HATTIESBURG, Miss. A two-vehicle accident involving a tractor and a cement truck claimed the life of a 24-year-old Sumrall man.

ST. MARTIN, Miss. A teacher at St. Martin High School is out of jail on bond following his arrest on a multiple drug charges, including marijuana cultivation.

BILOXI, Miss. A Harrison County jury deliberated for 30 minutes before convicting 32-year-old Mark Kee Brown of capital murder in the July 6, 2005, shooting death of D'Iberville resident Larry Darnell Turner in a home invasion.

GULFPORT, Miss. Fire Chief Pat Sullivan is retiring after more than 34 years with the department.

GREENVILLE, Miss. Environmental groups have intervened in a lawsuit filed by a Mississippi levee board over the Environmental Protection Agency's veto of a $220 million flood control project that dates back decades.

JACKSON, Miss. Bria Danielle Morris was sentenced to nearly seven years Friday for stealing the identity of someone she met at a women's shelter and using it to rip off a charity, businesses and people.

JACKSON, Miss. A $75,000 award to a family who claimed Lisa Williams' death resulted from Laurel police officers' failure to arrest Kenneth Wilson after two distrubance calls has been thrown out by the Mississippi Supreme Court.

BILOXI, Miss. About 166 properties - many of them on the Mississippi Gulf Coast - will be auctioned Saturday at Treasure Bay Casino in Biloxi.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. The way Ryan Mallett is playing, it's hard to believe how unsettled Arkansas' quarterback situation was only one year ago.

Thursday night’s reception for the Mississippi Masters of the Gulf Coast exhibit was emblematic of the partnership embraced by leaders of some major Coast arts organizations.

ITTA BENA, Miss. Tashan Newsome scored 11 points and had seven steals in Mississippi Valley State's 102-56 win over Champion Baptist on Thursday night.

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STARKVILLE, Miss. Jarvis Varnado is a big man.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Murphy Holloway had 26 points and nine rebounds, leading Mississippi to a 89-71 victory over Indiana on Thursday in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

BATON ROUGE, La. Keiland Williams' signature play at LSU was a memorable one.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Arkansas cornerback David Gordon is not expected to play Saturday against Mississippi State.

JACKSON, Miss. Mississippi State defensive coordinator Carl Torbush is feeling a little jumpy.

JACKSON, Miss. A judicial watchdog has recommended the state Supreme Court publicly reprimand and temporarily suspend a justice court judge in Lamar County.

NEW ORLEANS New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush has been held out of practice for the third straight day, and is listed as questionable for Sunday's game in Tampa Bay.

JACKSON, Miss. A California woman wanted in at least three other states has been arraigned in federal court in Mississippi for allegedly trying to use a stolen credit card at two businesses in the Jackson area.