Itta Bena News

Police say a 17-year-old accused in a plot to kill a fellow Leflore County High School student will be charged as an adult.

Willie Totten has resigned as Mississippi Valley State's football coach, the school confirmed today in a news release.

The undisputed king of electric blues is scheduled to play to a packed audience Friday night at Centennial Hall.

The undisputed king of electric blues is scheduled to play to a packed audience Friday night at Centennial Hall.

Thursday's College Board meeting left more questions than answers, as the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning discussed Gov.

The undisputed king of electric blues is scheduled to play to a packed audience Friday night at Centennial Hall.

Governor Haley Barbour is hoping to balance the state budget by making big cuts to education.

State Rep. George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg, last week said Mississippi can't afford all the school districts, public universities and widespread community college system.

Mississippi has one state-supported medical school, one state-supported law school, one state-supported college of veterinary medicine.

Not all Mississippi legislators are ready to embrace talk of consolidating academic programs at some of the state's eight public universities.

What: Texas College at MVSU When: Today, 2 p.m. Where: Rice-Totten Stadium, Itta Bena The Story: Valley is coming off a huge win over Alabama State in which the defense showed what coach Willie Totten had worked on all summer.

The thrill is gone at many attractions across the country as recession-mired tourists stay home, but in Indianola , Miss., a favorite son is packing 'em in at the B. B. King Museum.

The thrill is gone at many attractions across the country as recession-mired tourists stay home, but in Indianola, Miss., a favorite son is packing 'em in at the B.B. King Museum.

Prominent businessman Stuart Irby does not have to talk with attorneys about the fatal crash that resulted in his wife facing murder and aggravated assault charges and left him seriously injured, a Hinds County judge has ruled.

Hours before thrilling a sold-out audience at the MSU Riley Center Thursday, blues legend B.B. King was honored with a bronze star on the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center's Walk of Fame.

The closest thing we have to royalty in Mississippi is not the governor; it's college presidents.

Higher education officials are moving forward with plans to build a nearly $1 million president's home at Mississippi Valley State University at a time when all of the state's colleges face tight budgets.

A Mississippi Valley State University employee was seriously injured today on campus.

A $1.1 million lawsuit against a north Mississippi Pizza Hut has grown to include 15 people who claim they became sick after eating there in January.

Police say former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman.