{"ticker":["Mississippi Valley State University","Fun things to do to celebrate Juneteenth around Mississippi - Darkhorse Press","Documents Identify One of the Officers Present at Police Shooting of 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley - Mississippi Free Press","Senatobia mayor breaks silence on fatal shooting of 1-year-old - Action News 5","The FAMU Underfunding Lawsuit Is Back — and Florida Has to Answer for It","Tennessee State Hockey"],"featured":{"sourceIndex":0,"category":"Sports","label":"HBCU Desk","rewrittenHeadline":"Mississippi Valley State University Rushing Stats","dek":"FOX Sports reports on the Delta Devils' rushing performance.","summary":"The latest rushing stats from Mississippi Valley State University are in, according to FOX Sports. The Delta Devils have been making waves in the SWAC conference. 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