Mount Olive News

The family and friends who grew up with native son Steve McNair didn't have to say goodbye to the ex-NFL quarterback by themselves Friday night.

MOUNT OLIVE, Miss. - Steve McNair left this tiny south Mississippi town to become an NFL star, though his presence remained.

Former NFL star Steve McNair was shot dead in his sleep last week by a 20-year-old girlfriend distraught about mounting financial problems and her belief that he was seeing someone else, police said Wednesday.

Organizers are planning for Saturday's memorial at Reed Green Coliseum to be a celebration of the life of former NFL star Steve McNair.

MOUNT OLIVE, Miss. - Fewer than a dozen single-story buildings line either side of Main Street, the 'downtown' strip of this tiny municipality located 90 miles north of the Gulf Coast.

Raindrops fell softly on Mount Olive High School's deserted football field Monday afternoon, almost one by one.

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Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair was found dead today in Nashville at a condo off Second Avenue South and Lea Avenue.

He was born in Mt. Olive, Mississippi on Valentine's Day. I remember that much about him reading off his college bio.

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Miss. a ' Work on the new Prentiss Bypass on U.S. Highway 84 in Jefferson Davis and Lawrence counties is nearly 80 percent complete, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

When Kimberly Smith-Russ was growing up, the parental admonition to "sit up straight" and "don't eat with your hands" wasn't an idle command, it was the family mantra.

Negotiators from the House and Senate said they hope to overcome their differences on Medicaid and other big issues so they can finish working on the nearly $5 billion spending plan to cover state government for the year that begins July 1. Only about a dozen of the 174 lawmakers are directly involved in the budget discussions, but almost all were ...

Faced with the prospect of losing his cattle business, state Rep. Joe Warren introduced legislation this year that he hoped would help him keep 16th Section land he leases from his local school district.

The April meeting of the Covington County Genealogical & Historical Society will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hopewell Presbyterian Church in the Jaynesville community of Mount Olive.

JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, Miss. a ' The Mississippi Department of Transportation is overseeing construction of a connection on U.S. Highway 184.

"All the structure is pretty much destroyed. We were able to salvage the flags and cross that we had," said Jay Wesbrooks, pastor of Corinth Baptist Church in Magee, which was leveled by Thursday's EF3 tornado.

MEMA is reporting damage in at least 14 counties. Adams County: numerous trees and power lines are down.

At least 94 homes and other structures were destroyed or severely damaned and another 209 were reported as having been affected by storms and tornadoes that racked the state early Thursday, reported joint damage assessments by state and affected communities released today at 2 p.m. Twenty-eight injuries were reported to the Mississippi Emergency ...

ELLISVILLE - Jones County Junior College paramedic students will be flying high with a new opportunity Baptist Life Flight is offering.

ATLANTA - The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded $115,947 in Assistance to Firefighters Grant funding to local fire departments and emergency medical services organizations in Mississippi, including ...