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The semifinal round of the MHSAA basketball playoffs is under in Jackson. Plus, Mississippi's Driver Service Bureau locations reopened Monday, and both Ole Miss and Mississippi State slipped in the latest AP college basketball rankings.

House Committee Chair Rob Roberson credited Mississippi educators for the state's surge in academic progress.

The Starkville Fire Department is getting new equipment to help them fight electric vehicle fires. Plus, Mississippi State remains in the D1 Baseball top 25, while Southern Miss and Ole Miss made their season debuts. https://www.supertalk.fm/cbsb-mississippi-state-stays-put-at-no-18-ole-miss-and-southern-miss-make-top-25-debut/

A number of Western political leaders visited Kyiv, Ukraine Monday to mark the third anniversary of the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

One bill that’s still alive in the Mississippi legislature would require restaurants and others who sell seafood to publicly display where that seafood is coming from – whether foreign or local.

MORE INFO: https://www.supertalk.fm/mississippi-house-unanimously-passes-bill-requiring-transparency-in-seafood-labeling/

A Hinds County sheriff’s deputy was killed Sunday night when responding to a domestic call in Terry. Plus, James Williams III passed away in a car wreck over the weekend while out on parole after killing his father and stepmother.

MORE INFO: https://www.supertalk.fm/hinds-county-sheriff-deputy-killed-while-responding-to-domestic-call-in-terry/

MORE INFO: https://www.supertalk.fm/man-paroled-after-killing-father-stepmother-deceased-in-rankin-county-crash/

With your Monday morning sports update, it was all losing in men’s basketball. But all winning in baseball with Ole Miss, Mississippi State, and Southern Miss all having successful weekends.

MORE INFO: https://www.supertalk.fm/mcbb-comeback-efforts-fall-short-as-no-24-ole-miss-loses-at-vanderbilt-77-72/

MORE INFO: https://www.supertalk.fm/mcbb-oklahoma-knocks-off-no-21-mississippi-state-93-87/

MORE INFO: https://www.supertalk.fm/southern-miss-drops-sixth-straight-in-62-60-loss-to-louisiana/

MORE INFO: https://www.supertalk.fm/cbsb-weekend-recap-mississippi-state-ole-miss-and-southern-miss-continue-strong-start/

Candidates for Jackson mayor showed out for a debate in Fondren on Saturday. Plus, border patrol is reporting an uptick in egg smuggling out of Mexico.

Lawmakers in the Senate are expected to vote Monday afternoon on SB 3095, a bill that would immediately cut the grocery tax from 7% to 5% while reducing income tax to 2.99% by 2030. If approved, it will have to compete against the House’s package to fully eliminate income tax.

MORE INFO: https://www.supertalk.fm/senate-and-house-headed-toward-tax-reform-impasse-will-there-be-a-compromise/

Tesla is recalling more than 370,000 vehicles due to a power steering issue. Plus, Kash Patel has been sworn in as FBI Director after being confirmed Thursday.