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Student financial aid could be cut

Recipients of state scholarships could see their aid packages trimmed unless the Mississippi Legislature puts more money into financial aid.

Chase took life of selfless social worker

Employees at Region 8 Mental Health Services are trying to understand why a humble, selfless woman with her life ahead of her had to die in a wreck caused by people she probably would have worked hard to help.

Execution blocked by judge

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the execution of a Mississippi inmate who killed two men after committing two robberies in 1995. The man's attorneys asked for the order, not arguing guilt or innocence, but that corrections officials prevented Edwin Hart Turner from getting medical tests that could prove he is mentally ill.