Mississippi News

A month of so ago, El Nino was considered to be a borderline weak to moderate event but since then, it has undergone further intensification with further warming of the Central and Eastern Pacific waters.

Excessive rains have prompted Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker to offer a bill to give direct aid to farmers with waterlogged crops.

If not for his grandmother, Ryne Graham would quietly be attending his classes at the University of Mississippi and keeping his profile rather low.

About a dozen hooded Ku Klux Klan members rallied briefly at the University of Mississippi before Saturday's football game with No.

JACKSON - Most of the attention in Gov. Haley Barbour's budget proposal has been focused on his plans to merge universities, consolidate school districts and close mental health centers.

After almost 30 years of closely watching the state budget process, I have come to the conclusion that for most Mississippians, news media warning of a pending state 'budget crisis' is greeted, perceived and processed just like the teacher's voice in the old Charlie Brown & Peanuts cartoon specials on TV.

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI a ' Many acres of Mississippi crops remain in the fields, but now most of what is left will has no market value and will not be harvested.

A $75,000 award to a family who claimed Lisa Williams' death resulted from Laurel police officers' failure to arrest Kenneth Wilson after two disturbance calls has been thrown out by the Mississippi Supreme Court.

A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for attempting to have sex with underage prostitutes.

Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic underfunding of those schools.

Gov. Haley Barbour's brother is going to Meridian Tuesday night to accept a batch of signatures gathered on voter-identification petitions.

A 2-year-old in north Mississippi has done something few toddlers can: He helped his mother give birth to his brother.

Mississippi authorities say the state mental hospital is not equipped to handle a death row inmate whose execution was blocked when a federal judge found him insane.

Gov. Haley Barbour's Fiscal Year 2011 Executive Budget Recommendation contains something for almost every lobbyist, special interest group, educational institution, state agency head and state employee to dislike.

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says the state should consider merging some of its universities to save money.

Following stops in Kuwait and Iraq, Gov. Haley Barbour has traveled to Afghanistan to visit with Mississippi National Guardsmen who are serving in the war there.

When Robin Webb lived in New York City, he was treated by HIV specialists and had access to counseling and nutritional programs.

KNOXVILLE - The insulation isn't a new addition. First-year Tennessee Coach Lane Kiffin abandoned walkthroughs or any extra visits to stadiums on the road even before this week.

Richard "Dickie" Scruggs involvement in a judicial bribery scandal had nothing to do with a fees dispute involving Hurricane Katrina insurance cases, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled.

Fire departments from Okolona and nearby communities battled a furniture plant fire Friday that authorities say temporarily closed a portion of Mississippi Highway 41.