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CLEVELAND – A 22-year old woman has been bound over to the grand jury after police said she shot an elderly man in the back that refused to give her money. Devonna Hutton waived her […]

BOLIVAR COUNTY – Authorities said a Greenville woman, her unborn child, and her 1-year old son were killed Monday morning when the car she was riding in crashed into an embankment just north of Rosedale. […]

A Holmes County inmate is dead after authorities said he was hit in the head by another inmate last week. Twenty-four year old Kelvin Hollimon died Wednesday, Dec. 30 at UMC Hospital in Jackson, a day […]

For more than 30 years, Laura Norwood Davis has been committed to the children. Her compassion, integrity and intensity, has made her a beloved and respected figure, not only to the students within her community, […]

STARKVILLE – Fire gutted an apartment in a rundown complex Monday, killing three women and six children, including several family members taken in because they had nowhere else to go, officials and neighbors said. The […]

The Jackson City Council has approved a purchasing request to acquire the old Dillard’s department store at Metrocenter mall in west Jackson. In a 6-1 vote, the plan calls for the city to spend $39,500 […]

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As U. S. Senators and members of the House of Representatives prepare to negotiate to combine the two distinctly different health care bills, members of the Congressional Black Caucus are vowing once […]

After the Mississippi Legisla-ture convenes at noon Jan. 5, two hot-button issues lawmakers will grapple with are balancing the budget and funding education, some Hinds County lawmakers said. “You will probably hear ‘budget, budget, budget’ […]

Woman sustains third degree burns Local news reports said a woman was set on fire by her boyfriend earlier this month while she was sitting in her car outside of a Jackson nightclub. Jackson Fire […]

HATTIESBURG – Children who grow up in their communities and recognize the need to build them have miles to go before they sleep. They touch the soil with loving hands. They manage to maneuver through […]