Brandon News

Madison County legislators say money, or the lack of it, will be the focus of their 2010 session.

For Tom Burnham, taking his former post as state superintendent of education will in some ways be like - as baseball great Yogi Berra once famously observed - 'deja vu all over again.' 'Why give up a tenured position as a dean at a wonderful university? I guess the answer is simply that I love K-12 education, being with kids and trying to do ...

Brandon Laird, senior from Brandon, Miss., practices with the band on Pride field on Wednesday.

A Brandon family of six narrowly escaped a fire early today that destroyed their home at 6591 Grants Ferry Road.

Don and Alicia Brock of Brandon announce the birth of a son, Tristen Brady Brock, on Sept.

Q: Dear Jack, I have a cuckoo clock that was purchased in Germany nearly 40 years ago.

Honoring wounded Mississippi soldiers and spotlighting a physician who helped saved the life of an ABC newsman are just two of the events scheduled for the Brain Injury Association of Mississippi's 2009 Gala titled, "Wounded: A Salute to our Mississippi Heroes." The gala will begin with a silent auction at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Country Club of ...

Two groups on the opposite ends of the political spectrum are holding rallies in central Mississippi this weekend to discuss national health care legislation.

Tal McNeill of Gallman has been promoted to senior vice president, group creative director.

There were tears flowing on both sides. Two families sat in a packed courtroom with totally contrasting emotions -one demanding a maximum sentence for the deaths of their loved ones and the other begging for leniency.

Former private school teacher Sheral Smith's trial will be delayed until she undergoes a mental evaluation.

This week's Viking Classic is the second large metro-area event this month to become a victim of too much rain.

The Dark Zone Haunted House, 7-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, $6 , behind Rogers-Dabbs Chevrolet used car lot off U.S. 80, Brandon ; 825-2094. Premier Costumed Historic Halloween on the Canton Courthouse Square, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday for shopping with merchants and citizens invited to assume the persona of a favorite historic character, 4-7 p.m.

The Brandon High School theater students are once again participating in the National Thespian Society's 'Trick or Treat So Kids Can Eat' nationwide campaign that calls upon all high school thespians to do their part each October to eradicate hunger in their own community.

Taming and training a wild mustang takes days of hard work. Diane Ward, 15, knows this.

WLBT and Baptist Cancer Services joined forces for the Power of Pink campaign, an effort to raise awareness of breast health.

Miss Mississippi Anna Tadlock will head this year's Christmas parade serving as its grand marshal as the holiday the season is ushered in at the annual event scheduled Dec.

WLBT investigated a man living in the woods, within sight of the downtown Jackson skyline.

Hinds Community College's Rankin Campus' chapter of Phi Theta Kappa inducted new members for fall 2009 on Oct.

The Rankin County Board of Supervisors will be holding a blood drive Friday. The blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in the boardroom.