Raymond News

After more than 20 years in the 'choose-and-cut' business, the Ole McDaniel Christmas Tree Farm in Attala County will sell its last Leyland Cypress this year.

Cassandra Elizabeth Bryant is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Raymond Bryant of Long Beach.

Mixed reviews are streaming in for Gov. Haley Barbour's far-reaching budget proposal, which would consolidate school districts, merge universities, close mental-health facilities and restructure some state agencies.

The Jones County Sheriff's Department is a step closer in establishing an inmate-operated garden on Highway 11 near the Jones County Adult Detention Center.

Next year, JBHM Architects will celebrate its 40th anniversary. The firm is still going over its celebration plans, but partner Richard McNeel said JBHM definitely is "ready to go" 40 more years and beyond.

Hinds County will borrow $6 million from BancorpSouth to cover operating expenses for the first three months of this fiscal year.

Hinds County supervisors will decide Monday whether to spend the remaining $48,000 designated for an improvement project at Mid-Point Park in Raymond on scoreboards and a gate, or concrete sidewalks.

A female resident of Marshall Hall on the Hinds Community College campus in Raymond committed suicide Wednesday night, college administrators say.

Swine flu shots remain in demand across the state with some clinics temporarily running out of the vaccine.

The Hinds County Sheriff's Department confirmed that a student has been found dead on the Raymond campus of Hinds Community College.

A pair of Raymond High senior girls basketball players signed binding national letters of intent today at the school.

The Hinds County Sheriff's Department said a man who is charged with aggravated assault, may be connected to the slayings and disappearances of several women.

Boston University Graduate Boston University awarded academic degrees to 1,603 students in September.

One Jackson city councilman said he's feed up with all the recent crime in Jackson.

A devoted pastor's wife and faithful Bible teacher for many years, Charlotte Causey of Clinton has many admirers in Mississippi.

Attorney Malcolm Harrison has reached a career goal he had dreamed would come true years in the future.

On the same day the U.S. District Court set a sentencing date for former Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter, the governor appointed his successor.

A two-car wreck this morning on Mississippi 18 in Raymond killed one of the drivers involved and sent the other to a hospital.

The Hinds County Sheriff's Department is trimming security at the Chancery and County Court buildings to reassign deputies to the adult detention center in Raymond.

Hinds County Schools has been forced to change its bus routes because of a school bus driver strike.