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The city of Philadelphia has asked the Mississippi Legislature to give it "qualified resort status." The Neshoba Democrat reports that the city wants the designation to attract national chain restaurants and to allow all restaurants in the city to serve wine and liquor by the glass.

Marty Stuart is not just an entertainer, but a songwriter, country historian, and according to his wife, a genius as well.

Newscenter 11 recently had an opportunity to visit with country superstar Marty Stuart in Nashville, where the Philadelphia native is helping to put the spotlight on traditional country music and its origins in east Mississippi.

Just saw an exciting new breakthrough as reported by the BBC . It seems the Iranians have stolen a march on America and the West with an innovative way to keep the flame of past glories alive.

It was a chilly morning, but the congregation of more than 100 people was comfortably warm in Antioch A.M.E. Church in Frankford as it observed Martin Luther King Day Jan.

A fire broke out at a home on Highway 21 Southwest of Philadelphia around 2:00 Sunday morning.

The University of Mississippi Museum examines ancient Chinese ceramics and the culture of their time with its latest exhibition, "On the Silk Road and the High Seas: Chinese Ceramics, Culture and Commerce." On loan from the Norton Museum of Art, "On the Silk Road and the High Seas" will be on display through Aug.

College football recruiting, despite the claims of its detractors, is very important.

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. -- Authorities say at least one person has died when a small twin-engine plane crashed in east-central Mississippi.

The civil rights office started by Mickey and Rita Schwerner in Meridian is being restored and turned into a center to reach out to students in the community - just as that office did almost a half century ago.