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Education company leaders plead guilty to federal charges

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A mother and son who ran a for-profit education company have pleaded guilty to improperly obtaining millions of dollars from the Mississippi Department of Education by submitting false documents about schools they operated. Federal…

Waveland Police investigating early-morning shooting

Waveland Police are investigating a shooting early Thursday morning that left one man dead and another injured. Officers were sent to the 300 block of Hargett Street in reference to a shooting. On scene, officers found two people had been…