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VICKSBURG – Obesity can cause several serious health diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. For five years now Mississippi has been declared the “fattest state in the nation” by the Center for Disease […]

Hundreds of area senior citizens poured into the Jackson Police Training Academy Wednesday morning for the 16th Annual Senior Health and Wellness Fair from 9 a.m. until Noon. The event was sponsored by the City […]

The Jackson City Council on Tuesday confirmed Rebecca Coleman as Jackson’s police chief and Raymond McNulty as fire chief. Coleman, 57, has most recently served as the director of public safety at Jackson State University. […]

WINONA – A man who said “goodbye” to his girlfriend just before he shot her in the chest was sentenced to 30 years in jail in Montgomery County Circuit Court. John Lee Forrest, of Winona, […]

WINONA – Police chief Johnny Hargrove is releasing few details regarding the robbery of the Winona branch of the Bank of Kilmichael last Tuesday, other than to confirm that a suspect has turned himself in […]

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The lawyer for the man accused of perpetrating the balloon boy hoax to promote a reality show said Monday that he expects authorities to bring charges against his client in the […]

WAPT.com A hearing is scheduled for Monday in Madison County in an effort to avert a strike by school bus drivers, Madison County Schools Superintendent Mike Kent said.   First Student school bus drivers in […]

The Mississippi State Fair will be extended through Monday and rates will be discounted, organizers said Friday. The extended day will be known as $2 Monday where patrons will have the opportunity to pay only […]

The Mississippi Link JACKSON, Miss. (October 16, 2009)—Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) said it expects that most of its natural gas utility customers will pay lower heating bills this coming winter compared to last winter. […]