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At least one person is dead and several others are injured after a car going at high speeds crashed into a radio building in Gulfport on Friday afternoon. Gov. Tate Reeves told fair-goers in Neshoba County that the national media is trying to bring down Mississippi. Plus, funeral arrangements have been announced for slain Ole Miss football player Corey Adams.

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A dozen Democratic members of Congress, including Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to ensure they are granted entry into immigration detention centers. Plus, Microsoft is now the second company ever to be worth $4 trillion.

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Rahm Emanuel, former Chicago mayor and White House chief of staff under Barack Obama, has praised the strides Mississippi has made in education.

The DeSoto County District Attorney's Office reports that elderly man shot a woman who turned down his sexual advances and later shot his son for trying to stop the assault. Northeast Mississippi Community College is offering an ambulance as a mobile classroom.

According to Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson, Mississippi recently climbed 15 spots on an election integrity scorecard. Watson has been working with the Trump administration on efforts to boost election integrity, as the Justice Department opens a nationwide investigation into voter rolls.

33% of small business owners reported job openings they couldn't fill in July, according to the NFIB's July jobs report. Leah Long, the NFIB Director for Mississippi and Louisiana, told us employers are looking for skilled workers. Job openings were the highest in the construction, wholesale, and transportation industries, and the lowest in the finance and agriculture industries.

An alleged kidnapping victim was able to flee from her captor at a convenience store in Jackson County on Thursday. According to deputies, the victim was kidnapped from her home in Alabama and sexually assaulted in multiple jurisdictions by her ex-boyfriend, later identified as Melvin Hill. The victim was able to escape, fleeing into the Circle K convenience store in St. Martin and asking employees for help.

Over 200 Mississippians lost their lives as Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on Mississippi on August 29 of 2005, causing more than $125 billion in damage in Mississippi alone. Coast entrepreneur Ashley Edwards told us the scars of the massive storm are still visible.

An elderly man who shot a woman who refused to have sex with him has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. According to the DeSoto County District Attorney's Office, 78-year-old Steven Robertson shot the woman in the leg when she refused his advances. His son tried to disarm him, and his father opened fire on him as well. Plus, one man was killed at the Shell gas station off Robinson Road in Jackson early Friday morning. Investigators haven't released the victim's identity yet, but he died from a gunshot wound.

Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley has released new declassified documents from Special Counsel John Durham’s 2023 investigation that reveal Clinton campaign efforts to discredit Trump. According to the documents, Obama's FBI failed to adequately investigate intelligence reports showing the Clinton campaign may have been ginning up the fake Trump-Russia narrative for Clinton’s political gain, which was ultimately done through the Steele Dossier and other means.