Masoli denied waiver to play for Ole Miss in 2010
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:07:28 -0700
The NCAA has denied Mississippi quarterback Jeremiah Masoli's request for a waiver that would allow him to play immediately, meaning the former Oregon standout won't be eligible until 2011. University of Mississippi - Jeremiah Masoli - Quarterback - National Collegiate Athletic Association - Mississippi
High court to hear appeal of $1.1M ruling
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:54:56 -0700
Horseshoe Casino has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn at $1.1 million judgment related to a fatal accident in Tunica County in 2002.
THIRD & SHORT
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:29:34 -0700
NFL NEW YORK -- Ben Roethlisberger is getting time off for good behavior. He'll be back on the field for the Pittsburgh Steelers two games earlier than expected after convincing NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell he is turning his life around. The sta ...
Program offers offenders success instead of jail
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:23:20 -0700
PASCAGOULA Jeffery Hanson was facing jail time for a felony prescription-drug arrest before he completed Jackson Countys pretrial-diversion program.
Prep football scores and summaries from Sept. 3
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:31:00 -0700
Prep football scores and summaries from Friday, Sept. 3, games
Vermont Prosecutor Ready To Bring Back Miss. Fugitive
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:32:40 -0700
A Vermont prosecutor says she's ready to bring back to the state a man arrested in Jackson 21 years after he was convicted of sexually assaulting his girlfriend's 7-year-old daughter.
News in Brief: Hawkwind, Aeroplane, Badly Drawn Boy, Ooh LA L.A.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:19:34 -0700
-- On September 7, Critical Mass will release a tribute album dedicated to space-rock greats Hawkwind . In Search of Hawkwind features tracks from fuzz-pedal abusers like Mudhoney , Bardo Pond, Acid Mothers Temple, Kinski , Moon Duo, and White Hills trying Hawkwind songs on for size. -- Belgian disco duo Aeroplane will release their new album We Can't Fly September 27 on Wall of Sound in the UK ...
Curren$y and Big K.R.I.T. Book Tour Together
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:34:28 -0700
New Orleans-bred, New York-based cult rapper Curren $y makes supremely bleary rap music that sounds great when you're stoned, partly because you can always be pretty sure he was stoned when he made it; check the BNM'ed album Pilot Talk for evidence. Rising Mississippi MC/producer Big K.R.I.T. is a Southern rap traditionalist, and his tracks come with a full-bodied organic thump that captures ...
Lashley indicted in one of largest embezzlement schemes
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:45:19 -0700
JACKSON COUNTY Former Jackson County employee Ginger Lashley has been indicted for embezzling $890,000.
College Football Previews
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:15:56 -0700
Mississippi College and Millsaps College have met on the gridiron 48 times. The first meeting was in 1920, when Millsaps fielded its first football team.
Choctaws prepare for redone Majors
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:51:18 -0700
Millsaps is led by a new coach, Aaron Pelch, who also brought in new coordinators.
Jerry Cope: No Safe Harbor on Gulf Coast; Human Blood Tests Show Dangerous Levels of Toxic Exposure
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:47:11 -0700
Within two days after arriving in the region in mid-July, everyone on our team began getting sick. After our first day out on the water, we all had extreme headaches.
Jackson woman wounded in shooting
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:10:06 -0700
Jackson police are investigating an overnight shooting that left a 19-year-old Jackson woman wounded.
Halls certification needed for his job
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:45:38 -0700
TUPELO The city must appeal the denial of its deputy police chiefs certification and it must win if Robert Hall is to keep his job as currently defined.
No time like now
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:33:13 -0700
If State Treasurer Tate Reeves was concerned whether or not the fifth grade students at Poplar Springs Elementary School were listening to him, then he was convinced they were judging by the questions the youngsters were peppering him with after he spoke Wednesday morning. "Boy these are very good questions," said Reeves as he took a minute to collect himself from the barrage. "You ...
County faces fines from MDEQ
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:33:03 -0700
At the same time as they are investigated by the state auditor's office, Lauderdale County is facing fines from another state agency the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. MDEQ is fining the county $12,000 for failure to use sediment control at a county road project, but Road Manager Neal Carson said the sediment controls were there. According to MDEQ spokesman Robbie ...
Convicted sex offender arrested
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:32:53 -0700
Nothing freezes the blood of a mother more than hearing the cries for help from one of her children. Monday night, a mother and her 14-year old son allegedly found themselves in a battle against a man who earlier this year pleaded guilty to a sexual crime. Fortunately, the two were able to fight off the man, identified now by authorities of the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department as ...
No verdict in capital murder trial
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:11:01 -0700
A Hinds County Circuit Court jury on Wednesday couldn't decide whether a Jackson man was guilty of capital murder in the 2009 slayings of two men at a south Jackson apartment.
September 2, 2010
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:00:00 -0700
A jubilant Sonny Jackson gestured toward the crowd yesterday at the 31st annual Memphis Boys Town Labor Day carnival.
Southern gospel quartet the Florida Boys to perform in Niles Sunday
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:09:16 -0700
Posted 1 minute ago at 12:07 am. One of Charlie Wallers fondest memories of his childhood was seeing one of his favorite musical acts perform live.