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Rep. David Baria, left, a Bay St. Louis Democrat, persuades House members to amend a plan to reorganize the scandal-plagued Department of Marine Resources by taking out a provision that would have removed Marine Resources employees from civil service protection for one year, as bill supporter Rep. Jeffrey Guice, R-Ocean Springs, looks on, in the ... (more)

JACKSON - Mississippi House and Senate members must work out differences on a bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks' gestation.

U.S. drivers are paying almost 10 cents more per gallon at the pump than two weeks ago, as worries about Ukraine contributed to a jump in the cost of ethanol used in making gasoline, according to a survey released on Sunday.

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The couple, who has been married since 2011, already have a daughter, 19-month-old Faith Evangeline Elisa.

In an appearance on Arsenio , Mississippi Hip-Hop artist David Banner delivered a brief, yet powerful Spoken Word piece that tackled racism and self-hatred in the Black community.

The Making Strides Breakfast was held this morning at The South in downtown Jackson.

JACKSON, Miss. -- Dr. Michael McMullan has been named to direct a program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center focusing on specialized care for adults with hereditary heart disease.

The federal government forms for applying for health coverage are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act, widely referred to as ''Obamacare'', outside the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson, Mississippi October 4, 2013.

She also will oversee the operation of Hinds Agricultural High School. She previously served as executive director of academic support for high schools in the Jackson Public School District, is a past principal of Forest Hill High School and was choral director for Powell Middle School and Canton High School, a middle school assistant principal for ... (more)

A tech company right here in Jackson has become an international player in the world of geo-spatial data.

Mourning mixed with celebration and commemoration Saturday in Jackson for Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, the civil rights activist who led the city to a new vision.

Fifty years after the Mississippi Freedom Summer, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will return with the event's other organizers to commemorate one of the signature events of the Civil Rights Movement.

Mississippi church leaders, employees and volunteers need tools to equip them in preventing sexual abuse of children -- and to ensure children's safety by keeping would-be perpetrators from coming through the church doors in the first place.

JACKSON -- Mississippi is one of only four states receiving additional funds from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for dredging and flood control along its major tributaries, according to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran.

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Callaway High School in Jackson was evacuated after a fire extinguisher was discharged, WAPT reported.

Its true! This is Michael Jackson's son. Maybe. Well, according to DNA evidence he is, but only DNA that we're told is Michael Jacksons as it comes from the dental impression of an old orthodontic device worn by the popstar.

The city of Jackson is barring the news media - both print and television - from the public viewing at City Hall for the late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba.

Bayou Auguste extends a half mile into East Biloxi neighborhoods, passing through property owned by the Biloxi Housing Authority, Biloxi Public Schools, the City of Biloxi and private landowners.