Mississippi State News

The fight hasn't been made yet, and may not ever happen. But Las Vegas casinos are already taking bets on who will win if Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Under Armour All-American cornerback Lamarcus Joyner will be taking an official visit to Florida State this weekend, according to sources.

Mississippi's Democratic Party chairman is criticizing Republican Gov. Haley Barbour and the sweeping changes he proposed in his $5.5 billion budget plan for the 2011 fiscal year that begins July 1. "We all know budgeting is going to be difficult, but what Gov.

It looks like our state's two-year colleges aren't beyond the reach of Governor Haley Barbour's budget axe.

Tupelo officials have approved the sale of liquor on Sundays, while Olive Branch, another north Mississippi city, voted to extend hours for alcohol sales at restaurants and bars.

The long fight to win state approval for a hospital in Olive Branch has taken another step forward.

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare's plan to put a hospital in Olive Branch has received a favorable analysis from the Mississippi State Department of Health in the second go-around. The reversal is the result of Mississippi changing the criteria by which it awards certificates of need for hospitals.

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

The Mississippi State University chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity is appealing a decision by the organization's national office to revoke its charter.

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he's likely to appeal federal court decisions blocking the eventual executions of two death row inmates.

A Rankin County resident became Mississippia TMs fifth death of 2009 attributed to West Nile virus, state health officials said Wednesday.

The Ole Miss alumnus completed 25 of 33 passes for 215 yards and 2 TDs in New York's 21-20 loss to San Diego.

County and state health officials are not releasing the number of swine flu vaccine doses allotted to the Adams County Health Department Monday.

AARP Tax Aide will hold new volunteer orientation and information sessions at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Nov.

Hartwell Huddleston returned the extra combine he bought to help harvest what looked to be one of his best soybean crops ever.

A former Mississippi State student is sentenced to death for killing his college roommate.

Meridian authorities are investigation the city's third and fourth homicides of the year after two shooting deaths since Friday.

Just a month and a half ago, local rainfall was nearly ten inches below normal. Now the deficit is almost non-existent. Rain has fallen on thirty-three of the last fifty-seven days.

A partnership between the Nissan Plant in Canton and the department of education is giving students hands on experience in engineering.

Last fall Johnthan Banks was playing for a tiny high school in Mississippi's lowest classification.