January News

Oprah Winfrey announced yesterday that she will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it "feels right in her bones" after 25 years, and urged viewers not to believe rumours of why she's quitting.

Oprah Winfrey has long been considered among the most influential television talk show hosts in the United States for her in-depth interviews of politicians, celebrities and newsmakers of the day.

Licensed teachers and principals in Mississippi will begin receiving suicide prevention training in January.

Submitted by Sara Cantor Kav... on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 00:04. With Thanksgiving on the horizon, there are not many weekday art events taking place over the next week.

Entergy Mississippi customers will likely soon see electric bills drop again -- this time by about 11 percent from January through March, as compared to the same period in 2009.

In between his stagey duel to the death, currently on Broadway with Hugh Jackman and his no-pressure leap into Bond Numero 23, Daniel Craig has plans to winter ... in Toronto! Trying not to put too much of a type into his cast, the new-millennium 007 is confirmed to be here, come January, to put the psychological into a thriller, courtesy of ...

Western Refining Inc. is shuttering its Bloomfield refinery and consolidating the operations of its two northwestern New Mexico plants at its Gallup refinery in a move the company says will save $25 million per year.

Officials in north Mississippi's DeSoto County say they're optimistic about growth because of a recent increase in the number of building permits.

The federal investigation into the biggest judicial bribery scandal in Mississippi history is continuing, and an insider's take on that scandal soon will hit the shelves.

Woodie Assaf was more than a longtime weatherman. "He was a person who used the tool of television to help people," said Dan Modisett, general manager of WLBT-Channel 3 in Jackson.

Genres: Soul, Early R&B, Urban, Adult Contemporary, Pop/Rock, New Orleans R&B, Country-Soul, Contemporary Gospel, Pop-Soul, Smooth Soul Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: January 24, 1941 in New Orleans, LA Influences Similar Artists Followers Johnny Adams Biography Although Aaron Neville is often compared to singer Sam Cooke in terms of ...

Police whistle-blower attorney Mike Stefani reiterated this morning at his legal misconduct hearing that he provided a copy of explosive text messages to the Free Press in autumn 2007, but added in his testimony that he does not know if they were the text messages used in the Free Press' January 2008 report exposing Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's ...

Michael Galaty's fascination with anthropology began with a visit with his grandfather to the original King Tut exhibit in Chicago at age 7. The interest sparked on that trip more than 30 years ago has turned into a doctorate in anthropology, archeology digs in North America and Southeastern Europe, and most recently, the national undergraduate ...

U.S. Marine Captain Eric Meador from Laurel, Mississippi of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co.

Army investigators at Fort Hood are trying to put together a comprehensive bullet trajectory analysis from Thursday's shooting rampage that left 13 people dead.

Supervisors this morning chose Assistant Hinds County Attorney Sherri Flowers to assume the job of the county's top prosecutor.

The result of the NY-23 special election shouldn't have come as a surprise, since Republicans have lost 20 of the past 29 House special elections, dating back to January 2003.

About 400 members of a Lynchburg-based Virginia National Guard battalion are being mobilized for a security mission in Iraq.

In the following press release Lawrence J. Laurenzi, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced that Paula Sharice Nelson a/k/a Paula Mason, a/k/a Paula Kimmons, 30, of Southaven, Mississippi, pled guilty to one count of mail fraud and one count of income tax evasion before U.S. District Judge S. Thomas Anderson.

The city of Tupelo will celebrate Elvis Presley's 75th birthday in January with special exhibits, art displays and concerts.