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Mississippi is considered part of the deep south. The state takes its name from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary.
Mississippi news from ClarionLedger.com
Jan 9, 2009 4:34 am
Briefs from around the state
Police sergeant exams to resume
Jan 9, 2009 4:31 am
Jackson's Civil Service Commission has approved a police request to restart the process of offering sergeant promotions exams.
Hancock Co.'s Katrina healing under way
Jan 9, 2009 4:30 am
After a hurricane, putting Humpty Dumpty back together again is no simple task.
Chase of fleeing auto ends with a collision
Jan 9, 2009 4:29 am
Jackson police on Thursday were trying to figure out who is to blame in a traffic accident involving a patrolman and a man driving home from work.
Utility: Contract sales led to refund
Jan 9, 2009 4:26 am
Entergy Corp. has acknowledged in a letter to state regulators that it sold power to Mississippi in 2005 from a subsidiary under a fuel contract that years earlier led to a refund of $72 million to Lo...
2nd house burns in a week near Farish St.
Jan 9, 2009 4:25 am
Jackson firefighters on Thursday extinguished the second vacant house fire in a week in the Farish Street area.
Jan 9, 2009 4:22 am
If it weren't for JATRAN's Route 13, Annette Stewart would not have her independence.
Jan 9, 2009 4:19 am
Mississippi lawmakers began trying to raise new revenue Thursday with a proposed 82-cents-a-pack cigarette tax increase as state agencies prepared for deeper budget cuts that could affect more service...
Local News from Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via Yahoo! News
UPDATE:Illinois House impeaches governor
Jan 9, 2009 5:19 pm
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Driven by anger and politics, the Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, an unprecedented action that sets the stage for a Senate trial on whet...
UPDATE:TVA reports Ala. power plant retaining pond leak
Jan 9, 2009 5:06 pm
The Associated Press STEVENSON, Ala. - The Tennessee Valley Authority says a waste pond at its Widows Creek power plant in northeast Alabama has ruptured but the spill is now contained.
UPDATE:Digital signal test planned
Jan 9, 2009 5:05 pm
The Associated Press JACKSON - Mississippi television stations on Monday will drop their regular TV signals to prepare for February's permanent move to digital.
Jan 9, 2009 1:49 pm
"Shake Rag, located east of the old M&O (later GM&O) railway tracks and extending northward from Main Street, was one of several historic African American communities in Tupelo.
Jan 9, 2009 1:35 pm
TUPELO - The birth of a king is something to celebrate far and wide. People traveled from around the country and across the Atlantic Ocean to visit the Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum on Thursday ...
Standalone Steak Escape opens in Tupelo
Jan 9, 2009 1:34 pm
TUPELO - Steak Escape opens today, creating 15 new jobs. The fast casual restaurant, known for its Philly cheesesteak sandwiches, attracted 250 applications.
Oren Dunn City Museum prepares for silver jubilee
Jan 9, 2009 1:04 pm
Are you from Tupelo? If you wish to donate any objects, photographs or newspaper clippings to the Oren Dunn City Museum, call (662) 841-6438 or send an e-mail to museum@ci.tupelo.ms.us.
House leaders act quickly on cigarette tax
Jan 9, 2009 12:35 pm
JACKSON - House Democratic leaders acted quickly Thursday to raise additional revenue by proposing an increase in the cigarette tax to blunt the impact of budget cuts Gov. Haley Barbour said he will b...
Beef plant case: Mills 'astonished' at idea for community service
Jan 9, 2009 12:35 pm
"Dr. (Clyde) Muse understood that a possibility existed that Judge Mike Mills could consider a community service option for Mr. Nick Cawood, who is a certified facility planner and is currently u...
Minorities tracked for department head search
Jan 9, 2009 12:34 pm
TUPELO - Despite an earlier report that the city doesn't track race among job applicants, an unofficial tally was kept recently for those who applied for two department head positions.
Local News for Gulf Coast Mississippi from The Picayune Item
Boot drive for memorial is this weekend
Jan 8, 2009 7:21 pm
The Picayune Police Department is conducting a ?boot drive? this weekend to raise funds for a new Police Memorial and to help finance their ?Ride to Remember? to thank police departments that assisted...
Sensors installed, operational this weekend
Jan 8, 2009 7:21 pm
Motorists tired of the congestion associated with traversing the intersection of U.S. Highway 11 and Mississippi Highway 43 North may see some relief after this weekend.
Jan 7, 2009 6:32 pm
A change on the operational activities will mean citizens convicted of traffic or criminal charges who do not pay their fines will lose their driving privileges.
Officers assaulted during traffic stop
Jan 7, 2009 6:29 pm
One of two suspects stopped for a traffic violation tried to escape capture by assaulting two Picayune Police Officers.
Brookhaven hospital suffers patient declines
Jan 7, 2009 6:24 pm
Officials at King?s Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven say the last four months of 2008 saw unexpectedly low patient volumes and the hospital must increase its patient flow.
City council finds property division difficult
Jan 7, 2009 9:35 am
Dividing a piece of property could be an easy thing for Picayune?s City Council to do, if the people involved can come to an agreement.
Some restaurants banning smoking in anticipation of ordinance
Jan 6, 2009 8:06 pm
Even though the city?s smoking ordinance still has not gone into effect, many establishments have begun making the move ? to mixed reviews.
Feds seek public comment on Ala.-Miss. pipeline
Jan 6, 2009 7:55 pm
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is seeking public comments by Jan. 21 on a proposed natural gas pipeline from Grand Bay to Pascagoula, Miss., including a proposed alternate route along U.S. 9...
Hales re-elected Board of Supervisors president
Jan 5, 2009 8:11 pm
The County Board of Supervisors unanimously re-elected Anthony Hales of District 1 as board president.Patrick Lee, District 4, was elected vice president.
Jan 5, 2009 8:09 pm
Two men from Carriere died in a car accident early Monday morning in Hancock County.
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