Barbour's Ties to Southern Co. Questioned in RaceA candidate for Alabama's utility regulatory board has lined up a fundraiser with former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who helped to found a Washington lobbying firm that has represented the parent company of Alabama Power Co.
Man Says 1973 UFO Incident Turned Life Upside DownCharles Hickson never regretted the notoriety that came his way after he told authorities he encountered an unidentified flying object and its occupants 40 years ago on the banks of the Pascagoula River. Until his death in 2011, Hickson told …
Deja Abdul-HaqqDeja Abdul-Haqq—environmental and policy manager at My Brother's Keeper, Inc.—is devoted to addressing health and nutritional disparities in Mississippi.
It's the Weekend!Tonight, Street Corner Symphony performs at 9 p.m. at Duling Hall.
New GOP Plan to End Shutdown/Default, but No Agreement, YetHouse Republicans are offering to pass legislation to avert a default and end the 11-day partial government shutdown as part of a framework that would include cuts in benefit programs, officials said Friday.
Global Chemical Watchdog Wins Nobel Peace PrizeEfforts to eliminate chemical weapons won a Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for the global watchdog trying to destroy Syria's stockpiles of nerve gas and other poisonous agents.
House GOP, White House Seeking End to Budget FightAfter weeks of ultimatums, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans are exploring whether they can end a budget standoff that has triggered a partial government shutdown and edged Washington to the verge of a historic, economy-jarring federal default.
Miss. Government: Little Impact from Fed ShutdownAgency directors and spokesmen say Mississippi government is feeling little effect from the federal government's partial shutdown that started last week.
Farish Street Flap Heats UpSince developer David Watkins responded to a flurry of criticism over his handling of the Farish Street renovation project with a letter yesterday afternoon, his camp has ratcheted up its war of words.
House GOP Leaders Seek Short-Term Debt ExtensionHouse Speaker John Boehner planned to ask fractious Republican lawmakers on Thursday to support a six-week extension of the government's ability to borrow money, even as Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned Congress of "irrevocable damage" that an unprecedented federal default …
Man Wants Sentence Reduced in Carjacking CaseA man who pleaded guilty to an armed carjacking in central Mississippi has asked a federal judge to throw out part of his 10-year sentence.
JRA Moving on Farish, SlowlyThe history of Farish Street's renovation efforts, which Jackson architect Steven Horn first proposed in 1983, is as shameful as the area is illustrious.
Whitney Barkley believes that college loan debt could be bad news for the U.S. economy.
Mercury levels are increasing in the eggs of water birds that nest downstream of Canada's oil sands region, according to a new study.
Deja Abdul-Haqq—environmental and policy manager at My Brother's Keeper, Inc.—is devoted to addressing health and nutritional disparities in Mississippi.
Since developer David Watkins responded to a flurry of criticism over his handling of the Farish Street renovation project with a letter yesterday afternoon, his camp has ratcheted up its war of words.
Five percent of patients account for 50 percent of all health-care expenditures.
The history of Farish Street's renovation efforts, which Jackson architect Steven Horn first proposed in 1983, is as shameful as the area is illustrious.