Bogue Chitto News

JACKSON - A couple goes out for a special meal to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

Heat Index: 95 F The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians held tribal elections Tuesday.

A couple allegedly involved in an accident with a Greenwood police officer in November is suing the city, the police chief and the patrolman.

Leland Neese, 2, sits in a pile of plush toys for sale on the porch of the Legion Hut in Decatur during a fundraiser Saturday to benefit 14-year-old Morgan Parker who is in need of organ transplants.

A New York City woman says her father apparently lay dead for weeks in a minivan while police repeatedly left parking tickets on the vehicle.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fedric of Hattiesburg are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristen Lee Fedric, to Brian Venson Wallace, son of Mr.

Approximately 60 high school students got a taste of a possible career in the media Tuesday at Copiah-Lincoln Community College.

March was more like a lamb than a lion for the Coast casinos, which saw a 16 percent drop in revenues compared to March 2008.

Edinburg's Mitchell Wooten tossed a no-hitter against visiting Ethel on Monday night, leading the Eagles to a 2-0 win and the Region 6-1A championship.

Copiah County authorities are searching for a couple who tried to rob a delivery truck driver.

Dennis and Shelia Brown of Purvis announce the engagement of their daughter, Rachel Ann Brown, to Anthony Drew Smith, son of Anthony Carroll Smith and the late Ramona Smith of Brookhaven.

Clarks Summit resident Judy Detter, who once worked at Penn State Worthington teaching a nutrition class, won this year's national Jif "Mom's Voice Their Choice Essay Contest" and as part of her a prize, judged their "Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest" held Friday, March 20 in New York City.

Both the House and the Senate have voted by overwhelming margins during the 2009 session to increase the cigarette tax.

JACKSON - Negotiators in the Mississippi House and Senate failed to agree on a cigarette tax increase by a Wednesday night deadline, likely killing the issue for the year.

Three senators and three House members need to reach agreement on the tax increase -- and their respective houses have to agree -- before the legislative session ends April 4. The increase would reduce the budget shortfall for the 2009 fiscal year that ends June 30.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol says it was justified in tasering a Bogue Chitto man four times after he resisted following a routine traffic stop in front of his house.

BOGUE CHITTO a ' The Cathedral fast-pitch softball team struggled after the first inning in an 11-2 loss to Bogue Chitto Monday.

MEADVILLE a ' Franklin County pitchers Destiny Dedeaux and Kacey Smith combined on a no-hitter as the Lady Dawgs defeated the Bogue Chitto Lady Bobcats 2-1 Tuesday night.

Barbour and some other Republican governors said during the weekend they have reservations about accepting part of the $787 billion stimulus package approved by Congress and signed by President Obama Feb.

Plans to nominate the Bogue Chitto River for Mississippi's scenic streams program have been dropped.