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'Honeyboy' Edwards, Delta bluesman, outlasts them all
- With his 93rd birthday a month away, David "Honeyboy" Edwards admits it's getting hard to walk long distances.Fortunately for the man believed to be the oldest surviving Delta bluesman, fans and admirers never let him walk more than a few feet at a time. Every few steps, someone wants to shake his hand, offer a gift or share news of common friends. Marine to be laid to rest Saturday
- Marine Lance Cpl. Casey Casanova, thought to be the first woman from Mississippi killed in combat in Iraq, will be laid to rest Saturday.Casanova, a 22-year-old McComb native, is remembered by family and friends as a woman who loved to sing and dance and never met a stranger. She was one of four Marines who died in a roadside bomb attack May 2 in Iraq's Al Anbar province. Severe storms strike Southeast, damages Miss. mall
- An apparent tornado spawned by storms sweeping across the Southeast damaged a shopping mall and downed power lines in northeast Mississippi on Thursday, and severe weather warnings were in effect for northwest Alabama.There were no reported injuries. Mississippi authorities received reports of fallen trees and debris across the area, and officials were dispatched to check out the damage at a shopping mall in Tupelo, Miss., about 160 miles northeast of Jackson. Tornado reported in Tupelo, Miss.; mall damaged
- An apparent tornado in Tupelo, Miss. has damaged a shopping mall and downed power lines.There aren't any reported injuries from the Thursday morning storm. Authorities are getting reports about fallen trees and debris across the area, and officials are being dispatched to check out the damage. New school leader hired in Meridian
- Charlie Kent Jr., leader of a suburban school system in south Chicago, has been hired as superintendent of the Meridian Public School District.Kent, a Mississippi native, was hired Wednesday. He begins work on July 1. He succeeds Sylvia Autry, who retired. 
Key Mississippi congressional race up for grabs _ twice
- Democratic congressional candidate Travis Childers isn't afraid to get dirty to win."Let me tell y'all something mighty quick because I know y'all didn't come to a cow sale to hear a politician," Childers said recently as he stepped into a muddy stockyard pen, wearing a suit and black dress shoes. "I'll be responsive to the needs of north Mississippians." Barbour to participate in designation of Blues Highway
- Gov. Haley Barbour on Thursday will unveil a marker designating U.S. 61 as part of the Mississippi Blues Trail.The ceremony will be held at the Tunica Visitors Center on U.S. 61 in Tunica. Officials focus on boiler in deadly Miss. paper mill blast
- Investigators hoping to determine the cause of a deadly explosion at a paper mill must wait to make sure that a boiler being restarted when the blast occurred is safe, the company said Sunday.At least 400 International Paper Co. employees, including contractors, were on site Saturday when the explosion tore through mill in Redwood, about 30 miles west of Jackson. One worker was killed and 17 others were injured, some critically. 2 MSU football players to be sentenced Tuesday
- Two former Mississippi State football players will be sentenced Tuesday for firing guns on campus in March.Michael Brown, 21, of College Park, Ga., and Quinton Wesley, 21, of Atlanta, both pleaded guilty on Friday. Mississippi mill explosion kills 1 worker and injures 17
- An explosion tore through a paper mill Saturday after a boiler was inspected, killing a contract worker and injuring 17 others, the company said.The explosion occurred as a boiler at the International Paper mill was being started after an annual maintenance shutdown in Redwood, about 30 miles west of Jackson, company spokeswoman Amy J. Sawyer said in a statement. |
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