The Leflore County School District has denied a public records request for information on the salaries of its administrators.
Crystal Springs police say an autopsy is being performed on the body of a woman found in a shallow grave in the yard of a home. Police believe the body to be that of 62-year-old Judy Greer.
Revenue figures show the new year got off to a slower- than-average start for Mississippi casinos.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is preparing to roll out new fees for shoreline marinas across the seven-state region.
Crystal Springs police have now found two bodies.
Revenue figures show the new year got off to a slower- than-average start for Mississippi casinos.
The Southaven Board of Alderman has asked the attorney general's office whether two stipends received by Mayor Greg Davis are legal.
Alcorn County supervisors will not support Charles Rinehart's proposal to support legislation to create a civil service system for his employees.
Jackson County supervisors have voted to borrow $2.5 million in a five-year note to complete multiple projects.
Police say a 43-year-old Jackson woman is dead after being caught in the crossfire of an altercation.
Hattiesburg Public School District Superintendent James Bacchus has completed his first full year as head of the district.
Jackson County supervisors plan to open the Ocean Springs Fishing Pier this week, as soon as the final inspection is complete.
Mississippi State's losing streak is now at four after falling 73-64 on Tuesday night to No. 1 Kentucky. Dee Bost led Mississippi State with 21 points, while Arnett Moultrie added 13 points and 11 rebounds. Mississippi...
A federal judge has set an April 9 trial date for a man charged with failing to register as a sex offender.
Federal court records in Mississippi say an illegal immigrant from Mexico plans to plead guilty to a charge of coming back to the United States after being convicted of a violent crime and deported.
The state Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of the post-conviction petition of a man convicted in the 2003 death of an Olive Branch woman.
New Albany businessman Travis Wiseman says he's ready to see rails converted to trails.
Three current or former officers in the Jackson Police Department have been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes to protect what they believed to be drug transactions.
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is requesting an additional $355,531 to cover expenses for his staff through June 30, the final day of the current budget year.
Mississippi authorities want to set March execution dates for two prisoners.
Republican congressional candidate Henry Ross is paying a $1,000 fine for failing to test fuel tanks at his north Mississippi gas station.
Rankin County officials say they are working to resolve potential liability issues that could occur if they proceed to house youth offenders from Lauderdale County.
Mississippi's share of a settlement from a minority partner in BP's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico will go into the state's Pollution Emergency Fund.
The West Point Police Department is looking to replace is aging fleet of vehicles.
The owner of a used car dealership in Jackson and two other men have been charged with possessing with intent to distribute 416 pounds of marijuana.
The Mississippi Court of Appeals has thrown out the post-conviction petition of a Benndale man convicted of felony DUI involving a two-car crash that killed a 13-year-old in 1998 because it was improperly filed.
A former aide to Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran convicted in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal must spend 15 weekends in jail after getting kicked out of her halfway house for bringing in a steak knife.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to allow a Gulfport, Miss., man to file another challenge to his death sentence.
Online charter schools would not be allowed under a bill that Mississippi senators are pushing forward.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to hear the post-conviction claims of Mississippi death row inmate Larry Matthew Puckett.
As the Orpheus ball began to wind down early Tuesday, revelers geared up for the Fat Tuesday parades that began rolling shortly after daybreak.
Top executives from Boyd Gaming and MGM Resorts International are scheduled to speak at the Southern Gaming Summit May 8-10 in Biloxi.
A Louisiana woman who was a cook on the BP PLC-leased drilling rig that was rocked by a deadly explosion in 2010 has settled her personal-injury claims against the oil giant and other companies involved in the disaster.
Laissez les bon temps rouler, y'all.
A suburban New Orleans hospital is notifying patients that their personal information may have been contained on a missing computer hard drive.
The Tupelo School Board has three finalists for school superintendent.
A University of Southern Mississippi search committee has begun looking for the university's next athletic director.
Three university of Georgia scientists have received a three-year grant to study the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.
Hattiesburg nightclub and bar owners say many smaller nightspots would be put out of business by a proposal to require on-site parking lots and at least three guards at every bar.
A federal judge has put off a former NFL player's sentencing to give prosecutors time to notify possible fraud victims in Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida and Arizona.
Attorneys for a man who was declared dead and later charged in the kidnapping of a Las Vegas girl are asking a judge to dismiss one of the indictments against him. Thomas Steven Sanders was indicted in Louisiana in 2010 for...
Rocker Bret Michaels and Grammy-winning singer Cyndi Lauper were expected to usher in Mardi Gras with musical performances in the wee hours of the morning Tuesday during a glitzy ball following the Orpheus parade.
Southern Baptists first considered changing their name in 1903. Leaders have seriously proposed it at least 13 times since then.
An appeal from three Lafayette County men convicted of having sex with a 3-year-old girl won't be heard by the Mississippi Supreme Court after all.
The city of Oxford is planning a three-month long birthday party.
One of four float riders injured just after the St. Paul Carnival Association parade in Pass Christian says the riders were bouncing up and down when the float came unhitched.
Greenwood native Walter "Furry" Lewis will be posthumously honored Tuesday with the 150th marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail.
The nation's largest protestant denomination will remain "Baptist" but it's thinking about whether to stay "Southern" for much longer.
The day before Mardi Gras, known in this city as Lundi Gras, is almost as big as Fat Tuesday with revelers dancing to live music along the Mississippi River and many staking out spots early for Monday night's...
Attorneys for a man who was declared dead and later charged in the kidnapping of a Las Vegas girl are asking a judge to dismiss one of the indictments against him.
Operation Shoestring is holding a community meeting in Jackson on Monday evening as a part of program designed to engage neighborhood families, community leaders, law enforcement and city officials in bettering the community.
Authorities say an eight-grader who brought a gun to a private school in Greenwood had a problem with another student the day before.
A trucker's widow has settled her 2011 wrongful death lawsuit with H&M International Transportation Inc.'s insurance company and a driver.
The Coca-Cola Co. says it's returning to its root beer's Gulf Coast roots with the first redesign in 20 years for Barq's label and slogan.
The Mississippi attorney general's office is warning consumers and businesses to be aware of a scam that starts with an email soliciting confidential information under the guise of awarding money from the Ford foundation.
Members of the Mississippi House and Senate are facing their first major deadline of year.
More than 200 students from Southern colleges and universities are expected to attend the Southeastern Leadership Conference on March 3 at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Carnival in New Orleans is building toward the out-of-control crescendo of Fat Tuesday. But Barry Kern and his team of float-builders and artists are already planning for next year's party.
The University of Louisiana System's new online educational journal has set March 15 as the deadline for submitting manuscripts to be considered for its first issue.
A new audio driving tour highlights 15 locations that played a crucial part in Mississippi civil rights, including a 1964 drive to register African-American voters in the state.
Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie says Rankin County is balking at taking the east Mississippi county's juvenile inmates.
The city of Holly Springs will ask the Legislature to approve a local 1 cent sales tax with the proceeds supporting a large capital improvements program.
The town of Friars Point will announce Tuesday that it has received a grants totaling $699,698 to improve its sewer system and provide affordable housing to three families.
Sara and Dejohn Benson made a lot of noise as they jumped up and down waiting for the next float to roll down St. Charles Avenue. The bead-laden 10- and 7-year old brother and sister were making up for lost time after...
The City of Jackson says contractors have fixed a 42-inch water main off Interstate 220 in south Jackson, but people there should keep boiling any water that will end up in someone's mouth, whether as cooked food or a...
Sgt. Billy Sutton's family and friends remember him as a great leader and a friend to everyone.
Sixty-four-year-old Mary Devine says she couldn't believe her last doctor's bill. She'd had a number of tests, including a colonoscopy and a mammogram, and the balance was "zero."
Brandon resident Phyllis Fitzgerald says oily tap water has driven her out of her home.
Mississippi Phosphate Corp. and the Environmental Protection Agency have agreed on how to fix environmental violations remaining after a 2009 in section.
Scientists say small parasites most likely caused an outbreak of red sores on whiting fish caught in the surf of Dauphin Island.
Police Chief Keith Davis says a Moss Point man allegedly pulled a gun on his veterinarian because he felt he had to wait too long to pick up his dog.
A federal judge has transferred a Mississippi woman's lawsuit against Facebook to California, where other similar actions are consolidated.
Lafayette County officials say trash is everywhere in the community, and they are looking for help to get the problem under control.
Sales tax collections jumped sharply in December, Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess said.
Rennie Gibbs is scheduled to be in Lowndes Circuit Court on Tuesday for trial on charges of depraved heart murder in the death of her unborn child.
The Starkville Main Street Association is promoting the placing of wayfinding signs to directing visitors from main highways to city landmarks or from one city landmark to others.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he will ask lawmakers for tougher state laws to deal with trafficking in human beings.
Two of three suspects in the Christmas Day shooting death of a 16-year-old Memphis, Tenn., girl have waived their preliminary hearing in Marshall County Justice Court.
Pontotoc Spring, which makes coiled springs for the automotive aftermarket, as well as metal stampings for automotive, industrial and commercial applications, has been acquired by an Indiana company.
Much of southern Louisiana and Mississippi were under flash flood warnings and severe weather watches Saturday.
Sheriff's deputies in Livingston Parish are investigating the theft of two dozen LSU championship rings taken from the home of an assistant athletics director.
An Alexandria businessman who bought the Cowboy Town arena at a bankruptcy auction in 2004 could lose the property and others he put up for collateral on loans of more than $6.2 million.
The city plans to buy three downtown properties in a $376,000 investment it hopes will result in a park or residential development.
The Oak Ridge Boys are set for a concert on March 3 in Natchez.
By MARY FOSTER Associated Press Writer It's not as glitzy as New Orleans, but it's not as frenzied either, and the throws are generous and more varied.
The City Council has named five new members to the Joint Greenville-Washington County Historic Preservation Commission.
Koppers Holdings Inc., which produces carbon compounds and wood treatment products, says it will close a facility in Grenada, Miss., because of low levels of profitability that show no signs of future improvement.
The Pike County town of Magnolia is gearing up for Carnival with its annual Mardi Gras Festival and Parade on Saturday and Sunday.
After six and a half years of work, Pearl River County now has two state-of-the-art computerized wastewater treatment facilities up and running.
Legislation aimed at helping people who make their living harvesting shrimp and oysters from coastal waters has been approved by a Senate committee.
The Coast Guard has partially reopened a five-mile stretch of the Mississippi River upriver from New Orleans after oil spilled from a barge following an early morning collision Friday.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is laying off its 61 uniformed police employees on staff and moving to contract workers.
The Mississippi Democrat Party will begin on Saturday the delegate selection procedure.
The Biloxi Planning Commission has rejected a proposed development on the west end of Deer Island.
A judge is allowing a former lawmaker to pursue his alienation of affections lawsuit against the Lee County School Board.
An eighth-grader at Pillow Academy has been arrested for bringing a gun to school.
Brian Tolley will take over as executive editor of The Clarion-Ledger on March 12.
A minority partner in BP's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico has agreed to pay $90 million in a settlement with the federal government and Gulf states to resolve allegations the company violated the Clean Water Act.
Tony Rodio (ROH'-dee-oh), president of the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, has been promoted to president of the casino's parent company.
Columbus police have made an arrest in the 1997 deal of an elderly man in the city.
Higher education officials will allow Mississippi State University to enter the "commercial paper" market to obtain $50 million for future construction projects.
School districts across Mississippi are continuing to weigh their options on sex education classes. Mississippi schools have until June 30 to decide how to incorporate "abstinence-only" or "abstinence-plus" classes into the...
Washington County authorities have arrested a suspect in Wednesday's fatal shooting of a 34-year-old woman.
Three men have been arrested in connection with the killing of two exotic deer at a wildlife sanctuary in Tangipahoa Parish.
A judge has refused to reduce a $500,000 bond for a Pass Christian woman accused of the death of a pedestrian walking along Interstate 10 near D'Iberville.
Police say two men were shot in the leg during a New Orleans parade that's part of the run-up to Mardi Gras, and a 16-year-old boy was arrested.
The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics says about 400 pounds of marijuana worth about $500,000 have been seized from a Jackon auto dealership.
The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld a $150,000 jury award to a female police officer in her sexual harassment lawsuit against Belzoni and two officers, including the police chief.
The director of community development and planning in Ocean Springs has resigned to lead Gautier's planning department.
Mose Allison, a musician whose work bridges the divides among the blues, pop and jazz, will be honored Friday with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail.
The U.S. Coast Guard will present a Certificate of Valor to Gulfport firefighter Lawrence Burkhalter on Friday.
Most people think of New Orleans when they hear the words "Mardi Gras." But the Southern tradition is celebrated in plenty of other places along the Gulf Coast.
The Mississippi Parole Board rejected 16 inmates' requests for freedom before they were given full pardons by Republican Haley Barbour during his final days as governor.
Noxubee County voters will choose a superintendent of schools in an April 3 special election.
DeSoto County has formally objected to the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to list it as "nonattainment" on ozone levels.
The Lamar County supervisors want to consider a stronger ordinance governing door-to-door sales.
The Corinth School District plans to apply to the Mississippi Department of Education for qualified school construction bond funding that remains available from the federal stimulus programs.
A new bill in the Mississippi Senate would let students cross district lines to attend charter schools.
The second nuclear reactor at TVA's Watts Bar Nuclear Plant will not be completed on schedule and will be over budget.
A man wanted in Tennessee on a murder charge has been arrested in Lincoln County, Miss.
The FBI has warned Mississippi residents of a telephone scam that claims the person is eligible for a $5,000 to $10,000 grant from the Grants Department of the federal government.
Last month's winnings for Louisiana's state-licensed casinos fell 3.5 percent from January 2011.
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and his wife, Elee, are celebrating the birth of their third daughter.
A small Mississippi Delta town has fired its police chief, two officers, and two town officials after a video surfaced allegedly showing them encouraging a mentally challenged teenager to eat a mouthful of cinnamon.
The Greenville school system will be switching to electronic badges for high school and middle school students.
A 93-year-old Columbus woman who suffered injuries in a house fire last year has died.
A 38-year-old Carriere man is facing charges in multiple jurisdictions for allegedly stealing telephone lines.
Police say a 22-year-old Clinton man is accused of placing his cellphone in the bathroom of a service station where he worked and photographing a child without her knowledge.
Travelers to and from the Mississippi Coast soon can enjoy direct service between Gulfport and Lakeland, Fla.
A federal judge has postponed the trial of an Olive Branch man charged with making a fraudulent claim for disaster relief from last year's flooding along the Mississippi River.
A sentencing date has been set for a man convicted of selling large quantities of cocaine from his mobile home in Okolona.
Breat Tye and Chris Marsalis will participate in the Feb. 28 runoff for mayor of Ripley.
The trial of a Warren County teen charged with murder in the 2011 death of her stepmother has been postponed until Aug. 20.
A former Post Office employee in north Mississippi has pleaded guilty to stealing mail that contained money or gift cards.
Six people have qualified to run for circuit clerk of Lincoln County in a special election on Nov. 6.
Pascagoula officials confirm that a coyote has been seen in Pascagoula, and say they suspect there are at least two adult coyotes in the area.
An adult's skeletal remains have been found in Oktibbeha County.
The bankruptcy of a general contractor has prompted the Mississippi Department of Transportation to halt work on a district office in Tupelo.
Down-home blues artist Tommy McClennan will be honored with a Mississippi Blues Trail marker on Thursday in Yazoo City.
A new $2 million Pascagoula River Audubon Center celebrating the environment of the Mississippi Gulf Coast is scheduled to open in early 2013.
The Republican-led Mississippi House has passed a bill that would limit the powers of the Democratic attorney general.
The Commission on Marine Resources has certified three new Mississippi saltwater fishing records.
President Obama has signed a bill to name the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge for the late Sam D. Hamilton.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Bude, Miss., company for 22 safety violations and has proposed penalties of $103,356.
Archaeologists have identified 13 unmarked, unrecorded graves at Vicksburg National Cemetery.
The Mississippi Senate has given final approval to a change in the state's budget-writing process.
The last of the once-ubiquitous FEMA trailers has been removed from New Orleans more than six years after floodwalls and levees broke during Hurricane Katrina and caused the city to flood.
A federal judge has postponed the trial of a convicted sex offender charged with failing to register when he came to Mississippi from Minnesota.
A Mississippi man has pleaded not guilty to robbing Planters Bank and Trust in Greenville on Dec. 20.
The Sierra Club and other members of the 12 Miles South Coalition say Mississippi is rushing toward drilling in state waters without addressing concerns about tourism, the environment or economics.
The state will ask the U.S. Department of Commerce to issue a fisheries disaster declaration for Mississippi's shrimp industry.
The chairman of the board of trustees for East Central Community College says nine people have applied for the junior college's president opening.
A 48-year-old Rienzi man was killed when his car crashed into a stray horse on Highway 45 in Prentiss County.
The city of Jackson is on pace to overrun its overtime budget by about $2 million, but spending is still down from a year ago.
Newly released audit reports call into question large entertainment reimbursements the Southaven Chamber of Commerce paid Mayor Greg Davis without receipts or other documentation.
Authorities said a Gulfport woman who left her children unattended while she went shopping returned to a fire-ravaged home and learned firefighters had rescued her girls and that she was being arrested on two counts of...
A Pearl River County man has been charged with the sexual battery of a young man that occurred over a six-year period in the early 1990s.
A hazardous-materials crew is working around the clock to clean up a corrosive liquid spill at Channel Chemical Corp.
The Corinth School District is buying automated external defibrillators and placing them on campuses throughout the district.
Vicksburg's new marketing and branding campaign will focus on the Mississippi River city as the "Key to the South."
After 42 years as an administrator and coach, Malcolm Kuykendall, superintendent of Tishomingo County School District, will retire on June 30.
The state Court of Appeals has upheld the 25-year sentence given Jerry D. Van Wagner for the death of his girlfriend in a 2009 accident.
EastGroup Properties says profits rose in the fourth quarter as occupancy increased and expansion continued.
A Mississippi senator is proposing an anti-abortion constitutional amendment that's similar to one rejected by voters last November.
A federal magistrate has appointed a doctor to examine a BP PLC employee who claims medical problems prevent him from being questioned under oath about the deadly 2010 rig explosion that spawned the nation's worst...
Louisville Railcar Repair has begun construction on a facility in Winston County where railcars will be refurbished.
Members of the executive committee of the Washington County Delta Economic Development Center won't say why the organization's CEO, Larry Jones, was ousted last week.
After getting a $1 million state grant earlier, Birdsong Corp. wants another $1 million from Mississippi to expand its peanut processing facility in Aberdeen.
A Mississippi mayor who also worked as a jail warden has pleaded guilty to witness tampering and resigned from office after facing charges that he took a female inmate to a hotel to have sex.
The federal trial of a Bay St. Louis man charged with bank robbery has been scheduled for March 5.
The city of Gautier has agreed with the removal of eight oak trees to accommodate the widening of Mississippi Highway 57.
By The Associated Press As of Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, at least 1,771 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an...
The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory has honored former longtime marine fisheries scientist Tom McIlwain with an endowed chair in the Department of Coastal Sciences.
Carl Riskin, author of "China's Political Economy: The Quest for Development since 1949," will discuss the economic imbalances in China on Thursday at the University of Mississippi.
Authorities say three fires reported on Sunday appear to be acts of arson.
