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By Randy Bell Jan 20, 2021 The winner of a $1 million dollar Mega Millions lottery prize in Mississippi has chosen to remain anonymous. The Mississippi Lottery Corporation says the player from Copiah County bought the ticket at RBs One Stop in Hazlehurst. The ticket matched five of the numbers in Tuesday night's drawing and was one number away from winning the $865 million jackpot. The winner claimed the prize at lottery headquarters in Flowood Wednesday afternoon.

Mississippi schools announce closures due to winter storm Tammy Ramsdell, Mississippi Clarion Ledger WATCH: Clarion Ledger subscription video Replay Video UP NEXT Some Mississippi schools are closing or delaying start times Monday as a winter storm is expected to bring 2 to 4 inches or more of snow to parts of Mississippi Sunday night and into Monday. © File illustration/Benjamin Duer School Closings Ambition Prep School Belhaven University Belhaven University in Jackson has canceled its daytime classes Monday. Evening classes will meet as scheduled. Administrative office...

AP Supporters of President Trump try to break through a police barrier Wednesday at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepared to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. Sydney Alexander was glued to social media last week, watching a ceremonial fixture of the nation's democracy descend into a day of madness. As a largely white mob of insurrectionists forced its way into the U.S. Capitol, seeking to block lawmakers from certifying the election of President-elect Joe Biden,...

Officials: Two weeks later, search for missing hunters now a recovery effort (Source: BRIAN STANSBERRY) By WLBT Digital | December 17, 2020 at 9:46 PM CST - Updated December 18 at 8:58 AM WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - After a 14-day search for two missing hunters in the Mississippi River, officials are now describing their endeavor as a recovery effort. The hunters, 16-year-old Gunner Palmer and 21-year-old Zeb Hughes, both of Copiah County, went missing while scouting duck hunting locations near Palmira Island the afternoon of December 3. A dog traveling with the hunters that day has ...

Despite pandemic, Thanksgiving travel higher in these 3 Mississippi counties Justin Vicory, Mississippi Clarion Ledger Miss. National Guard in fight against coronavirus, how you can help veterans Replay Video UP NEXT Cellphone tracking data shows residents of some Mississippi counties with high coronavirus transmission rates were among the highest in the nation for travel on Thanksgiving weekend.  Despite health warnings to slow the spread of coronavirus and limit social gatherings, residents of three Mississippi counties traveled more than similarly-sized counties across ...