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Miss. High Court Tosses Out Wrongful Death Award
A $75,000 award to a family who claimed Lisa Williams' death resulted from Laurel police officers' failure to arrest Kenneth Wilson after two disturbance calls has been thrown out by the Mississippi Supreme Court.
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Miss. man gets 10 years in sex trafficking case
A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for attempting to have sex with underage prostitutes.
Miss. Proposal To Merge Black Schools Draws Fire
Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic underfunding of those schools.
Tea Party Petitions For GOP-Led Miss. Voter ID
Gov. Haley Barbour's brother is going to Meridian Tuesday night to accept a batch of signatures gathered on voter-identification petitions.
2-Year-Old In Miss. Helps Mom Deliver Baby
A 2-year-old in north Mississippi has done something few toddlers can: He helped his mother give birth to his brother.
Miss. AG fights inmate's release
Mississippi authorities say the state mental hospital is not equipped to handle a death row inmate whose execution was blocked when a federal judge found him insane.
Barboura s budget plan tosses gauntlet to the Legislature
Gov. Haley Barbour's Fiscal Year 2011 Executive Budget Recommendation contains something for almost every lobbyist, special interest group, educational institution, state agency head and state employee to dislike.
Barbour: Miss. should merge universities
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says the state should consider merging some of its universities to save money.
Barbour visits Mideast soldiers
Following stops in Kuwait and Iraq, Gov. Haley Barbour has traveled to Afghanistan to visit with Mississippi National Guardsmen who are serving in the war there.
Mississippi meeting today to discuss AIDS in South with White House aide
When Robin Webb lived in New York City, he was treated by HIV specialists and had access to counseling and nutritional programs.
Lane Kiffin expects Vols to be focused for Ole Miss
KNOXVILLE - The insulation isn't a new addition. First-year Tennessee Coach Lane Kiffin abandoned walkthroughs or any extra visits to stadiums on the road even before this week.
Miss. high court reverses Scruggs' fees ruling
Richard "Dickie" Scruggs involvement in a judicial bribery scandal had nothing to do with a fees dispute involving Hurricane Katrina insurance cases, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled.
Fire destroys furniture facility in Mississippi
Fire departments from Okolona and nearby communities battled a furniture plant fire Friday that authorities say temporarily closed a portion of Mississippi Highway 41.
A tragedy for the military on U.S. soil: An army psychiatrist kills 13 people at Ft.
Nutcracker a holiday tradition
From two stages in the Jackson area comes Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, a classical ballet that delights audiences young and old at Christmastime.
The South Mississippi Sun Herald
Barbour visits Mississippi troops in Afghanistan
Gov. Haley Barbour visited with Mississippi National Guard troops on the ground at forward operating bases in Afghanistan today after discussions on Thursday with the U.S. ambassador and military commanders in Kabul, the country's capital city.
Weather Takes Toll on La, Miss Cotton
A federal report has confirmed concerns about cotton production losses in Louisiana and Mississippi due to the wet fall.
Two UT Players Charged in Attempted Robbery Out of Jail
Three University of Tennessee freshmen players charged with attempted armed robbery will not play with the Volunteers in Mississippi this weekend.
'Ghosts of Mississippi' prosecutor turned judge faces prison for lying to FBI in bribery probe
Bobby DeLaughter made history as a young prosecutor who put away a notorious civil rights-era assassin.
Attorney reaches deal in long-running fraud suit against once-powerful litigator Scruggs
A settlement has been reached in a long-running fraud lawsuit filed against Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the once powerful anti-tobacco litigator who is now behind bars, an attorney says.
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