Guilty To Federal, State Crimes In Exchange For Cooperation

by Ashton Pittman September 21, 2022November 15, 2024

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New Learning Resource Owners Plead Guilty to Federal Wire Fraud, Laundering Charges

by Nick Judin April 22, 2022November 15, 2024

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Auditor Demands Brett Favre Return $828,000 in ‘Illegally Spent Welfare Funds’

by Ashton Pittman October 12, 2021November 15, 2024