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The state budget approved by Gov. Haley Barbour this week includes record-high funding increases for education and health care, but he warned those are generous windfalls that will dry up in 2011.

Penn Cage isn't listed in the Natchez phone book, but over the years Cage has become an active member of Natchez society - at least in several books by Natchez author Greg Iles.

JACKSON - The woman in the passenger seat the night Morgan Freeman crashed a car on a rural Mississippi highway was partly to blame for the accident, the actor's attorney said Friday in court papers.

Morgan Freeman was born on June 1st, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended Los Angeles Community College prior to serving several years in the US Air Force.

Joy Lambert Phillips, general counsel for Hancock Holding Co., has been named corporate executive vice president.

The summer job market is typically more competitive, given the increase in college and high school students looking for jobs, as well as nine-month education employees seeking temporary work.

"PROM NIGHT IN MISSISSIPPI" - 'Tradition is one thing-- IDIOCY is another!' = Rating: 9 of 10 stars.

Friday was an all-day trot in Ashland: three films, a Shakespearean drama, several choice conversations.

Film buffs will have their fill this weekend as the Crossroads Film Festival, in its 10th year, brings a world of cinema to Jackson while showcasing homegrown creative talent.

Venues across Dallas have been buzzing with exciting events as the celebration of films started at the American Film Institute Dallas International Film Festival.

The On Location: Memphis film festival has announced the bulk of the lineup for its 2009 festival, which is moving from its traditional March slot to April 23 through 26 and taking over Malco's Ridgeway Four ...

Home : Features : People : Bruce Almighty Star to Be Sued for Negligence Bruce Almighty Star to Be Sued for Negligence 26-Feb-2009 Written by: Amanda Bolden-Weaver Morgan Freeman's 'mistress' files suit.

She's either stunningly insensitive or totally brainless. Kim Kardashian , star of the hit E! show "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," has apologized after she posted photos of her new pet chimp on her Web site.

The woman who was in the same car as Morgan Freeman on the night of a crash that left both the actor and his companion injured claims she was never involved in a relationship with the 71-year-old and is suing ...

Morgan Freeman is still feeling the heat from last summer's rollover car crash. Freeman's passenger that dark night, Demaris Meyer, has sued the Oscar winner for negligence - and is also taking the opportunity ...

While Barack Obama was ascending to the presidency, racially segregated proms were still alive and well in the South.

Top Toronto event picks for Wednesday, February 4th, 2009: 1. PROM NIGHT IN MISSISSIPPI: CATHERINE FARQUHARSON In 2008, actor Morgan Freeman funded the first-ever inter-racial prom at his old high school in ...

A couple of days before his death, Phillip Charleston used money he earned doing roof work on a local church to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket out of state.

Jackson police have arrested the 18-year-old neighbor of the city's latest homicide victim, according to the suspect's family.

A debate over whether older voters should be required to show identification is one of the issues that could stall election-reform legislation gaining momentum at the state Capitol.