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BY ERROL CASTENS Daily Journal Oxford Bureau PONTOTOC - Organizers of the effort to convert an abandoned railway to a recreational trail say the purchase may be finalized in the next few weeks.

A Marion County woman involved in a fatal November 2006 traffic accident has been sentenced on two DUI charges, 15th Circuit Court District Attorney Hal Kittrell said Thursday.

By BRIAN HAWKINS Starkville Daily News A Maben man remains jailed today in connection with the late Sunday night shooting deaths of his wife and another woman and the shooting of another man at a mobile home on ...

Editor's note: Jamie O'Quinn's Hollywood South is a new occasional column that will run in Arts & Letters.

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Quoting Thomas Sowell, Clarion Ledger newspaper today, "Obama gave $20,000 of his own money to Rev. Wright and as a State Senator, directed $225,000 of the Illinois taxpayers' money for programs run by Father Pfleger. In the U.S. Senate, Obama earmarked $100,000 in federal tax money for Father Pfleger work. Giving someone more than 300 grand is not just some tenuous, coincidental association". Does the racist attitude of Wright and Pfleger influence Obama? Will it affect white voters? McCain has an age issue among other points of interest in his long career. Will age be an issue at the polls? Obama vs McCain, who is the best candidate for leading this Country?

Maps and charts showing new-highway route alternatives mean nothing if no money's available to build new four-lanes, but two heavily attended public hearings this week measure the depth of interest in new ...

A fiery crash claims the life of one man on a county road near Prentiss Friday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Verbon Williams of Oakvale, MS, announce the engagement of their daughter, Ms. via Hattiesburg American

A disaster declaration has been cleared for Union County and seven contiguous counties in northeast Mississippi roughed up by May 2 severe storms and tornadoes. via The Clarion-Ledger

Mississippi Drug War Blues : the story of Cory Maye More police-related f-ckery, down South this time: "At 11p.m on December 26, 2001 police in Prentiss, Mississippi raided the residence of Cory Maye, a ... via Notes from a Different Kitchen

“From everything we've been looking at, this system will lift slowly northeastward and could focus in an area through west-central and southwest Mississippi, generally along the Natchez Trace”

Rain and the potential for violent weather moved into portions of Mississippi on Wednesday, raising concerns about possible flooding from lingering, heavy downpours. via The Mississippi Press

BY SHEENA BARNETT Daily Journal TUPELO - A storm-weary Northeast Mississippi endured yet another round of thunderstorms Saturday night. via Djournal.com

After several years of an arduous relationship with all the 'ups and downs' of a rollercoaster, Tommy McNease and Nicci Riley, along with their families, are pleased to finally announce their engagement and ... via Hattiesburg American

Kimberly L. Dancy of Hattiesburg and Anthony L. Magee of Hattiesburg were married at 4:00 p.m. on March 28, 2008, at Dixie Community Center in Hattiesburg with the Rev. via Hattiesburg American

The dangerously active 2008 tornado season brought additional major property damage but thankfully no deaths and only minor injuries to Northeast Mississippi on Friday afternoon and late into the night - and ... via Djournal.com

“Why'd they leave? We've got to have something that's attractive.”

Mississippi's real-life CSI - the state Crime Lab - long has been the whipping boy of law enforcement, prosecutors and defense attorneys because of a backlog lasting longer than a year. via The Clarion-Ledger

“I felt like it was an important program and that I had the strengths necessary to do the job and that it would be a good fit for me.”

Trinity Lauga had hit bottom. Lauga had grown addicted to heroin after back surgery required him to take prescription medication to deal with intense pain. via Hattiesburg American

“Under that law at least 50 percent of the money paid for pre-need services was to be put in a trust to pay for your services at your death. As of a 2006 law, the amount to be put into trust was raised to 85 percent.”

BY LENA MITCHELL Daily Journal Corinth Bureau BALDWYN - State representatives on Tuesday updated a group of about 75 people on cases of apparent fraud at two cemeteries in Prentiss County. via Djournal.com

Anyone care to predict the outcome of Tuesday's special congressional election in the 1st District? If you do, you'll be engaging in pure guesswork. via Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal