Holly Springs News

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

Republican state Rep. Richard Floyd of Chattanooga in an e-mail calls President Barack Obama and his administration a "socialist leader ... and his gang of thugs." The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that in the e-mail sent to supporters from his personal account, Floyd referred to two antigun bills purportedly being considered by Congress.

HOLLY SPRINGS - One of three men charged in the 2007 slaying of a University of Tennessee at Martin student has been sentenced to life in prison.

Jericho residents tell stories that, if, true, paint a picture of a corrupt small town police department.

If, like me, you sat through all or most of Ken Burns' six-part The National Parks: America's Best Idea, you've got a renewed appreciation for our country's countryside, as well as a hankering to check them out up close and personal.

OXFORD - Some might say Billy Ray Autry lost both his sons last week when one of them killed the other in dramatic standoff in an upscale Oxford subdivision.

HERNANDO, Miss. - Sybil Crawford noticed her husband's labored breathing sounded a little different, so she asked him for a kiss.

Mississippi-rooted singer-songwriter Mac McAnally brings a solo show to Hal & Mal's in Jackson, in support of his new CD, Down by the River.

Traffic in WIN Job centers across the state remains strong, but not every county has one.

Traffic in WIN Job centers across the state remains strong, but not every county has one.

The warden of the Eddy County Detention Center has announced his retirement just 20 months after taking the job.

Hundreds of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are expected to be guests of honor at the Strawberry Plains Audubon Centera s Hummingbird Migration Celebration Sept.

Photo by Chris Jenkins/MUW Office of Public Affairs Mississippi University for Women President Claudia A. Limbert announced Reneau University as the new name she will recommend to the Board of Trustees for State Institutions of Higher Learning.

A former Mississippi State University student who admitted to choking a freshman coed last fall in a campus dormitory is set to be sentenced today in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.

A former Mississippi State University student who admitted to choking a freshman coed last fall in a campus dormitory is set to be sentenced today in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of a head-on automotive crash that killed a 23-year-old Benton County woman.

A Holly Springs, Mississippi police officer faces drug charges tonight. He's accused of selling drugs to an undercover narcotics officer.

A task force recently created by the state Legislature to tackle key educational issues is preparing to meet next month.

Clayton advanced to the quarterfinals of the Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League baseball playoffs with a 2-1 victory over Holly Springs on Wednesday night.

The state Board of Health has voted to allow counties with a population of 140,000 or more to have two hospitals.