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Runoffs in 2 Mississippi races Tuesday

DESOTO and MARSHALL COUNTY, Miss. (FOX13) -

Voters in north Mississippi will return to the polls Tuesday for runoffs in a couple of races left undecided from the Nov. 6 general election.

Two legislative seats - Senate District 19 and House District 52 - are on Tuesday's ballot

Competing for District 19's seat are David Parker, an Olive

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Man at center of sex trafficking ring in court

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

The case of Terrence Yarbrough, accused of running a sex trafficking ring, is underway in federal court in Downtown Memphis.

Federal prosecutors claim Yarbrough ran a sex trafficking ring by torturing and intimidating young girls and women.

He faces a number of federal sex trafficking charges, and faces life in

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Dogs running wild in Hughes

HUGHES, Ark. (FOX13) -

You can find them in the streets of Hughes, Ark., scrounging for a meal, tearing into the trash.

"Oh it's terrible, everywhere you go is stray dogs, even in the grocery stores, the community stores, they are everywhere," Lakeisha Lee said. "You can't get out of the car hardly for them coming up and barking at you."

The

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Bishop Porter added to COGIC leadership board

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Bishop Brandon Porter of Memphis has been elected to the Church of God In Christ's 12-member General Board of Bishops.

Porter's addition to the COGIC leadership board is the first time in nearly six years a Memphian has been on the Memphis-based denomination's presiding board since Bishop G. E. Patterson.

Bishop

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Reps: Closing 21 schools doesn't make sense

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Tennessee Representatives Barbara Cooper and G.A. Hardaway are in arms over the Transition Planning Commission, saying there is too much is going on behind closed doors and there needs to more involvement from city hall.

Both say when a Shelby County plan is faulty, it's their job as legislators to demand answers.

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