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Dusty “Rodeo Clown” Myers puts on a show at Dixie National Rodeo

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Dusty the Rodeo Clown performs for the audience at the Dixie National Rodeo at the State Fairgrounds in Jackson, Miss., Sunday, February 12, 2023.

Some people may say that clowns are just meant to be funny and nothing more, but Dusty “The Rodeo Clown” Myers has a different perspective and he works hard to prove the naysayers wrong at the Dixie National Rodeo in .

The Mississippi native who now resides in Jumpertown fulfills many roles, professional rodeo clown and barrel man.

Myers, 40, an expert at escaping 2,000-pound bulls while wooing crowds through country comedy, has traveled the world entertaining audiences since his first rodeo clown show at the age of 13.

Myers is skilled in his career techniques, honed through…

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In NIT, Southern Miss basketball to face UAB in opener

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Southern Miss 's basketball is to the NIT for the first time since 2014.

The Golden Eagles will face UAB in the first round of the 2023 NIT on Tuesday (6:30 p.m., ESPN+), learned their postseason fate Sunday.

Coach Jay Ladner – the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year – guided Southern Miss (25-7) to its third regular-season conference championship and first since 2000-01. The regular-season title clinched an automatic bid for the Golden Eagles despite a 78-61 quarterfinals loss to South Alabama in the conference tournament March 4.

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Alcorn (18-13), which won the…

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Mississippi Legislature moves through another major deadline Wednesday

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Another legislative deadline came and went Wednesday, with all bills to move past the floor of the chamber they did not originate in, and a number of the most watched bills remain alive.

Some big pieces of legislation died though, one of the most important ones related to the of .

See what made it past Wednesday's deadline, and what did not.

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Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, right, confers with Senate Judiciary A Committee Chairman Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, during the morning session of the Mississippi Legislature in Jackson, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.

Jackson Water Regionalization

Senate Bill 2889 failed to pass the House in any version before the deadline.

It would have created the Mississippi Capital Region Utility Authority, taking ownership of Jackson's troubled and…

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Madison Booker is Mississippi Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of Year

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signee Booker was selected as the Gatorade Mississippi Girls Basketball Player of the Year on Wednesday. The McDonald's All-American selection helped Germantown to its first championship in program history last .

Booker had 26 points, 11 and four steals as the Mavericks (29-2) defeated 64-43 in the MHSAA Class 6A title . She helped lead Germantown to three consecutive trips to the state semifinals and two championship .

The five-star recruit averaged 20 points, eight rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.6 steals and 1.1 steals per game. Booker was…

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