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After initially being denied financial assistance following the April 4 tornadoes in the Metro area, Hinds County residents can now receive assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This news pleased Gov. Haley Barbour, […]

GREENVILLE, Miss. – A federal court judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of a woman who died while in police custody three years ago. The $10 million lawsuit was filed […]

“It really did take something away from me,” Hattie Douglas, told a reporter during a recent press conference announcing her exoneration. The 32-year-old Camden, Miss. resident spent a year in jail after being charged with […]

The Associated Press MOORHEAD, Miss. – A Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper is on paid administrative leave for allegedly shooting a man in Moorhead. Officials with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation say 29-year-old Derrick Terry Pitts […]

On the first day of the special legislative session, called by Gov. Haley Barbour, the House voted to reauthorize the Mississippi Employment Sec-urity Service (MDES) for a year. A bill was passed to the Senate […]

Jackie Kitchen, a wife and mother of three, will have a lot to be greatful for this Mother’s Day Sunday. Thanks to the Women Build Committee of Habitat for Humanity/Metro Jackson, the Kitchen family will […]

PARCHMAN, Miss. – Convicted murderer Earl Wesley Berry was put to death Wednesday, May 21. Mississippi Department of Corrections officials said Berry died by lethal injection at 6:15 p.m. at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in […]

Following the National Day of Prayer, Mission Mississippi (MM), a growing faith-based organization, released what they termed, “some good news.” During its 15th-Year Anniversary celebration and 2008 Mississippi Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast, MM told more than […]

Tricia Perry said she doesn’t have a musical bone in her body. After an early attempt to play the piano failed, she decided not to pursue a musical career. But what she lacks in musical […]

Life often brings hard knocks and rugged roads. But the dawn eventually peaks with moments of bliss if dreams are held and explored. Forty-five-year-old Erica D. Steele and her daughter, 25-year-old Armetha Steele, held fast […]