Education

Hearing delayed in state takeover of Greenwood school district

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Greenwood school district will get six more days to respond to a report by the Mississippi Department of Education that claims widespread violations of state standards occurred in the district. […]

News

Bodies of Malaysia jet victims leave Ukraine

By JONA KALLGREN KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two military aircraft carrying the first bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash left the embattled plains of eastern Ukraine Wednesday, while British investigators began work on a […]

Health

Mississippi reports one new case of mosquito-borne chicungunya virus

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi State Department of Health is confirming one new human case of chikungunya (chih-kihn-GUHN’-yuh) virus. Health officials say in a news release the newest case occurred in a resident who […]