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For years, critics have argued that Mississippi lags behind all other states when it comes to progress – economic other otherwise. And last week, some state and health officials argued that Mississippi is imposing a […]

Associated Press CHICAGO – A jury acquitted R. Kelly on all counts of child pornography after less than a day of deliberations Friday, ending an ordeal for the R&B superstar that began when he was […]

WASHINGTON – Tim Russert, who pointedly but politely questioned hundreds of the powerful and influential as moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” died Friday of an apparent heart attack. The network’s Washington bureau chief was […]

OMAHA, Neb. — First came the shock, then the grief. As dozens of people injured in a tornado at an Iowa Boy Scout camp recovered, families and friends tried to make sense of the deaths […]

Rev. Ozie G. Wattleton, after years of traveling in the ministry and leaving the East Atlanta Church of God as founding pastor, has returned to the Farmhaven community in East Madison County where her life […]

BLENCOE, Iowa (AP) – Boy Scouts who came to each others’ aid after a tornado that killed four of their comrades and injured 48 people were hailed as heroes Thursday for helping to administer first […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Retail gas prices rose further above a national average of $4 Monday, and are likely to keep rising as distributors and retailers hike prices in response to last week’s unprecedented oil […]

It is often said that people can move mountains if they put their minds to it. Whether this saying is true or not, some Jackson dignitaries put their hammers to tearing down walls recently, creating […]

“With Democratic nominee Barack Obama claiming the primary, I count it a privilege to be able to share in this momentous and history-making event. In the words of Obama, “Yes We Can” and on yesterday; […]

District 45 Senator Billy Hudson, (right) and his son Ben Hudson (left) met on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, with Jackson area homebuilder Farris Dotson (second from left) and Wayne Kincaid, vice president of Capital Construction […]