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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - An additional 252 Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers on the road for the Memorial Day weekend. Public Safety Commissioner Albert Santa Cruz says the Highway Patrol will have all available resources out this weekend "to encourage motorists to obey the rules of the road."

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A man claims in a lawsuit that he was seriously injured after he was attacked by yellow jackets, jumped off his riding lawnmower and was run over by the machine. Everardo Garfias says the cutoff switch should have disengaged the engine when he jumped off the Husqvarna lawnmower. The lawsuit was filed in Tate County Circuit Court.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Nissan is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Canton plant with a free-to-all festival tomorrow at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. It includes a circus, concert by Kool & the Gang and fireworks show. It's part of a series of events that included January's announcement that Nissan would start making its Murano crossover in Canton in 2014.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The license of a Jackson school principal has been suspended for one year. The Mississippi Department of Education says she interfered in mandated state testing in 2011. Lisa Andrus-Johnson is principal at Watkins Elementary School in Jackson.

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Man gets consecutive life terms in park killings
Man gets consecutive life terms in park killings
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JPSO: Father apparently kills teen son, then self
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Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say a 52-year-old man apparently shot his 16-year-old son in the head and then turned the gun on himself in their home in River Ridge.

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More than 2 dozen quakes shake Arkansas in a week
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Group of Fort Smith residents sue Whirlpool
Group of Fort Smith residents sue Whirlpool
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Mississippi man convicted in Des Moines killing
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A Polk County jury has convicted a Mississippi man of first-degree murder in the death of a Des Moines woman whose body was found in her apartment.
News Minute: Here is the latest Mississippi news from The Associated Press
News Minute: Here is the latest Mississippi news from The Associated Press
An additional 252 Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers on the road for the Memorial Day weekend. Public Safety Commissioner Albert Santa Cruz says the Highway Patrol will have all available resources out this weekend "to...
Neshoba hospital to open June 30 with public tour
Neshoba hospital to open June 30 with public tour
The public will get a look at the new $19 million Neshoba County General Hospital on June 30.
The public will get a look at the new $19 million Neshoba County General Hospital on June 30.

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