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JACKSON - Mississippi could borrow $1.8 billion to use for new buildings, highways and economic development incentives over the next five years and rising state revenue probably could support that amount of borrowing, a report by Treasurer Lynn Fitch suggests.

Northwest Mississippi Community College will hold the March meeting of its Reading Roundtable at 2 p.m. March 25, discussing "Where'd You Go Bernadette" by Maria Semple.

Nineteen soft-coated and wide-eyed puppies arrived Saturday morning at the Animal Rescue League of Boston's Brewster shelter after a two-day trip from Louisiana and Mississippi.

THE WIZARD OF OZ Actor's Playhouse 1/30-3/20/2014 Is there a soul alive who has not been swept away by the wonder of L. Frank Baum 's masterpiece? After a tornado whisks her away to the magical land of OZ, young Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale teams up with a Scarecrow, a Tin Woodsman and a Cowardly Lion to avoid the clutches of the Wicked Witch Of ... (more)

A Jackson man recently confessed to authorities that he was responsible for a string of residential burglaries in January and February in the Harbor Pines mobile home community.

Cleveland's Jason Giambi will be sidelined for about three-to-four weeks with a broken rib in his right side.

NIGHT. IT IS THE CULMINATION OF A DAY LONG EVENT THAT SAW THOUSANDS TAKE TO THE STREETS.

New details are emerging about allegations that a Jackson, Mississippi school teacher had sex with a 14-year-old middle school student.

THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A 19 YEAR OLD. IT HAPPEND AT A HOME ON FREDRICA AVENUE NEAR BROADMOORE AVENUE.

IT'S THE BIGGEST PARTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. I CAME LAST YEAR AND IT WAS A BLAST AND IT'S EVEN BETTER THIS YEAR.

Law school students at the University of Mississippi will represent defendants in oral arguments in April when the state Court of Appeals comes to the Oxford campus.

Jackson - The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies will hold a homeownership application fair on from 3-6 p.m. on Tuesday, March.

In a letter to Gov. Phil Bryant and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, they're asking for changes to House Bill 585, which awaits final negotiations between the House and Senate.

Walter Williams, the 78-year-old man from Mississippi who two weeks ago " came back to life once he was put on an embalming table ," has died.

Jackson resident Francis Smith, who in 2013 was an independent candidate for mayor of Jackson, will again be on the ballot for this spring's election.

Rankin County authorities arrested on Thursday a Siwell Middle School teacher on charges of statutory rape.

If you think you have the perfect product at the right time for scads of paying customers, Jackson could be the place to turn your concept into reality, a new study says.

According to "Deadspin," the FCC received a total of 53 complaints about the big game last month, and a number of them had to do with the fact that Anthony Kiedis and Flea took the stage topless.

THE 32ND- ANNUAL MAL'S ST. PADDY'S PARADE, WHICH KICKS-OFF SATURDAY. THE PARADE SIGNALS THE START OF THE SPRING- CELEBRATION IN JACKSON.

Porsche of Jackson has added Taylor Vickery as sales manager. Vickery is a fourth-generation "car man."