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If you surveyed a hundred people and asked them what economic development is, I'm confident you would receive nearly 100 different answers.

Candidates for Jackson mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Tony Yarber spar in a debate a week before the runoff election.

They traditionally deal in steel, but since the beginning of the year, a Jackson scrap metal recycling company has been in the fashion business.

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A marine from Gordo was struck and killed on U.S. 82 in Mississippi early Sunday.

JACKSON, Miss. -- Republican Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi raised $1.7 million for his campaign the first three months of the year, with more than $1 million coming from donors inside the state.

First Alert Weather Alert: Flood Warning expires at 8:00 PM on 4/15, issued at 10:03 PM Fort White, FL JACKSON, Miss.

Upward of five inches of rain fell overnight Tuesday in areas of north-central, central and south Mississippi, spawning more concerns of moderate flooding along rivers and tributaries.

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Five LSU of Alexandria students will compete for the title of Ms. LSUA in the 54th competition scheduled for Saturday, April 26 at 7:00pm.

Pearl River's waters flooded parts of Jackson and surrounding areas in 1979 in a deluge that paralyzed the city and led to the evacuation of 15,000 people.

Joni and Buddy McClain are tested, successful entrepreneurs after forming a company operating more than 60 Sonic locations and opening the McClain Lodge.

Trudy Higginbotham Moody, who owns a Mercedes dealership in Jackson, stands in front of her newest dealership in Collierville, Tenn.

Keesler Federal Credit Union, a $2.1 billion Biloxi-based member institution, has set the stage for entry into the metro Jackson market with acquisition of the $4.8 million Mississippi Department of Transportation Federal Credit Union.

MANY AREAS ARE SEEING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AFTER LAST WEEK'S STORM - AND TODAY'S RAIN SURELY WON'T MAKE MATTERS ANY BETTER.

More rain is on the way, which is bad news for areas in the metro that have not been able to dry out from last weekends rain maker.

William "Butch" Dickson faces charges in U.S. District Court in Jackson. The 58-year-old is being held without bond in Mississippi, and a court appearance was set for Tuesday.

CINDERELLA Lewisburg High School 4/18-4/20/2014 The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance.

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on a sunny day in Dallas, the murder of Medgar Evers as he stood in his Jackson, Miss., driveway, the obliteration by bomb of four little girls in the basement of a Birmingham church and the savage dogs of Birmingham's "Public Safety" director Eugene "Bull" Connor.

Sunday at the Bluff -- Paleontologist George Phillips of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson speaks at 2 p.m. on "The Black Prairie 10,000 Years Ago" at Plymouth Bluff Center, 2200 Old West Point Road, Columbus.