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Andrew Bailey, left, co-deputy director of the FBI; Robert Eikhoff, special agent in charge of the FBI Jackson Field Office; and Clay Joyner, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, speak in Oxford on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. Credit: Michael Goldberg/Mississippi Today

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Ruleville police officer charged with extorting an immigrant for cash

By LEONARDO BEVILACQUA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY LEONARDO BEVILACQUA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,11/20/25-5:36PM, 185 Reads 4,209 Statewide
Federal prosecutors have charged a Ruleville police officer with extortion — allegations stemming from a traffic stop of an immigrant.
Law enforcement officials arrested Antonio Artez Wade, 36, in Gulfport on Thursday for what Clay Joyner, U.S. attorney for the Northern District, described as a “shakedown.”
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Software glitch delays distribution of full SNAP benefits in Mississippi

By GWEN DILWORTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY GWEN DILWORTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,11/25/25-3:48PM, 185 Reads 5,878 Statewide
Full food stamp benefits are still delayed one week after they were set to resume, according to the Mississippi Department of Human Services. The slowdown is the result of a software system issue, agency spokesperson Mark Jones told Mississippi Today.
“Our software systems are old,” he said.
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Site of Amazon's data center currently under construction in Canton, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Amazon announces $3-billion data center planned for Warren County

By KATHERINE LIN - MISSISSIPPI TODAY KATHERINE LIN - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,11/25/25-4:00PM, 184 Reads 9,284 Statewide
Amazon announced on Thursday that it plans to build a $3-billion data center in Warren County near the new Port of Vicksburg.
This is the fourth large data center planned for Mississippi, with a combined $29 billion in investments. There are already two Amazon data centers being built in Madison County.
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Salter: My wise grandmother taught me to be thankful for the power of the penny

By SID SALTER - CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST SID SALTER - CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST
Mon,12/08/25-12:40PM, 182 Reads 8,055 Statewide
Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:
Columnist Sid Salter writes that as the penny fades from circulation, he wonders if something else is slipping away too: a certain reverence for small mercies.
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