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The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library works to meet the needs of all patrons - including teenagers - and library employees David Brasher and Erin Stringer have set up an area in the library designed for this group.

Cutting nearly all state agencies by 10 percent is among the recommendations of a proposed budget lawmakers released Tuesday.

Key lawmakers say raising taxes is not the way to solve the state's budget crisis, but the budget blueprint they adopted this week would lead to additional fees and other costs for Mississippians.

Top Mississippi lawmakers today adopted a tight budget blueprint for the year that begins July 1, saying they're trying to be cautious because of the uncertain economy.

CLINTON a ' Tony Stringer, president of Stringer Industries Inc. in Tylertown and immediate past chairman of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association , recently presented his MMA Chairman's Award to the Mississippi College School of Business.

A committee charged with finding efficiencies in state government has recommended Mississippi's budgeting process be based on agency performance.

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.