http://www.sunherald.com/state-news/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from SunHerald.com en-us Copyright 2012 SunHerald.com State 60 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:46:16 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@SunHerald.com http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3739435/miss-ag-asks-appeals-court-to.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3739435/miss-ag-asks-appeals-court-to.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:45 CST Mississippi's attorney general has asked a federal appeals court to reverse an order that is temporarily blocking the execution of death row inmate Edwin Hart Turner. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3739407/bill-would-merge-3-sunflower-school.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3739407/bill-would-merge-3-sunflower-school.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:40 CST The Mississippi Senate expects to vote Wednesday on merging the three school districts in Sunflower County into a single district with a new board and an appointed superintendent. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3739376/high-stakes-in-legal-showdown.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3739376/high-stakes-in-legal-showdown.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:25 CST The freedom of 10 people is at stake and dozens of others could lose their hopes for a cleansed record in the legal battle over former Gov. Haley Barbour's pardons. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3739336/apnewsbreak-fema-to-waive-katrina.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3739336/apnewsbreak-fema-to-waive-katrina.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:10 CST The Federal Emergency Management Agency is implementing a plan to waive debts for thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina and other disasters. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3739090/citizens-eager-to-see-southaven.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3739090/citizens-eager-to-see-southaven.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:55 CST Southaven Mayor Greg Davis has attended his first board of aldermen meeting since he became a target of an investigation into his alleged misuse of city money. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3739052/veteran-newsman-named-editor-publisher.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3739052/veteran-newsman-named-editor-publisher.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:40 CST The Daily Southerner in Tarboro has named veteran journalist John H. Walker as its new editor and publisher. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3739022/120-illinois-soldiers-headed-to.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3739022/120-illinois-soldiers-headed-to.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:30 CST About 120 Illinois National Guard soldiers will soon begin training for a nine-month mission in Kuwait. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738992/ceremony-moved-over-channel-depth.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738992/ceremony-moved-over-channel-depth.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:30 CST Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says the commissioning for the submarine USS Mississippi will be in Pascagoula rather than Gulfport. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738743/hernando-court-launching-amnesty.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738743/hernando-court-launching-amnesty.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:30 CST Hernando's Municipal Court plans to launch amnesty days to entice people with long-overdue fees and fines to come in and pay up. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738737/city-workers-mall-move-approved.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738737/city-workers-mall-move-approved.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:20 CST The Jackson City Council has approved a deal that will allow 300 employees to relocate to the Metrocenter mall within 45 days. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738695/man-sentenced-on-ammo-charge.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738695/man-sentenced-on-ammo-charge.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:05 CST A 45-year-old Gulfport man faces up to 10 years in prison on a guilty plea to a federal charge of felon in possession of ammunition. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738681/biloxi-council-considers-smoking.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738681/biloxi-council-considers-smoking.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:55 CST The Biloxi City Council has heard both sides of the issue: those who want smoking banned in all public places in the city and those who said a smoking ban would be bad for business and personal freedom. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738673/gulfport-council-considers-water.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738673/gulfport-council-considers-water.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:40 CST The Gulfport City Council wants to reduce the burden of a recent water-and-sewer rate increase on the elderly and disabled. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738611/lafayette-co-agrees-to-tennis.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738611/lafayette-co-agrees-to-tennis.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:10 CST Lafayette County will partner with the city of Oxford and the University of Mississippi in an expansion of the John Leslie Tennis Facility. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738602/desoto-long-term-needs-study-planned.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738602/desoto-long-term-needs-study-planned.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:10 CST DeSoto County has launched a study of its volunteer fire department facilities and other long-term needs. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738605/man-convicted-in-2009-deaths-files.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738605/man-convicted-in-2009-deaths-files.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:05 CST A man sentenced to death in the slaying of a father and son in Lafayette County in 2009 has filed an appeal with the Mississippi Supreme Court. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738608/state-law-requires-waste-disposal.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738608/state-law-requires-waste-disposal.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:10 CST The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has asked Pearl River County for a comprehensive waste disposal plan. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738483/tn-lottery.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/08/3738483/tn-lottery.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:55 CST These Tennessee lotteries were drawn Tuesday: http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738058/jcjc-student-arrested-after-alleged.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738058/jcjc-student-arrested-after-alleged.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:20 CST A 19-year-old Jones County Junior College student has been arrested for allegedly writing a note claiming there was a bomb on campus. http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738049/tupelo-approves-ban-on-droopy.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738049/tupelo-approves-ban-on-droopy.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:05 CST Residents with droopy pants or skirts could face hefty fines and community service after Tupelo officials approved a ban against the popular style.