OCEAN SPRINGS — Ocean Springs police Tuesday released photos of a person of interest in last week’s murder of Ocean Springs resident and pocket billiards player Michael Surber.

Some South Mississippi lawmakers say given the state’s current budget troubles, any option to save money should be on the table, but some of Gov. Haley Barbour’s recent proposals are unlikely to pass.

DALLAS Billy Crystal traded a stage for a Salvation Army center to help serve an early Thanksgiving lunch to the needy in Dallas.

SAN DIEGO FBI officials say an elderly, thin, gray-haired man nicknamed the "Geezer Bandit" is responsible for holding up five San Diego-area banks since summer.

PASCAGOULA — The force that rattled windows in Pascagoula and Moss Point around 8 p.m. was a sonic boom from fighter jets on a training exercise in the Gulf, according to the Pascagoula Police Department, confirmed by Keesler AFB.

OCEAN SPRINGS — A man found murdered in his Ocean Springs home last week had earned national recognition as a top pocket billiards player.

JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Monday unveiled a budget that includes sweeping reorganization of state government, including proposals to merge eight universities into five and reduce the number of school districts by a third.

VANCLEAVE — An 81-year-old man accused of molesting children allegedly used Tootsie Rolls and money to lure his victims into his home, Jackson County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Mick Sears said Monday.

SAN DIEGO Out of 6,300 suggestions, San Diego Zoo managers have chosen a name for a baby panda born this summer.

D’IBERVILLE — Ninety seconds later and a baby trapped in a washing machine at a D’Iberville laundromat may not have been pulled out in time.

LOS ANGELES Mya is tops among semifinalists on "Dancing with the Stars."

The governor did not have specific school districts in mind when he proposed reducing the overall number in the state by 52, which would be about a third.

JACKSON, Miss. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Monday unveiled a budget that includes sweeping reorganization of state government, including proposals to merge eight universities into five and reduce the number of school districts by a third.

Ronnie Cuevas has retired as the head football coach at Harrison Central after the Red Rebels concluded their season at 9-3.

Living dangerously?

OCEAN SPRINGS — The death of 54-year-old Michael Surber of Ocean Springs has been ruled a homicide, Police Lt. John Flowers said Sunday.

PASS CHRISTIAN — The city will break ground today on projects that will bring more than $10 million in new streets, sewers, sidewalks and more to its downtown.

On any given night, the Department of Veterans Affairs estimates about 131,000 U.S. veterans are homeless.

ST. LOUIS — Reggie Bush helped the unbeaten New Orleans Saints overcome another bundle of mistakes and get off to the best start in team history.

BILOXI — The new comprehensive plan the Biloxi Council will review Tuesday details where housing should be built and how the downtown should function but addresses adult entertainment in only general terms.