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Southern's Ostrander needs deep pitching staffs to take Golden Eagles to new heights
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Mon,05/12/25-12:00PM , 1,139 Reads
While Mississippi State and Ole Miss continue their restoration projects, baseball season has been rinse and repeat for Southern Miss.

The Golden Eagles, under second-year coach Christian Ostrander, are near the top of their conference again and are expected to qualify for what would be a ninth-consecutive NCAA Tournament.
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Hyde-Smith draws GOP challenger as Democrats target her Mississippi U.S. Senate seat
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Sun,05/11/25-2:00PM , 804 Reads
Thirty-five seats are up for grabs in the U.S. Senate during the 2026 midterm elections, with 23 of those held by Republicans. Democrats need a net gain of four seats to retake the majority in the chamber.
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A light pole covered in vegetation stands near Holly Springs, Miss., on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. Poor maintenance has been a persistent issue for the Holly Springs Utility Department, contributing to years of unreliable power and worsening conditions during the 2023 ice storm. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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TVA suing Holly Springs over power grid failures due to poor maintenance
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Sat,05/10/25-10:45AM , 673 Reads
The Tennessee Valley Authority, a federally created utility that sells wholesale power to local providers in the south including Mississippi, is suing the city of Holly Springs for breaching a contract by continuing to mismanage its electric department.
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Miss. Dept. of Health says oversight lapses in HIV program grants are unacceptable
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Sat,05/10/25-10:00AM , 690 Reads
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) agreed with a State Auditor’s report that revealed lapses in oversight of certain grants related to HIV/AIDS prevention, calling them “unacceptable and not reflective of our agency’s standards or mission.”
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