5 tornadoes confirmed from weekend storms
The National Weather Service confirms at least five tornadoes struck Mississippi as a storm system moved across the state Friday and Saturday.
Jury to hear details of teen’s death
Prosecutors say a Madison County grand jury will hear details surrounding the death of 17-year-old Abigail Bonner.
Gunn: Miss. teacher pay raise up for debate in ’14
Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn said Thursday that he wants lawmakers in 2014 to consider the first across-the-board teacher pay raise in the past seven years.
He said legislative leaders have not yet discussed details about how large a raise might be considered.
Former Mississippi Senator Charles Ray Nix dies at 82
Funeral services for former state Sen. Charles Ray Nix of Batesville will be held Saturday.
Choctaw Indians plan for casino renovation, expansion
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will borrow up to $145 million to renovate the Silver Star Hotel and Casino, the Golden Moon Casino and possibly build a casino in the Red Water community.
Miss. gets grant to protect battlefield
The National Park Service has awarded a grant of $34,027 to the state of Mississippi for the purchase of about one acre of land at the Brice’s Crossroads Battlefield.
2 killed in state as storm system passes
A severe storm system swept across Mississippi on Saturday, dumping more than an inch of rain and blowing down trees and power lines. Two deaths were blamed on the weather.
To clean up coal, Obama pushes more oil production
America’s newest, most expensive coal-fired power plant is hailed as one of the cleanest on the planet, thanks to government-backed technology that removes carbon dioxide and keeps it out of the atmosphere.
But once the carbon is stripped away, it will be used to do something that is not so green at all.
It will extract oil.
Recycling doesn’t need to be difficult, expensive
Some cities say recycling is just too expensive and difficult, particularly to get a large enough percentage of households to participate to make the program cost effective.
Blue Cross and HMA settle payment dispute
Mississippi’s largest health insurer and its second-largest hospital operator have settled their dispute.
Woman charged in crash that killed deputy
A New Albany woman is charged in a car crash that killed a Union County sheriff’s deputy.
Miss. drug dealer wants sentence tossed
A Mississippi man described by authorities as a major drug dealer and former record label owner has asked a federal court to throw out his 90-year prison sentence on money laundering charges.
Corinth woman enters guilty plea to passing phony money
A Booneville woman faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to passing a counterfeit bill at a supermarket in Corinth.
Miss. Board of Education approves preschool grants
Mississippi education officials have awarded $2 million to 11 groups to provide preschool for 4-year-olds.
It’s Mississippi’s first use of state money to pay for prekindergarten classes.
2 kids kidnapped, one’s throat cut in Miss.
A man lured two brothers, ages 5 and 8, from their yard in south Mississippi and took them to his camper trailer, where he sexually abused them and slashed the older boy’s throat, authorities said Thursday.
Three men charged in Ole Miss student killing
Sheriff’s deputies have arrested three men in the killing of a University of Mississippi graduate student.
Alcorn State’s president resigns amid probe
Alcorn State University President M. Christopher Brown II has resigned amid an investigation into university purchasing practices.
Miss. soldier killed in helicopter crash
The Department of Defense says a Mississippi soldier is among six soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan.
Woman charged with murder of burned infant
A Lumberton woman has been charged with murder after a burned infant was recovered.
Judge rules Smith unfit in murder-for-hire case
Doctors will keep monitoring the mental condition of Dr. Arnold Smith, but he won’t face trial for now.