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Appeals Court Tosses Order Blocking Mississippi ExecutionsA federal appeals court has reversed a stay that had blocked the state of Mississippi from carrying out executions.
Incentives Sail Through; Anti-LGBT Bills Drop; Groups Call for Foster-Care FundingSen. Charles Younger, R-Columbus, introduced a bill that would "clarify that religious leaders are not required to perform same-sex marriages" last week.
2016 Education BillsEducation is a hot topic in the Mississippi Legislature. The following education bills dropped for consideration.
Gail SavageUpon walking into The Bridal Path in Banner Hall, customers will notice the multitude of dresses, with all manner of tulle and silk and lace and English netting and other fabrics greeting brides, mothers of the bride, flower girls and …
Breastfeeding Bill: Let Women Work and NurseThe Centers for Disease and Control, the U.S. Surgeon General and the majority of research on the topic indicate that breastfeeding is better than using formula when a baby is born.
‘The First Time I Got Shot, I Was in Fifth Grade'Tommie Mabry's world changed when he was shot in the foot in high school on a day he chose to skip class.
3 Running for Vacant Seat in Mississippi SenateThree candidates are running for a Mississippi Senate seat in parts of Hinds and Madison counties.
Future of Uber in Jackson Safe For Now?The fate of Uber is clearer after the Jackson City Council voted 3 to 1 for a set of regulations designed to address public safety and other issues for transportation-network companies.
Lumumba, Residents on Airport Grab: ‘We’re Not Falling For It’Upward of 30 Jacksonians, fresh off work, gathered inside the Chokwe Lumumba Center for Economic Democracy and Development Monday night on west Capitol Street to protest an attempt by state Republicans to wrest control of the Jackson airport from City …
FFT Reinvents, BancorpSouth Renovates and At Home Comes to JacksonFondren's First Thursday, a popular monthly event in Jackson, has been reinvented this year to be better than ever before.
Jason NecaiseJason Necaise has lofty goals and a resume of solid accomplishments onto which he can rely to help him achieve them.
Attorney General to Prosecute Case Against Poll WorkersThe Attorney General's Office has taken over the prosecution in a voting fraud case filed last year against five southwestern Mississippi poll workers.
State Monitoring Oil Spill in Mississippi RiverThe Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is on the ground monitoring the site where a damaged barge may have leaked oil slurry last month.
One-Third of Mississippi Coast's Murders Have Domestic LinkAt least a third of homicide victims in the three Mississippi coastal counties in a recent six-year period died in domestic-related shootings.
Former Flora Police Chief Sentenced in Molestation CaseA former police chief in Flora has been sentenced for sex crimes against children.