Mississippi News

If the recession is easing its grip on Mississippi, employment figures are doing a good job of hiding it.

Summertime family reunions are part of the fabric of black culture, and a gathering of family and friends around the table is a fitting image to represent the Annual Conference of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.

BP's head of Gulf Coast Restoration and the company's incoming chief executive officer said South Mississippians will soon notice fewer contract workers on Coast beaches, fewer Vessels of Opportunity boats in the Gulf and less boom protecting shores and marshes.

The Mississippi Department of Mental Health has asked four facilities to develop contingency closing plans by the end of August in case the Legislature doesn't provide adequate funding in the next fiscal year.

Mississippi officials are preparing to remove booms from coastal waters as hurricane season gets in full swing and the oil response operations shift into recovery mode.

The McClean Fletcher Center, a division of Hospice Ministries, will hold training sessions Saturday and Sunday for those interested in becoming volunteers of the center's grief support groups offered to children and their families.

Soladigm Inc., a Milpitas, Calif.-based green-tech company which manufactures energy efficient windows, has announced it will locate a manufacturing plant in the Olive Branch Industrial Park.

Right here in Mississippi, the temporary injunction halting Arizona's immigration law is being praised Thursday by immigration advocates.

It's backfield in motion at Oxford. Jevan Snead and Dexter McCluster are gone, and Houston Nutt's search for replacements is ongoing.

Local merchants expect a boost in sales this weekend, as the state's tax-free holiday on many clothing and shoe purchases begins today.

Byron Wright, 29, has been accused of stealing his girlfriend's identity by obtaining a credit card in her name while she was deployed, police said.

Fact Check Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ron Sparks says gambling taxes will stabilize Medicaid in Alabama.

Hundreds of Mississippi Department of Human Services child support cases are under review as officials investigate whether process servers lied about delivering subpoenas to order people to appear in court.

Political junkies at the Neshoba County Fair received few clear signals this week about who's running for which Mississippi office in 2011.

Plaintiffs' attorneys plan to appeal a judge's dismissal of claims against the federal government by Mississippi storm victims who say they were exposed to dangerous fumes while living in FEMA trailers after Hurricane Katrina.

Officials with the proposed Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center say they have acquired property in downtown Meridian to locate the museum.

Mississippi's damage from the BP oil spill has been more fiscal than physical, Gov.

A proposed copycat legislation of Arizona SB 1070 is making its way into the Mississippi Legislature.

Another new development for Jeremiah Masoli.A A source tells ESPN the former Oregon quarterback is about to be admitted to grad school at the University of Mississippi.

High water creating a high risk for pleasure boaters on the Meramec and Mississippi Rivers.