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Joe Battle, right, director for the G.V. Montgomery VA Medical Center, right, answers a reporter's question as acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson, listens, during a visit to the G.V. Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., Friday, July 11, 2014.

VISITING JACKSON TODAY THIS IS SLOAN GIBSON'S FIRST TRIP TO JACKSON. HE TOOK-OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF CONTROVERSY OVER LONG-WAIT-TIMES AND STAFFING-ISSUES AT V- A'S ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

Blair Porter, wife of Michael Porter, 27, the former softball coach at Ridgeland High School in suburban Jackson, Mississippi, is shown in this Madison County Detention Center photo released on July 11, 2014.

Spire Hospitality, one of the nation's leading and most respected hotel management companies, announces today a partnership between Hilton Jackson Mississippi and Drago's Seafood Restaurant.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is planning to attend a gathering of Mississippi Democrats next month as he continues to mull a 2016 presidential bid.

"It indeed is an oasis, but the passion and commitment are replicable elsewhere."

An infant who was seemingly cured of HIV following aggressive drug therapy just hours after her birth was recently discovered to be infected with the virus that causes AIDS after all, doctors announced Thursday.

Dozens of angry water customers lined up this week outside the city's Water Department to ask who's accountable for the huge increase in water bills.

The Jackson Public School District may turn to retired or substitute teachers to fill in if current vacancies are not filled for this upcoming year.

Special to the MBJ The Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency served as host for the inaugural Spero Awards presented by Donate Life Mississippi today at the Old Capitol Inn in downtown Jackson.

JACKSON, Mississippi - Struggling biofuel maker KiOR, deeply in debt to the state of Mississippi and others, says it has hired an investment bank to try to sell or restructure the company.

Conservative commentator Ann Coulter is calling on Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel and his supporters to bow out gracefully following his defeat in Mississippi's Senate race - or risk "political oblivion."

It's in the genes for Taylor Harrison. A gymnast since the age of 3, her mother Tami Harrison was once a 10-time All-American at Cal State Fullerton.

Edward Sawyer charbroils oysters at Drago's Restaurant as the lunch crowd begins to arrive Wednesday, November 28, 2012.

GI Associates and Endoscopy Center is consolidating its Flowood, Miss., and Jackson, Miss., locations into a new facility in Flowood, according to a Mississippi Business Journal report.

JACKSON, Miss. - Facing allegations of vote buying and a challenge to a GOP primary runoff win, the Thad Cochran campaign said it made a mistake accounting for nearly $53,000 in get-out-the-vote cash and will Cochran camp: FEC get-out-vote filing was 'screwed up' JACKSON, Miss.

HOUSE FIRE IN JACKSON. IT STARTED AROUND ONE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING ON HOOK STREET - THAT'S NEAR UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD AND GALLATIN STREET.

The fight between the cities of Gulfport and Biloxi over a contested piece of land along the Mississippi Highway 605 corridor may be a step closer toward resolution.

Many people can't begin to fathom the journey a family faces when an extraordinary child comes along.

Less than a week after the 50th anniversary of the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act , a civil rights leader marked another anniversary.