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BILOXI, Miss. (AP) – A Harrison County grand jury has indicted a former Biloxi firefighter on a first-degree murder charge in the shooting of a waitress who had asked him not to smoke. Assistant District […]

D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (AP) – D’Iberville was able to buy two new fire pumpers this year, thanks in part to revenue generated by the new Scarlet Pearl Casino. The Sun Herald reports Fire Chief Gerald Smith […]

LAUREL, Miss. (AP) – Jones County Justice Court Judge Billie Graham has set bond at $10,000 for a man accused of being married to two women. WDAM-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1OmFgcJ) Stephanie T. Jackson-Steele filed a complaint […]

MONROE, La. (AP) – Jury selection continues Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of illegally using the debit card of a woman stabbed to death in northeast Louisiana. A judge ruled Monday that […]

MONROE, La. (AP) – Charged in the burning death of north Mississippi teenager Jessica Chambers, Quinton Tellis goes on trial Monday on charges connected to another woman’s death in north Louisiana. Tellis faces trial in […]

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – Federal regulators have opened an investigation into the estimated costs and schedule of Mississippi Power Co.’s overrun-plagued $6.7 billion Kemper County power plant being built in Mississippi. In a filing Thursday […]

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) – Biloxi police say a man being taken into custody on a misdemeanor charge head-butted an officer in the face, resulting in a felony charge. Detective Nick Sonnier tells The Sun Herald […]

    JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The state Department of Education and Mississippi State University are working together to add computer science education to elementary and high school across the state. Dozens of schools have […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A standing-room-only crowd filled the Blues Tent when Arlo Guthrie began playing “Alice’s Restaurant” as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival wound up its seven-day stand on Sunday. Some of […]