Gov. Haley Barbour says Medicaid or public schools - and possibly both - will be among the state programs losing money next week when he makes a second round of state budget cuts.
JACKSON — Lawmakers from across the state mingled with Coast political, business and community leaders on Wednesday night at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Legislative Reception, which has for many years been the best-attended event on the state Legislature’s social calendar.
GULFPORT — Charles Kevin Frady served 30 days in the county jail for impersonating a police officer and was out of jail only a week before he was accused of doing it again.
JACKSON — Federal authorities have seized $425,000 from a former district attorney linked to the most sweeping judicial bribery investigation in Mississippi in years.
D’Iberville — A nine-day celebration will see the city of D’Iberville blowing out 21 candles on its birthday cake and introducing the legendary character Mo-Joe during Mardi Gras.
OAK GROVE — Brett Favre, disappointed by comments made by New York Jets teammate Thomas Jones, said he wasn’t going to respond.
Skin remains under siege year-round. It can be as dry as the Sahara in the winter because of drying effects of indoor heat and chilly winds.
WASHINGTON — Pointing with concern to “red ink as far as the eye can see,” President-elect Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to tackle out-of-control Social Security and Medicare spending and named a special watchdog to clamp down on other federal programs — even as he campaigned anew to spend the largest pile of taxpayer money in history to revive the sinking economy.
Studies confirm what ought to be obvious: litter is a major indicator of decline and disorder in a community.
Here are the winning numbers selected Thursday in the Tennessee state lottery: