Apr 3, 2012 | Sunherald.com
Officer on leave pending probe of shooting
The officer involved in a fatal shooting in Waveland on Sunday has been placed on administrative leave with pay pending an investigation, Police Chief Kenny Hurt said.
Senate to reconsider its charter school approval
Senate Education Committee Chairman Gray Tollison, R-Oxford, reads from the proposed charter school bill during debate at the Capitol in Jackson, Wednesday.
HW Pick: From Hattiesburg to Harlem, Last Slave to Be Honored During Black History Month
Sylvester Magee may have been the last living slave in America, and the oldest person who ever lived! Born a slave in North Carolina, he was the son of slaves named Ephraim and Jeanette, who worked on the J.J. Shanks plantation.
Northwest Rankin High is one of a few schools in the nation piloting TOTALe, an interactive, social language program.