Mississippi News

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.

A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for attempting to have sex with underage prostitutes.

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.

Gov. Haley Barbour's brother is going to Meridian Tuesday night to accept a batch of signatures gathered on voter-identification petitions.

A 2-year-old in north Mississippi has done something few toddlers can: He helped his mother give birth to his brother.

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.

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.

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says the state should consider merging some of its universities to save money.

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.

When Robin Webb lived in New York City, he was treated by HIV specialists and had access to counseling and nutritional programs.

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.

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 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.

From two stages in the Jackson area comes Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, a classical ballet that delights audiences young and old at Christmastime.

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.

A federal report has confirmed concerns about cotton production losses in Louisiana and Mississippi due to the wet fall.

Three University of Tennessee freshmen players charged with attempted armed robbery will not play with the Volunteers in Mississippi this weekend.

Bobby DeLaughter made history as a young prosecutor who put away a notorious civil rights-era assassin.

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.