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Moss Point man found drowned after going overboard

The body of a drowned man has been found in the Escatawpa River.

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STATE

Miss. mayoral candidate: Radical or mainstream?

An attorney who was active in a black nationalist group decades ago and still refers to a client as a "former Black Panther heroine" is running for mayor of Mississippi's capital city.
STATE

College Board starts MVSU presidential search

After failing to attract a temporary leader for Mississippi Valley State University, the College Board has decided to look for permanent president for the Itta Bena school.
STATE

Miss. spends $2 million to keep military bases

Mississippi's state and local officials can tell you that defending the state's military bases from closures can get expensive. The state spent a reported $60 million to $65 million in the 2005 round of base closings, an effort that helped to save such Mississippi military mainstays as Keesler Air...
STATE

'All aboard' for West Point transportation museum

It's not so often a grown man gets to report to work and play with trains. For Terry Craig, though, it's a weekly joy. As curator of the Sam Wilhite Transportation Museum on West Point's Depot Drive, he is not only conductor of the largest working stationary train of its scale in North Mississippi...
STATE

Miss. chooses new firm to run Woodville prison

Mississippi officials have picked a new company to run the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility.
SOUTHERN MISS

USM golf teams change homes under new agreement

The University of Southern Mississippi's golf teams will lease space at the Hattiesburg Country Club as a home for its golf teams.
STATE

MVSU gets approval for $11 more for gym expansion

Another $11 million has been added to the budget to expand and renovate Mississippi Valley State University's gymnasium complex.
STATE

Observer predicts speedy confirmation for Brown

Observers are predicting a speedy confirmation to the federal bench for Jackson attorney Debra M. Brown.
STATE

Ex-Biloxi mayor still denies role in killings

Former Biloxi Mayor Pete Halat, now free from prison, still says he had no part in a murder plot that led to him spending almost 16 years in federal prison.
NEWS

Miss. man arrested in Texas for 1962 death of La. woman

A man arrested in a 51-year-old killing is being held in the Calcasieu Parish jail without bond.