JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The national Association of Zoos & Aquariums has pulled its accreditation from the only Mississippi zoo which held it, because of financial instability.
The Clarion-Ledger reports that the zoo keeps provisional accreditation during appeals ending in March.
The problem is that fewer people are coming to see the zoo’s 773 animals… […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — At least four tornadoes were part of a rainy system that moved across Mississippi Friday night and Saturday morning.
Officials reported tornadoes in Adams, Rankin, Simpson and Smith counties. Weather Service officials said they know of no injuries from any of the storms.
In Adams County, a tornado estimated to have top winds of 115 mph cut a path a mile long and 200 yards wide in the Kingston community, southeast of Natchez. Two houses had their roofs substantially damaged… […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With Drew Brees finding his usual rhythm, and the Saints defense showing vast improvement under new coordinator Rob Ryan, it appears that coach Sean Payton is putting together another contender.
Brees passed for three scores and scrambled for New Orleans’ first touchdown rushing of the season, leading the Saints to a 31-7 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
The Saints quarterback was 29 of 46 for 342 yards, with two TD strikes to tight end Jimmy Graham and the other to Robert Meachem… […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan military remained in a tense standoff with Islamic extremists Sunday, as the toll rose to 59 dead, including children, and 175 wounded in the attack at an upscale mall, a Kenyan minister said.
Multiple barrages of gunfire erupted Sunday morning from inside the building where hostages are being held by militants. The radicals attacked the mall Saturday and remained inside throughout the night.
Kenya’s Red Cross said in a statement citing police that 49 people had been reported missing… […]
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa
Editor
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SLIDELL, Louisiana (AP) — State police are investigating the death of an unidentified pedestrian suspected to be the victim of a hit and run crash along Interstate 10 in St. Tammany Parish.
Sgt. Nick Manale says the male victim was discovered by a motorist shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday in the grass along the westbound lanes of I-10 approximately three miles west of the Louisiana/Mississippi state line… […]
GULFPORT, Mississippi (AP) — A federal judge has scheduled a hearing next week on Greyhound Bus Lines Inc.’s motion to throw out a lawsuit related to a 2008 accident in south Mississippi.
Megan Clancy sued Greyhound in Jackson County Circuit Court on July 6, 2011, saying she was injured in the accident on Interstate 10 near D’Iberville on Aug. 2, 2008. Megan Clancy’s case was moved to federal court in September 2011… […]
News Briefs From Around The State
Feds want Gulfport bar forfeited after owner tried to trade for cocaine
GULFPORT, Mississippi — Federal authorities in south Mississippi have filed court documents seeking the forfeiture of a Gulfport bar that investigators say a man tried to trade for a large quantity of cocaine.
The documents filed in U.S. District Court in Gulfport seek the forfeiture of the Eclipse Sports Bar, cars, cash and guns. […]
RIDGELAND, Mississippi (AP) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s personal secretary is selling a collection from the early civil rights movement, including handwritten notes by King and a page from his “I Have a Dream” speech, what the auction house calls an unprecedented historical trove.
Maude Ballou worked as King’s secretary from 1955 to 1960, when King led the Montgomery Improvement Association and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Ballou, who turned 88 Friday, is selling the items Oct. 17 in New York… […]
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