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Not just the raids: ICE has been working with local law enforcement for removals since 2012

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Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department and other police departments in Mississippi have been working with Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) since 2012 to remove people that illegally immigrate to the United States. In 2018, ICE removed an average of 65 people per month from Mississippi through...

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Families scramble for answers following immigration raids; 680 people working at food processing plants detained

Immigration agents detained approximately 680 people during coordinated early-morning workplace raids Wednesday across Mississippi, federal authorities...

Off-duty officer charged after gun is fired in Rooster’s

Christopher Gipson, a detective with the Magee Police Department, has been charged with a misdemeanor in connection to a gun being fired on the Square...

Man shoots himself at Rooster’s, leaves with non-life threatening injury

The Oxford Police Department received reports of a gunshot fired in Rooster Blues House on the Square just after midnight on Tuesday. According to...

Chancellor says university bungled investigation into racist photo

When the head of the University of Mississippi condemned fraternity members last week for posing with guns in front of a bullet-riddled memorial to the...

University review of racist photo not over, Sparks says

The university’s process of reviewing an Instagram post of students standing with guns in front of a bullet-riddled Emmett Till memorial is not over,...

Students in racist photo do not represent the university, Sparks says

Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks said in a statement released Friday afternoon that the students seen in a photo in front of a bullet-riddled Emmett Till...

Ole Miss students posed for a photo with guns in front of a shot-up Emmett Till memorial. Now they face a possible civil rights investigation.

Three University of Mississippi students have been suspended from their fraternity house and face possible investigation by the Department of Justice...

Attorneys from high profile cases join Theesfeld’s defense

Brandon Theesfeld has retained duo Steve and Anthony Farese as attorneys in his case. Theesfeld was arrested Monday and charged with the murder of UM...

No bond hearing scheduled for Theesfeld

It’s been two days since the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department arrested Fort Worth native Brandon Theesfeld for the murder of Ole Miss student...

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