Mississippi woman sentenced to 3 years for hiding money during bankruptcy A Mississippi woman has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison ...
Barbour says Mississippi governors need more power to slash spending when money runs short Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told lawmakers Thursday he wants ...
Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino reacts on the sidelines against Mississippi during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Oxford, Miss., on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009.(AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Ryan Moore) Copyright 2009 AP News
Mississippi casino revenue drops 8.8 percent in year following economic meltdown The year after the September 2008 national economic meltdown took a big bite out of gambling revenue for Mississippi's state-licensed casinos. For October 2008 through September 2009, gamblers left behind $2.53 ...
Official suggests consolidating school districts, as Economic Council hears cost-cutting ideas Mississippi can't afford to keep all 152 school districts, eight public universities and an extensive system of community and junior colleges, a leading Democrat on the state budget committee said Wednesday. ...
Mississippi running back Rodney Scott (2) runs past UAB defenders' Chase Daniel (31) and Lamanski Ware (35) for a second quarter 25-yard touchdown run during their NCAA college football game in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Copyright ...
Lesbian student in Mississippi fights to get photo of her in tuxedo in high school yearbook Everyone at Wesson Attendance Center knows 17-year-old Ceara Sturgis is gay because she's never tried to hide it. But when Sturgis — an honor student, trumpet ...
NTSB calls for better testing after Mississippi pipeline blast killed 2 people in '07 The National Transportation Safety Board says better pipeline testing might have prevented a 2007 propane explosion that killed two people in rural Mississippi. The blast destroyed four houses ...
A warship built with steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center set sail for New York Tuesday. Hundreds of people lined the banks of the Mississippi river near New Orleans as the USS New York sailed through the fog, ...
Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman helps raise cash as business partner runs for Miss. gov in 2011 Academy-Award winner Morgan Freeman says Mississippi is "starving" for the right leadership, so the actor is using his celebrity status to help his friend run for governor ...
Alabama football coach Nick Saban waves to fans as he sprints to the dressing room following the team's 22-3 victory over No. 20 Mississippi in an NCAA college football game in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Copyright ...
Navy names cargo ship in honor of slain Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers The widow of slain civil-rights pioneer Medgar Evers fought tears Friday as Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, a former Mississippi governor, announced he's naming a new Navy supply ship ...
