Mississippi News

Police officers from across central Mississippi came together for a benefit concert Wednesday night for a Jackson police officer shot in the line of duty.

Mississippi casinos took in $237.8 million in June, about $2 million more than in May.

Legendary cowboy humorist Will Rogers' famous remark that "I'm not a member of an organized political party...I'm a Democrat" has long aptly described Democrats in Mississippi.

Death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop asked a federal appeals court Thursday to block his upcoming execution and consider the legality of Mississippi's method of lethal injection.

The Mississippi Gaming Commission received relief supplies initially intended for Hurricane Katrina victims, official documents indicate.

Mississippi wildlife officials will hold a pilot alligator hunt on privately owned land from September 26 to October 4. Program coordinator Ricky Flynt says private tracts in Warren, Issaquena, Yazoo, Hinds, ...

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday filed by four death row inmates who claim Mississippi's method of lethal injection is unconstitutional because it could cause pain.

A group that opposes capital punishment says Gov. Haley Barbour should grant clemency to death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop, who is scheduled to die July 23.

Mississippi's Democratic and Republican parties are being taken over by younger, more aggressive leaders.

I'm just returning from summer vacation with my family. Oh, my - did we have fun! Beach and sand, shopping and eating, lots of laughter, hugging and kissing family time, there's nothing better.

A new report rates soil moisture at short or very short in over half of Louisiana and Mississippi, stoking farmers' concerns about their hay and grain crops.

The new 'Untitled' CD from Nas fails to live up the hype surrounding the ninth release by a rapper who sounds at his most conflicted and unmotivated.

The life of Mississippi death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop, scheduled to die next week, is back in the hands of a federal judge.

JACKSON - The ninth human case of the West Nile virus in Mississippi has been confirmed in Pearl River County by health officials.

The Mississippi Hospital Association said that it may ask the courts to block Gov.

Governor Haley Barbour has already asked the Division of Medicaid to cut more than $375 million to offset the shortfall.

The Department of Marine Resources is scheduling Boat and Water Safety classes for July, August and September.

Last Sunday, I wrote about a recent visit to the Gulf Coast and the very complex problems that still confront many Mississippians there - problems of affordable housing, insurance woes and the difficulty in ...

Gov. Haley Barbour has formulated what appears to be a fair, sustainable funding mechanism for Medicaid in the long term that might, just might, keep Medicaid from being a political football every few years.

STUDENT EARNS GRADUATION HONORS Rachel Ann Cliburn, daughter of former Clintonians Perry and Nancy Cliburn, was a top graduate this spring at Adlai E. Stevenson High in Lincolnshire, Ill.