Growing up the son of sharecroppers in Mississippi, Charley Pride developed a love of country music that propelled him into a legendary career as one of its biggest stars.
Now, items donated by Pride from throughout his life will become part of the Smithsonian’s upcoming National Museum of African American History and Culture, set to open in 2015. […]
A 61-year-old man from McComb has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, five suspended, for stealing more than $16,000 from a 97-year-old woman.
Attorney General Jim Hood said Kenneth Miller appeared before Pike County Circuit Judge David strong and pleaded guilty to exploiting $16,400 from the elderly bedridden victim. […]
The pharmacy that distributed a steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis has issued a voluntary recall of all of its products, calling the move a precautionary measure.
The New England Compounding Center announced the recall Saturday. […]
A piano used by Stevie Wonder when he was a student in Michigan has been loaned to the Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville, Ky., and will be on display starting next week. […]
The Logo TV channel said that a contestant who competed on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” as Sahara Davenport has died. Antoine Ashley was 27.
A channel spokesman says the cause of Ashley’s death on Oct. 1 was not immediately released. His manager, David Charpentier, said a statement was being planned by his family. […]
First-year Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze has a reputation as a gambler, unafraid to make an unconventional call with the game on the line.
He proved it on Saturday. The results were not what he – or the Rebels – had in mind. […]
On Monday, Oct. 1, Rufus Thomas was the latest artist honored with a marker on Mississippi Blues Trail. The marker unveiling was scheduled for 1 p.m. at 30 Lee Creek Road in Byhalia, Miss.
This was the 163rd marker on the trail. […]
Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove said Melanie Suzanne Clements Nestle, 40, of Gulfport is the woman, who was killed after she was hit by a train in her vehicle on Sunday, Sept. 30 shortly before 8 p.m.
Hargrove said she was located only a block away from her home at the tracks on 33rd Avenue in Gulfport. […]
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged Waveland police officers used a stun gun on a pregnant woman.
The Sea Coast Echo reports that the lawsuit was dismissed this past week by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola. […]
Madison County officials say a 44-year-old man has died in a fire at his Gluckstadt home.
Emergency Management Director Butch Hammack says Billy Murphy was trapped by flames in the house fire that started at about 11:45 p.m. Wednesday. Another man, whose name was not available, escaped without injury. […]
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