Month: July 2010

News Briefs From Across The State Made it to the Final Jeopardy round An English professor at the Mississippi University for Women walked away with more than $27,000 after she missed a question during the […]

News Briefs From Across The State Two children thrown from the vehicle Highway officials are still investigating an accident that sent seven people, including two children, to the hospital. WTVA reported that around 3:45 p.m., […]

News Briefs From Across The State Suspect and victim were friends A Horn Lake man has turned himself in to police after shooting his friend in the stomach while the victim was attending a baby […]

JACKSON – On March 24, 2010, State Auditor Stacey Pickering reported that several cities and counties in Mississippi were delinquent in remitting assessments to the state. Since then, Pickering’s office has collected more than $1.7 […]

PASCAGOULA – Michelle Obama will arrive in Mississippi this morning to honor the Coast Guard’s first female officer, Dorothy C. Stratton, by christening a Coast Guard cutter in Stratton‘s honor. This is Mrs. Obama’s second […]

News Briefs From Across The State Took their money during traffic stops A former Lee County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to a year in jail after he admitted that he stole money out of the […]

Actor Mel Gibson is in the national spotlight stemming from a domestic violence investigation involving his ex-girlfriend Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva. However, domestic violence is not just an alarming problem among the rich and famous, […]

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is standing by its quick decision to oust a black Agriculture Department employee over racially tinged remarks at an NAACP banquet in Georgia, despite evidence that her remarks were misconstrued […]

In what appeared to be normal ‘in the hallway’ city business turned out to be anything but. In fact Jackson City Councilman Frank Bluntson said it was ‘abnormal.’ “I honestly thought this was a proclamation […]