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Halloween is just a few days away, and a new study shows how many Americans plan to celebrate and how they'll be celebrating. Plus, Southern Miss quarterback Braylon Braxton has been named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week.

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We're exactly one week away from special legislative elections happening across the state. Plus, Turning Point USA officials said so many people have applied to their event set for Wednesday at Ole Miss that some guests will be turned away at the door.

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For the fourth year in a row, Billboard magazine has named Delta State University’s Delta Music Institute as one of the top music business schools in the world. The unranked list, which appeared in the Oct. 25 issue of the magazine, has Delta State alongside other schools such as Abbey Road Institute in London, Berklee College of Music in Boston and Spain, Belmont University in Nashville, and Middle Tennessee State University.

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Thousands of Americans could be dealing with flight delays and cancellations ahead of Thanksgiving due to the ongoing government shutdown. Today is the first day air traffic controllers and other federal workers will miss a paycheck. The Mississippi Department of Human Services has announced that SNAP benefits won't be issued for November. Roughly 385,000 residents rely on food assistance through SNAP.

It's now been confirmed that two tornadoes touched down in Jackson County on Sunday, but thankfully, there were no injuries. An EF-1 tornado touched down in Gautier with winds of 95 mph, causing heavy damage to Glenmark Apartments, Riverbend Apartments, Aztecas Restaurant & Cantina, and around 10 residential homes. The American Red Cross has been providing short-term assistance to residents who need help. An EF-0 tornado in Pascagoula with winds of 85 mph damaged homes on Catalina Street.

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Authorities have arrested one person after a road-rage shooting in Brandon resulted in gunfire. According to the Reservoir Police Department, a suspect was taken into custody in nearby Madison on Monday afternoon. On Sunday night, a woman was driving west on Spillway Road when she noticed a vehicle following closely behind her. As she stopped at a red light near the intersection of North Shore Parkway and Old Fannin Road, the suspect pulled up beside her and fired a single shot at her vehicle.

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Jackson will soon make history as Mississippi’s first city to host the National Folk Festival — the country’s longest-running traditional arts event. Mississippi bluesman Bobby Rush and Jackson State University’s nationally-acclaimed Sonic Boom of the South marching band will serve as two of the three-day extravaganza’s headliners. The event will take place from November 7 to 9.

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The Federal Reserve is expected to trim its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point when it meets this week.

The government shutdown delayed the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report in October, which is arguably the most important data needed to decide the future path of monetary policy.

Grain elevator and merchandiser Delta Grain is expanding its operations in Leflore County with a corporate investment of $3.76 million. The expansion involves the construction of a ground pile and conveyance system, which will add 2.15 million bushels of new capacity to enhance logistical efficiencies for farmer delivery processing at the company’s facility in Sidon.

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Melissa is now a rare Category 5 hurricane...with maximum sustained winds of up to 175 miles per hour. As of the 5 a.m. EDT update, Hurricane Melissa has a minimum central pressure of 901 mb. If it makes landfall at that pressure, it would be the fourth-most-intense landfall on record for the Atlantic Basin, ranking only behind Camille (1969, Mississippi), Gilbert (1988, Mexico), and the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane (Florida Keys).