Obituaries

Norris Lee Carson

December 11, 1940 – July 26, 2014 N.L. (Norris Lee) Carson was born to Wesley and Helen Caldwell Carson on December 11, 1940 in Leake County, Miss. He was brother to Dorothy Mae, Henry Clay, […]

Obituaries

Dr. Frank B. McCune Jr

August 31, 1942 – July 23, 2014 Major Frank B. McCune Jr., MD, affectionately known as “Doc,” was born August 31, 1942 in Jackson, to the late Frank B. McCune Sr. and Eva Jones McCune. […]

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After 10-years, 4 billion miles, probe reaches comet

DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) — After a journey of 6.4 billion kilometers (4 billion miles), Europe’s unmanned Rosetta probe reached its destination Wednesday, a milestone in mankind’s first attempt to land a spacecraft on a comet. […]

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FEMA provides tornado relief money to Mississippi

JACKSON, Mississippi — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $2.43 million in Disaster Relief Fund grants to support debris removal and utility repairs in Northeast Mississippi from the April 28 tornado. The […]

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Blue Springs woman killed in train, car wreck

MYRTLE, Mississippi (AP) — A 51-year-old Blue Springs woman has died in a wreck involving a train in Union County. Union County Coroner Pam Bowman says Nina Lyles was pronounced dead at the scene of […]

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1 of 3 charged pleads guilty in Cochran photo case

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — One of the men charged in a conspiracy to photograph U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s ailing wife has pleaded guilty. John Mary of Hattiesburg pleaded guilty Wednesday to one felony count of […]

Sports

Saints owner Tom Benson heads home from training camp after hospitalization

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia (AP) — After being hospitalized for difficulty breathing and dehydration twice in the past two weeks, Saints owner Tom Benson has left training camp in West Virginia early. Team spokesman Greg Bensel says the […]

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5-year-old Minnesota mayor loses re-election bid

DORSET, Minnesota (AP) — Robert “Bobby” Tufts may have lost his bid for a third consecutive term as mayor of his tiny northern Minnesota tourist town, but the 5-year-old isn’t taking it too hard. After […]