SOUTHAVEN, Miss. 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.
TARBORO, N.C. The Daily Southerner in Tarboro has named veteran journalist John H. Walker as its new editor and publisher.
GALESBURG, Ill. About 120 Illinois National Guard soldiers will soon begin training for a nine-month mission in Kuwait.
PASCAGOULA, Miss. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says the commissioning for the submarine USS Mississippi will be in Pascagoula rather than Gulfport.
HERNANDO, Miss. Hernando's Municipal Court plans to launch amnesty days to entice people with long-overdue fees and fines to come in and pay up.
JACKSON, Miss. The Jackson City Council has approved a deal that will allow 300 employees to relocate to the Metrocenter mall within 45 days.
GULFPORT, Miss. 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.
BILOXI, Miss. 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.
GULFPORT, Miss. The Gulfport City Council wants to reduce the burden of a recent water-and-sewer rate increase on the elderly and disabled.
POPLARVILLE, Miss. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has asked Pearl River County for a comprehensive waste disposal plan.
OXFORD, Miss. Lafayette County will partner with the city of Oxford and the University of Mississippi in an expansion of the John Leslie Tennis Facility.
HERNANDO, Miss. DeSoto County has launched a study of its volunteer fire department facilities and other long-term needs.
OXFORD, Miss. 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.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. These Tennessee lotteries were drawn Wednesday:
ELLISVILLE, Miss. A 19-year-old Jones County Junior College student has been arrested for allegedly writing a note claiming there was a bomb on campus.
TUPELO, Miss. Residents with droopy pants or skirts could face hefty fines and community service after Tupelo officials approved a ban against the popular style.
NEW ORLEANS The New Orleans Hornets have requested waivers on guard Carldell Johnson and forward/guard DaJuan Summers.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. A newly formed Alabama company is buying the 57 stores owned by Birmingham-based Southern Family Markets.
NEW ORLEANS Bones uncovered at a South Louisiana slave cemetery where black Union veterans were buried after the Civil War will likely be reburied nearby to ensure their reinterment doesn't disturb other graves, federal authorities have announced.
ROCK HILL, S.C. Police say former major league outfielder Danny Clyburn Jr. has been shot and killed in his South Carolina hometown.
JACKSON, Miss. Lt. Col. Mike D. Holmes has been named head of the uniform division of the Mississippi Highway Patrol.
TUPELO, Miss. The towns of Houston and New Houlka have received Community Development Block Grants for $450,000 each that will be used for sewer line improvements in both towns.
CORINTH, Miss. Alcorn County Sheriff Charles Rinehart has asked supervisors to support legislation to create a civil service system for his employees.
JACKSON, Miss. The Mississippi Development Authority will lead a delegation of state business leaders on a trade mission to Israel.
WASHINGTON Descendants of Harriet Tubman have gathered at The President's Gallery by Madame Tussauds and unveiled a wax statue of the woman who led hundreds of slaves to freedom.
NATCHEZ, Miss. The Adams County Sheriff's Department has joined a nationwide law enforcement information sharing network
JACKSON, Miss. A state House committee voted Tuesday to push forward a bill that would cut Attorney General Jim Hood's authority, turning down Hood's request to speak to the group before it voted.
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. Ocean Springs Alderman Chic Cody says the city has to address the rooster issue once and for all.
COLLINS, Miss. The owners of the Collins Zoo have asked a judge to return 11 animals seized by state wildlife officers in January.
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. The Mississippi Department of Health's has suspended some services and cut hours at its office in Ocean Springs.
