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Ruth Crotty, a volunteer with the group, tells us she is ready to help rebuild. "Well our churches mission statement is to love God, love people, and go serve and by doing this we're showing that we love God and that we love people, and we want to serve them," said Crotty.

A North Carolina group plans a meeting Saturday in Iuka to call on local residents to press state regulators to hold a hearing on what it believes is health risks connected to a silicon metal plant under construction in Tishomingo County.

The Union County Board of Supervisors is working to get funds to provide better quarters for the Union County Extension Office at the fairgrounds.

Elvis Presley is shown with his Gibson J-200 guitar in a 1957 MGM studio publicity photo.

Today, 60 years ago, rock 'n' roll was born, when Elvis Presley walked into Memphis' Sun Studios and recorded "That's Alright, Mama."

Will Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party army sue to overturn Thad Cochran's Senate victory? - On Monday night, Grant Sowell pulled into a Tupelo, Mississippi, Chick-fil-A and braced himself for the Tea Party meeting.

Mississippi Department of Transportation officials say the new four-lane section of Mississippi Highway 6 into Tupelo is scheduled to open July 15. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the ceremony will mark completion of the $27 million final paving project on the road from U.S. Highway 45 in Tupelo to Interstate 55 at Batesville.

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Back in the day, people could work in various professions without the state getting involved.

New Albany Mayor Tim Kent was reported recuperating at home and possibly will be allowed to return to work next week.

The recent year hasn't been very kind to Birmingham's mortgage sector - at least not for employees of many banks.

One of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King".

Construction of a northbound ramp to Highway 45 Alternate from Highway 82 East is on schedule to be completed early next month, according to officials from the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

Ocean Springs Mayor Connie Moran leads a panel on education funding during the Mississippi Municipal League conference in Biloxi.

When Bill Cherry traded in his welding kit for a microphone and sequins, he could have never imagined where it would take him.

PHOTOS: Elvis Presley President Richard Nixon meets with Elvis Presley December 21, 1970 at the White House.

Cut from the same cloth as Elliott Smith, Lou Reed, Jeff Tweedy and Darkness On The Edge of Town-era Springsteen, John Murry faces what he sees in the glass unflinchingly and then turns the mirror on us in ways that allow one to see their own reflection in sharper focus.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Wilma Beasley and the late Willis Beasley of Tupelo and Emmett and Kathleen Clark of Star.

A prairie, that in the 1820s was named Peter Pitchlynn's Prairie, stretched for over four miles from just west of the Golden Triangle Regional Airport to just south of Artesia.

Senate candidate Chris McDaniel speaks to supporters during a Tea Party Express gathering at Fairpark in Tupelo, Miss., Saturday, June 21, 2014.