Ruleville News

As part of the civil rights-era cold case Initiative, the FBI is currently reassessing more than 100 unsolved or inadequately solved racially motivated homicides from the civil rights era, officials said.

Freeman, 72, suffered a broken arm, elbow and minor shoulder damage when his car veered off the road in a late-night single vehicle crash near Ruleville, Mississippi in August 2008.

JACKSON, Miss. a ' Seven stimulus-funded projects totaling $23.2 million have been let in west Mississippi, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

A teenager is killed in a murder-suicide. It happened around 4:00 Friday afternoon at Bianca keys' home in Ruleville.

Ruleville [Sunflower Co, MS] trained spotter reports TSTM WND DMG at 12:25 PM CDT -- large shed blown over behind ambulance station and damage to awnings.

In this Sept. 24, 2009 photo Luster Bayless, owner of The Ole Place Cafe: Home of the Hollywood Star Collection, holds a publicity still of Elvis Presley, one of several hundred such photographs of actors, singers, movie scenes and directors, one of many he hopes to one day display in his cafe in Ruleville, Miss.

Oct 6 2009 12:00AM http://democrats.org/blog.html Today, the Democratic National Committee honors the life of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.

Bayless' life reads like a Hollywood script: The son of a dirt-poor Mississippi sharecropper who hitchhiked his way West a half-century ago and carved a niche in Hollywood.

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Luster Bayless' life reads like a Hollywood script: The son of a dirt-poor Mississippi sharecropper who hitchhiked his way West a half-century ago and carved a niche in Tinseltown.

ANTHONY ALFORD, Petal: Carried 25 times for 151 yards and both Panther TDs in a 21-18 loss to Oak Grove.

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI a ' The Mississippi Department of Transportation has issued updates on projects in the Delta and Central Mississippi.

ABC SIX NEWS AND SUNFLOWER COUNTY SHERIFF JAMES HAYWOOD RECEIVED PHONE CALLS SATURDAY NIGHT ABOUT A VIDEO DEPOSITION OF A RULEVILLE WOMAN ON YOU TUBE.

A McDonalda s employee was found guilty of embezzling chicken nuggets and fish filets during Batesville Municipal Court held Wednesday by Judge Bill McKenzie.

CLEVELAND, Miss. a ' Major construction has begun on Mississippi Highway 8 East in Bolivar and Sunflower counties, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

"I'm very committed to the long term, both myself being here, as well as the long term viability of this hospital," said Joe Hammond, the new administrator of the Fulton County Hospital who began his duties June 1. Hammond comes to Salem from Ruleville, Miss., where he served as administrator of the hospital there for three and a half years.

Jimmy Rogers was born on June 3, 1924 and he passed away on December 19, 1997. He was a blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, who was best known as a member of Muddy Waters' band.

ON THURSDAY, 13 PEOPLE THAT WERE ARRESTED IN TUESDAY'S DRUG SWEEP APPEARED IN FEDERAL COURT TODAY FOR ARRAIGNMENT AND DETENTION HEARINGS INCLUDING SEVERAL ALLEGED TO BE HIGH-LEVEL DEALERS.