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Phillips County fill gallon jugs as other employees distribute water for people without water Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, in Helena, Arkansas. Parts of the east Arkansas town has been without water for two weeks after the state was hit by below freezing temperatures, and residents have been lining up for jugs of water and a truck of mobile showers dispatched to the community. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

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Residents of an east Arkansas town have been without water for the past two weeks

By ADRIAN SAINZ AND ANDREW DEMILLO ADRIAN SAINZ AND ANDREW DEMILLO - Associated Press
Tue,01/30/24-5:54PM, 140 Reads
HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) — Residents of an east Arkansas town have been without running water for the past two weeks after the state was hit by below-freezing temperatures, and the outage has forced them to line up for bottled water, fill up jugs or take showers at a truck brought in by the state.
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Harrison: How Mississippi’s tax structure favors the wealthy and hurts the poor

By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,01/30/24-5:38PM, 156 Reads 6,529 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison:
Mississippi has the nation’s lowest per capita income at $46,248 annually and the highest percentage of people living in poverty at 18.2%.
Yet the state’s tax structure does little if anything to try to offset those statistics for the state’s poorest citizens.
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One of three helicopters lands at the University of Mississippi Medical Center-Grenada Monday night following a shooting where four individuals suffered various degrees of injuries. | Photos by Adam Prestridge

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UPDATE: Grenada PD Chief confirms fifth shooting, identifies all four victims

By ADAM PRESTRIDGE ADAM PRESTRIDGE
Tue,01/30/24-3:38PM, 1,386 Reads 40,954 Statewide
Grenada Police Department Chief George Douglas confirmed in a press release just after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday that four individuals suffered various degrees of injuries following a shooting Monday night on North Lynch Street.
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Mississippi court overturns conviction of ex-officer in death of man pulled from vehicle

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,01/30/24-3:03PM, 82 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a former Jackson police detective in the 2019 death of a man who was pulled from a vehicle while officers were searching for a pastor's killer.
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