BILOXI, Miss. Harrah's Entertainment may need financial partners if it wants to build the Margaritaville Casino in Biloxi with the size and scope originally intended, says a company official.

MOBILE, Ala. Scientists a manatee captured in Alabama is headed for the warmer waters of central Florida.

DECATUR, Miss. The Mississippi Supreme Court has lifted a stay on the trial of two men in the slaying of a Forest teenager.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. If Southern Miss wants a place in the Conference USA championship game, the Golden Eagles must defeat a Tulsa team that appears vulnerable after five straight losses.

TUPELO, Miss. Mesaba Airlines is asking for a federal subsidy to offer three daily flights from Tupelo Regional Airport.

HOUMA, La. After months of evading capture by teams of Wildlife and Fisheries specialists, a wayward Louisiana black bear seems to be calling Dularge his new home.

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

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Arkansas has certainly made the most of this recent homestand.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

PEARL, Miss. A judge in central Mississippi has set bond at $250,000 for an Arizona woman accused of carrying grenades, assault rifles and other weapons in her car.

JACKSON, Miss. 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.

JACKSON, Miss. The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear an appeal from Richard Mitchell.

NEW YORK Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware has played in dozens of important games and hung out with some of the biggest stars in sports.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Tennessee Valley Authority's top executives were told Thursday during a meeting in Kentucky not to expect performance bonuses this year because of a drop in electricity sales due to the poor economy and the massive coal ash spill at the Kingston plant in Tennessee.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Federal regulators Thursday authorized Entergy Corp.'s utilities in Mississippi and Arkansas to leave a multistate agreement, a move expected to eventually save money for electric customers in Arkansas.