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Opinion: Gunfire vs. respectful debate

Fri,09/19/25-1:36PM, 512 Reads 22,144 Statewide
After last week’s assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative podcaster who had built a large following among college students and other young people, it was not hard to find predictions that violence against politicians and prominent opinion makers would increase.
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Sideline View

By DALE MCKEE DALE MCKEE
Mon,08/18/25-10:00AM, 511 Reads
The first College Coaches Football Poll came out last week with Texas ranked first and defending national champion Ohio State ranked second. The teams will open the season in Columbus, Ohio, on the morning of August 30th. It is the first time in history that a No. 1 and a No. 2 ranked team have ever met in a season opener.
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Brandon’s Rachel McAlpin swims to world championship in Romania

By RICK CLEVELAND - MISSISSIPPI TODAY RICK CLEVELAND - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,08/26/25-4:04PM, 510 Reads 13,086 Statewide
You, as I, might wonder how it feels to win a world championship at age 17. That’s what Mississippian Rachel McAlpin did Wednesday winning the 50-meter breaststroke gold medal at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Otopeni, Romania, nearly 6,000 miles from hometown of Brandon.
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Ruling is more than about tariffs

Wed,02/25/26-8:46PM, 510 Reads 77,125 Statewide
Ever since Donald Trump returned to the presidency last year, it became increasingly worrisome whether anyone in the government would hold his authoritarian impulses in check.
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