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We missed this item a couple of weeks back, but a writer on a USA Today blog defends Mississippi’s honor – somewhat – after last month’s diatribe by Rep. Charles Rangel of New York.

The president of Oreck Manufacturing Co. has distributed a letter to company employees in Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee, challenging the accuracy of a quote attributed to him by a Nashville newspaper and reprinted by the Sun Herald.

The letter, originally sent to Sun Herald executives, was distributed to Oreck employees in Long Beach, Metairie, La., and Cookeville. In the correspondence, company president Tom Oreck criticized the Sun Herald’s reporting on his company, but did not elaborate on alleged inaccuracies.

The company announced earlier this month it was closing its Mississippi plant in Long Beach.

The Greenwood School District is asking a state judge to determine whether security footage of an alleged violent confrontation between a student and a security guard at Greenwood High School is public record.