Bogue Chitto News

A 42 year old Bogue Chitto man is dead after a logging accident. It happened in rural Lincoln County.

A 42-year-old Bogue Chitto man was killed in a logging accident in rural Lincoln County.

For the 12 years I've lived in Clinton, barely a day would pass without seeing my feisty neighbor two doors down tending to her yard.

Two inner tube rental companies have filed an appeal to an alcohol ban on portions of the Bogue Chitto River and Topisaw Creek.

Bittersweet. A day of fellowship, underscored for some, by the memories of those not there.

Keeping in step with what authorities say is a more active time of year for online sexual predators, a Kenner Police Department detective busted his third suspected online child sex offender for the month of ...

On June 12, 2008 at approximately 2:30 P.M., William B. Mercier W/M, age 34, of 2783 Highway 51 SE, Bogue Chitto, Mississippi, was arrested for one count of computer-aided solicitation for sexual purposes, and ...

With the House and Senate in a seemingly unbreakable deadlock over the issue of funding Medicaid, the decision was made Wednesday for the Legislature to adjourn for three weeks.

In discussing her reasons for staying in the Democratic presidential primary while alluding to the length of this year's campaign season, Sen.

Yes No State lawmakers are preparing to take up what will likely be the last in a long line of proposals to plug an $87 million funding gap in the state's Medicaid program.

Ariconshey Hooks has not been home since her infant daughter was taken to a hospital in Jackson last month with life-threatening injuries.

Granny was my paternal grandmother. The best I can figure, she was born about 1859, give or take a year or two. via Williamson Herald

Three warrants have been issued for the man who allegedly robbed Christine and Henry's Conoco station with a beer bottle Sunday night. via Natchez Democrat

“This is the first time that we've had a police-related death that I can remember since I've been deputy coroner or coroner since 1995”

Authorities say the Bogue Chitto man who was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy was allegedly holding an infant under water when the shooting occurred. via Picayune Item

“I'm not sure - with everything we did, did we make things easier for folks at home?”

Even without considering a general tax increase, Mississippi legislators found ways to dig into people's wallets by charging higher fees for some services, clearing the way for increases in utility rates and ... via The Mississippi Press

“There's been some proposals to let the personnel board to do a study, just to the legislative portion of it, and make a determination whether legislators need anything”

Pay raises for county and state elected officials could hinge on whether lawmakers will concede to raising their own pay. via WLBT-TV Jackson

Issue date: 4/11/08 Section: Opinion Whit Waide is a political science and public administration instructor at Mississippi State. via The Reflector

“We are fortunate to have them (casinos) here”

State legislators say a bill to give tax incentives for casinos to invest in non-gaming development would create jobs and help the state to compete against potential new gaming development in Florida. via The Clarion-Ledger

“Let's don't be cattle-herded down a chute on a particular get-re-elected kind of issue”

Pressured by a flurry of e-mail from social conservatives, the Mississippi House passed an anti-abortion bill Thursday even though many lawmakers acknowledged they had little clue about what they were ... via The Mississippi Press

A bill that would crack down on minors who use false identification to buy alcohol cleared the Mississippi House today. via The Clarion-Ledger