Oswalt Heads Home After Storms
Roy Oswalt has left the Phillies to head back to Mississippi.
View ArticleGuard Killed, Hostages Taken In Riot At Miss. Prison That Holds Illegal...
A guard was killed and, at one point, hostages were taken during a riot at a Mississippi prison that holds illegal immigrants, authorities said.
View ArticleFederal Judge Temporarily Blocks Mississippi Anti-Abortion Law
A federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked enforcement of a Mississippi law that could shut down the only abortion clinic in the state.
View ArticleIsaac Washes Up Nearly 18,000 Dead Swamp Rats On Mississippi Coast
Crews in Mississippi are cleaning up thousands of dead swamp rats that washed ashore from Hurricane Isaac.
View ArticleIllegal For Mississippi Residents To Home-Brew Beer
Catch-22 would be a good name for beer brewed at home in Mississippi.
View ArticleMan Finds 150 Human Infant Bones While Renovating Historic House
A man renovating a historic home found more than 150 human infant bones buried in the cellar.
View ArticleReport Accuses Miss. Schools Of Sending Students To Juvenile Detention For...
Civil rights advocates say harsh disciplinary practices at many Mississippi schools lead to children being expelled and even incarcerated for minor infractions, policies that disproportionally affect...
View ArticleTop Recruit Nkemdiche Picks Mississippi
The consensus overall top recruit in the nation Robert Nkemdiche has signed to play at Mississippi.
View ArticleTop State Official Inviting Gun Makers To Move To Mississippi
One top state official wants gun makers in seven states to flee critics and move to Mississippi.
View ArticleDeath Of Openly Gay Mississippi Mayoral Candidate Ruled Homicide
Whatever his prospects for winning the coming mayoral election in his hometown of Clarksdale, Miss., Marco McMillian was considered by many to be a man on the rise. So word spread fast when his SUV was...
View ArticleMississippi Man Charged In Ricin Letters Case
The arrest of a 41-year-old Mississippi martial arts instructor in a case of poison-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others capped a week in which investigators initially zeroed in on a...
View ArticleLast Abortion Clinic In Mississippi Fights To Stay Open
Mississippi's only abortion clinic can't meet the mandates of a 2012 state law, and the governor wants to shut it down. But the Jackson Women's Health Organization is not quietly retreating.
View ArticleTexas WR Johnson To Miss Ole Miss Game
Texas wide receiver Daje Johnson, who the Longhorns are counting on as their big playmaker, will miss Saturday's game against No. 25 Mississippi with a sprained left ankle.
View ArticleStudents Rejected After Wearing Patriotic Clothes On 9/11
High school students were called to the office and had to change clothing after showing patriotism to remember the 2001 terrorist attacks on America.
View ArticleGulf Coast Braces For Tropical Storm Karen
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Karen was poised to become the first named storm to hit the U.S. during what had been a relatively quiet hurricane season. Karen was forecast to lash the northern Gulf...
View ArticleTexas A&M-Mississippi Preview
No. 9 Texas A&M (4-1, 1-1 SEC) at Mississippi (3-2, 1-2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
View ArticleNew Indictment Filed In Miss. Ricin Case
A Mississippi man charged with sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials has been charged with trying for a second time to frame the man first arrested in the case —...
View ArticleAbortion Clinic Owner Committed Despite Pressure
Abortion clinic owner Diane Derzis has stared down protesters, laughed off those who call her "baby killer" and smiled through clenched teeth while bantering with people who want to close her centers...
View ArticleAbortion Clinic Owner: ‘I Feel Like God Wants Me To Do This Job’
Abortion clinic owner Diane Derzis has stared down protesters, laughed off those who call her "baby killer" and smiled through clenched teeth while bantering with people who want to close her centers...
View ArticleGay Couples Fight For Right To Divorce
Lauren Beth Czekala-Chatham wants to force Mississippi, one of the America's most conservative states, to recognize her same-sex marriage. She hopes to do so by getting a divorce.
View ArticleTexas Couple Gives $12.3 Million To Mississippi State
Oilman Tommy Nusz and his wife, Terri, have donated $12.3 million to the Mississippi State University Campaign.
View ArticleLouisiana Homeowner Watches City Tear Down Her House
Woman says town illegally demolished the home she was rebuilding.
View ArticleMississippi Governor Pushing Welfare Drug Testing
Republican Phil Bryant is starting his third year as Mississippi governor, and he says he wants to make public safety the top focus of the 2014 legislative session, which begins at noon Tuesday.
View ArticleUS Court To Hear Arguments Over Miss. Abortion Law
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court is expected to hear oral arguments in late April or early May in a lawsuit challenging a 2012 law that threatens to close Mississippi’s only abortion...
View ArticleWife: Mississippi Man Among 20 Shot At Fort Hood
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Renee Powell Westbrook had just returned home from her job at the state Department of Human Services when she heard the news from a friend: There had been a shooting at Fort Hood in...
View ArticleAnti-Abortion Ballot Proposal Uncertain In Miss.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Organizers have little time left for a new Mississippi initiative that would declare life begins at conception. Abortion opponents face a Wednesday deadline to put the proposed...
View ArticleToddler Asked to Leave KFC Because Of Scarred Face, Investigation Underway
JACKSON, Miss. (CBS Houston/AP) — KFC Corp. says it’s investigating allegations that an employee in Jackson, Mississippi, asked a 3-year-old to leave a restaurant because her facial injuries left by a...
View ArticleUS Judge: Voters’ Birthdates Are Not Public Record
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled against a Texas-based group and several Mississippi residents who sought access to Mississippi voters’ birthdates after a disputed Republican primary for...
View ArticleTraffic Stop Leads To Early Morning Shooting
LORMAN, Miss. (AP) — The Jefferson County Sheriff says a man crashed trying to evade a traffic stop, then allegedly sped off in the deputy’s squad car — only to return in a third vehicle and shoot at...
View ArticleCollege Football Spotlight: College Football’s Best Month Will Get Started...
It took a while, it seems, but we finally have a great week of college football coming right at us this coming weekend. The first weekend in October will serve up six games between top 25 teams, which...
View ArticleJim Mudd Talks About Terrorists In The Parking Lot
Missed the Jim Mudd Minute? You suck. Redeem yourself and listen to the podcast. Latest Sports Stories: Pauly G’s Spooky NFL Power RankingsSR 610 To Broadcast Battle Of The Piney WoodsStart ‘Em Up...
View ArticleMan Wins Election In Mississippi By Drawing Longer Straw
WAVELAND, Miss. (CBS Houston/AP) – Twelve years after losing a coin toss in a tied election for alderman in coastal Mississippi, independent Charles Piazza won a tie by drawing the longer of two...
View ArticleA Music Lover’s Guide To The South
No other region in the country has contributed more to the development of American music than the South. The music genres of jazz, rock and roll, the blues and country western all have Southern roots...
View ArticleAn Angry Ole Miss Fan Called 911 To Try And Get Razorbacks QB Kicked Out Of Game
Oxford, MS (CBS HOUSTON) – Ole Miss lost 53-52 in overtime to the Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday mainly because of the play of Arkansas quarterback Brandon Allen who threw for 422 yards and scored the...
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