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Union leader Brenda Scott worries some current state workers will be shoved into the unemployment line if Mississippi legislators adopt Gov.

LSU has landed commitments from four players during college basketball's early signing period.

He's a premier John Donne scholar and a reminder of a controversial moment in recent University of Southern Mississippi history.

Gary Stringer, professor emeritus of the University of Southern Mississippi Department of English, will present a lecture titled "The Making of the First Edition of Donne's Poems: A Story with Pictures" at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Liberal Arts Building, room 108.

We spotted Miranda Jeanmard, 15, of Sumrall in front of the business she owns, the Banana Cabana just off Mississippi 42 near downtown Sumrall.

Gov. Haley Barbour said Thursday that dismal September revenues probably mean the state budget faces deeper cuts.

Some agencies, including the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, have given lawmakers lists of fees that could be increased to generate more money for the cash-strapped state during the year that begins July 1. The House and Senate would have to approve the increases.

Mississippi lawmakers on Wednesday discussed delaying the start of the school year, raising fees on driver's licenses and rehiring retired troopers as ways to save money in the next state budget year.

Jasper County officials, school administrators, and students joined Jones County Junior College administrators to announce a new partnership that will benefit every graduating high school senior in Jasper County.

Opportunity is knocking on the door of every high school senior in Jasper County right now thanks to a recent investment made by the Board of Supervisors.

Gov. Haley Barbour's announcement Thursday of a 5 percent budget cut early in only the third month of the fiscal year has renewed a state budget fight that stymied budget action at the Capitol for most of the 2009 regular session.

An assistant head teacher has been removed from his post after being accused of looking at child pornography.

It was a picture-perfect morning for a field day. With lofty white clouds lazily drifting across the Mississippi blue skies and dew-kissed grass under foot, nearly 140 people browsed through the vineyards of the McNeill Experiment Station Vineyard Friday morning, tasting dozens of varieties of the meaty fruit, learning cultivating techniques, and ...

Army Sgt. Matthew Ingram, killed in an apparent ambush in Afghanistan, is being remembered as a leader who loved his country, a father who loved his family and a small-town Mississippian who wanted to see the world.

Members of the Mississippi Tea Party will march to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11. They'll protest the health care proposal with more than 100,000 others from around the country.

Top lawmakers have told the Mississippi personnel system to adjust the pay of Highway Patrol troopers who would have been denied overtime compensation because of a gubernatorial veto.

Two Jackson residents were killed in separate traffic accidents over the weekend.

A group of Democrats has asked a Hinds County judge to overturn Gov. Haley Barbour's partial veto of legislation dealing with overtime pay for Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers.

A group of Democrats has asked a Hinds County judge to overturn Gov. Haley Barbour's partial veto of legislation dealing with overtime pay for Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers.

A Tougaloo College graduate is this year's recipient of the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship, valued at $30,000 a year toward training at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.