Government employees in a north Mississippi county were told not to use public property for political activity after a comptroller used a work computer to forward a chain e-mail asking people to pray for Barack Obama's defeat, a county official said Wednesday.

Va. trucking company settles discrimination suit

3 days ago

A Virginia trucking company has agreed to a $175,000 settlement of a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by the federal government after the firing of a black dockworker at a company facility in Mississippi.

Longtime head of Jitney-Jungle Stores dead at 78

3 days ago

William Henry Holman Jr., who ran the family owned Jitney-Jungle Stores of America for 34 years, has died at age 78.

Defense: Reputed Klansman acquittal should stand

4 days ago

Lawyers for a reputed Klansman argued Monday that prosecutors are citing an irrelevant civil case in their efforts to reverse his acquittal in the abductions of two black teenagers slain in 1964.

Lee passes Southern past Jackson State 35-28

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Bryant Lee passed for 266 yards and two touchdowns to lead Southern to its third straight win with a 35-28 victory over Jackson State on Saturday night.

Lawyer for Daly's wife denies she stole cell phone

11 days ago

An attorney for John Daly's estranged wife, Sherrie Daly, says she did not steal the pro golfer's cell phone. Randy Fishman said Monday that "this is a divorce case and people accuse each other of stuff all the time."

HUD considers hurricane impact in foreclosure plan

14 days ago

Paula Bell thought about suicide when she realized her Mississippi Gulf Coast home survived Hurricane Katrina but was on the verge of being lost to foreclosure.

US Senate passes cold-cases unit bill

15 days ago

The U.S. Senate has passed legislation named after Emmett Till that would establish a cold-case unit to pursue unsolved crimes of the civil rights era.

Miss. governors historically set killers free

19 days ago

For generations, certain convicted killers in Mississippi's prisons have been rewarded for good behavior with work details at the Governor's Mansion. By custom, governors have rewarded them further by reducing their sentences.