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state of the United States of America
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Wilson, Wyoming hits a $3,293,225 typical home value on Stacker’s Zillow ranks as U.S. homes average $366,913 and 30-year rates sit at 7.4%.
Mississippi’s 2025-26 accountability results showed strong performance across several districts: Clinton ranked second statewide, Madison County placed 10th and earned an A for the 13th consecutive year, while Oxford and Lafayette County also received A ratings. In Kentucky, all four Edmonson County schools rated high-performing or very high-performing, with the district reporting overall growth.
Former gymnastics coach Sean Gardner was sentenced to 90 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to secretly recording at least 10 minors in a Mississippi gym bathroom; he was also ordered to pay $59,000 in restitution and victim services. The case renewed scrutiny of safeguards in gymnastics, while separate allegations that Gardner abused athletes in Iowa have not resulted in charges.
Two Ole Miss students were found dead Monday; a Mississippi task force warned Tuesday against kratom though it said there was no confirmed link to either death.
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Polling Firm Admits Fabricating Most Surveys to Test Media Scrutiny
A polling organization admitted to fabricating most of its polling Wednesday after suggesting that Democratic Mississippi Senate nominee Scott Colom was only four points behind his Republican opponent.
Oct 21, 2026
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