January News

A new post-Hurricane Katrina study will look at the resilience of coastal communities in Mississippi and Alabama.

BEIJING, July 9 -- After she was mostly out of the picture last season off to college, Susan Mayer's daughter Julie will be back in full force in the upcoming sixth season of ABC's "Desperate Housewives." Actress Andrea Bowen from "Desperate Housewives" arrives at the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles January 27, 2008.

Quarterback Steve McNair of the Baltimore Raves drops back to make a pass on January 13, 2007.

Arkansas will receive nearly $14.85 million in federal disaster assistance to assist in cleanup and recovery efforts after a massive January ice storm.

Tom Oreck ran between two campuses renting refrigerators to students during his college years at Lawrence University in Wisconsin.

The Walker family usually hosts a sprawling Fourth of July cookout attended by upwards of 100 people.

In June, The Mississippi Food Network, Mississippi's principal non-profit food bank, completed 25 years of service.

A Mississippi company has recalled prepackaged meals containing instant nonfat dried milk made by Plainview Milk Products Cooperative.

The Monster Employment Index slipped one point or one percent in June as online job opportunities fell modestly, largely in line with seasonal expectations.

Wilbert Jones and Bill Marcy are on Tuesday's ballot in Lauderdale County in a runoff for the Mississippi House District 82 post.

Online job advertisements declined by over 500,000 in June compared with the same period a year earlier, but a national report shows only a modest decrease from May, a private research group says.

LeTourneau Technologies is resuming construction of a third 240C class jackup rig at its Warren County yard south of Vicksburg.

House Corrections Committee Chairman Bennett Malone believes lawmakers have taken great strides in solving the problem of Mississippi's ballooning prison system budget.

For the uninitiated, Mississippi's legislative budget process begins in earnest some nine months prior to the end of each fiscal year on June 30.

The Nixon Presidential Library released over 150 hours of audio recordings Tuesday.

A federal judge has sentenced four people to prison for health care fraud, including former Moss Point Municipal Judge Jimmy Davis Hull.

Mental health facilities across Mississippi are making contingency plan for future possible cuts in state funding.

Attorney General Bill McCollum announced June 23 that Florida and 41 other states have reached a settlement with TJX Companies, Inc., the parent company of numerous retail chains, over allegations the company did not provide adequate data security for its customers.

Toyota Motor Corp Executive Vice President and next president Akio Toyoda speaks during a news conference in Tokyo January 20, 2009.

Officials say the Pearl River County Sheriff's Department leads the coastal region in shutting down methamphetamine labs.