Election Day in Mississippi

Congress clears historic health care bill

    HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Officials say the city of Hattiesburg’s municipal court’s Amnesty Month will come to a close at the...

      LAUREL, Miss. (AP) - Laurel officials are considering an “amnesty month” when people will be allowed to pay old fines...

Commissioner Christopher Epps reveals depth of budgetary reductions.

    HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree will travel to Linyi, China, in March.

WHEREAS, heart disease is the number one killer of women, causing one in every four deaths among women; and

  PETAL, Miss. (AP) - Petal officials were forced to spend $500,000 in borrowed funds to operate city services through January.

    HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - A Greenwood legislator is sponsoring legislation that would require owners of all-terrain vehicle to pay a registration...

    GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Governor Haley Barbour supports creating a large transportation hub at Palmer’s Crossing to handle increased container...

Governor Haley Barbour’s annual State of the State address has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, January 18.

Water line problems force state offices to close.

    BASSFIELD, Miss. (AP) - More than 200 mourners said their goodbyes to longtime Bassfield Mayor Buford C. Blount at a funeral ceremony that...

    PURVIS, Miss. (AP) - Two Mississippi counties are joining together in hopes of getting a $1 million federal grant to improve fire safety....

    McCOMB, Miss. (AP) - Pike County supervisors will review 16 applications for an open constable office this week.

    HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Hattiesburg officials are trying to figure out what to do with the old First Baptist Church property for which...

    PETAL, Miss. (AP) - The city of Petal is trying to raise about $2,500 for a veterans memorial.

    PURVIS, Miss. (AP) - Lamar County has decided to just say no when it comes to the adult entertainment industry.

    The White House says President Barack Obama woke up to the news that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize a little before 5:00 a.m. CST.  ...

    PETAL, Miss. (AP) - Officials in the town of Petal say a company hired last summer to help collect past-due fines has helped bring in an...

    JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Education is telling school districts how much money they’ll lose because of budget...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi officials unveiled the state’s new electronic court document filing system on Thursday, saying the program will...

LAUREL, Miss. (AP) - The Jones County Board of Supervisors has increased its tax revenue by nearly $1.4 million in preparing its budget for the 2009-10...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker says health care proposals in Washington are “the mother of unfunded mandates.“

Town hall meetings scheduled for next week

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Officials say a mandatory reappraisal of property in Forrest County could mean dramatically higher taxes for property owners...

A city attorney says Jackson may soon face a lawsuit from the family of a teenager who drowned in a city pool.

PETAL, Miss. (AP) - The Petal Board of Aldermen has voted to lay off 19 employees in a 3-2 vote.

PETAL, Miss. (AP) - It would be wise not to put the pedal to the metal in the city of Petal.

PETAL, Miss. (AP) - The Petal Board of Aldermen has voted to lay off 19 employees in a 3-2 vote.