University of Mississippi Medical Center News

Officials say an 8-year-old girl remains in critical condition, a day after being hit by a stray bullet while doing homework at a Boys & Girls Club in south Jackson.

When he heard gunshots ring out, Bennie Johnson dove behind his pickup. Across the street, children were still being dropped off at the Boys & Girls Club.

Parents and leaders of the Boys & Girls Club are calling on the person who shot an 8-year-old girl to turn themselves in to police.

Jackson Public Schools has had counselors at two elementary schools today dealing with separate tragedies involving one of their students.

A bullet fired outside a south Jackson Boys and Girls Club struck an 8-year-old girl in the head this afternoon as she was doing her homework inside.

Members of the Junior League of Jackson ensure that guests at the Ronald McDonald House in Northeast Jackson are served a home-cooked meal twice a week.

Today Dec. 2 SOUNDS OF THE SEASON: The Old Capitol Museum will offer holiday music performed by local choirs from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. today, Dec.

An argument over $10 led to the shooting of an Edwards woman and the death of her unborn child Friday night, according to the Hinds County Sheriff's Department.

State officials say an autopsy shows a 16-year-old girl arrested by Laurel police in October died of complications from bronchial pneumonia.

After a long struggle with cancer, State Health Officer, Dr. Ed Thompson, passed away this morning at his home.

The state health officer, Dr. Ed Thompson, who died Tuesday of colon cancer, dedicated his life to improving the health of Mississippians and others who so desperately needed it.

A woman was arrested by the Hinds County Sheriff's Department on Monday after the death of her 1-year-old girl.

The Jackson City Council was presented a gift last week, a nice substantial gift, to help bolster its strained budget.

A Jackson Precinct 3 police officer who crashed into a stalled vehicle Wednesday night in her police cruiser was treated and released from the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Purposeful is Lydia Jones' word for her life. She's the University of Mississippi's new official hostess as wife of its new chancellor, Dr.

By all accounts, Chauncey Harrison was a good kid, an honor roll student looking forward to graduating from Forest Hill High School.

Moore - Holland Terry and Teresa Moore of Batesville announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Madeline Moore, to Bo Randall Holland, son of Doyce and Kay Holland of Starkville.

A former Jackson Police Department burglary detective accused of robbing five businesses last week is in the hospital after a suicide attempt, according to Jackson Police.

Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.'s goal of getting governmental and tax-exempt entities to voluntarily pay for city services got a boost this week when a top administrator at the University of Mississippi Medical Center showed up with a $200,000 check.

Jason Helton, a physical therapist at Hattiesburg Clinic, recently completed the requirements for the Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.