JACKSON, Miss. A federal appeals court has upheld the award of $64,000 to man who had accused three Jackson police of standing by and allowing another officer to attack him.

PONTOTOC, Miss. Chris Vandiver has been hired as the new boys basketball coach at Pontotoc High School.

LAFITTE, La. Gloom infects the hard-working shrimp and crab docks of this gritty fishing town as the second full year of fishing since BP's catastrophic oil spill kicks into high gear.

HOOVER, Ala. Mike Yastrzemski brought home Vince Conde with a bunt in the eighth inning to give Vanderbilt a 3-2 victory over South Carolina on Wednesday night in the second round of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament.

ABERDEEN, Miss. A federal judge has dismissed imprisoned attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs' push to vacate his 2009 conviction in a judicial bribery case

TUPELO, Miss. A state judge Wednesday ordered Rep. Brian Aldridge to pay more than $200,000 to his aunt, whose estate was plundered by his father who held her power of attorney and ultimately wiped it out.

HOOVER, Ala. Justin Bryant hit a solo home run and threw 1-1/3 scoreless innings of late relief to help Auburn beat Georgia 3-2 Wednesday in the second round of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. These Tennessee lotteries were drawn Thursday:

JACKSON, Miss. Mississippi will not execute three men on three consecutive days in June, after the state Supreme Court set execution dates a week apart for two men and declined to set a date for a third.

ESCATAWPA, Miss. 3 Doors Down says on its website that founding member and guitarist Matt Roberts has left the rock band because of health problems.

PICAYUNE, Miss. The funeral for former Mississippi lawmaker Ezell Lee is this weekend in his hometown of Picayune.

JACKSON, Miss. A dispute between the Quitman school district and a school board member who feels her twin autistic sons aren't getting the services they need could lead to a downgrade in accreditation for the district.

HOOVER, Ala. Demarcus Henderson drove in Mitch Slauter with a sixth-inning single to give Mississippi State a 3-2 victory over top-seeded LSU on Wednesday in the second round of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament.

BRANDON, Miss. The final defendant has been sentenced in a scheme that bilked the state out of more than $500,000 in a health care fraud scheme.

MERIDIAN, Miss. Meridian police have formally charged a suspect with murder in a fatal shooting.

HERNANDO, Miss. DeSoto County has asked a law firm to explore the county's chances of overturning a federal decision that groups it with Memphis and Crittenden County, Ark., on ozone levels.

JACKSON, Miss. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill Wednesday that requires kindergarteners or first-graders to be tested for dyslexia, a reading disorder that can sometimes go undiagnosed for years and leave children struggling to learn.

HOOVER, Ala. Mike Mayers pitched seven scoreless innings and Mississippi eliminated Arkansas from the Southeastern Conference tournament with a 2-0 victory on Wednesday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. The head of a group investigating the comments of Southern Baptist Convention ethics leader Richard Land has resigned.

JACKSON, Miss. Federal prosecutors want to delay the sentencing of three white men who pleaded guilty to hate crime charges stemming from a months-long pattern of harassing blacks that culminated in the fatal rundown of James Craig Anderson.