JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi tax collections fell more than $85 million short of expectations in April. Officials say that's partly because a Department of Revenue staffing shortage slowed the process of depositing checks. Department spokeswoman Kathy Waterbury said this…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Jackson City Council is borrowing $11 million for water treatment improvements, but the leader of an oversight commission says the city can't repay the loan using sales tax money without that panel's OK. The Clarion-Ledger…
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - Tupelo's city government will spend nearly $70,000 to buy five lots, hoping to spark new life in its historic Mill Village neighborhood. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the Tupelo City Council unanimously approved the purchase…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A Gulfport city official says the city is making progress toward removing concrete slabs left on empty lots more than a decade after Hurricane Katrina. Several other Mississippi Gulf Coast cities last year instructed property owners…
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky State Police say someone has been burglarizing rural homes outside of Lexington and then setting the structures on fire. Kentucky State Police Trooper Robert Purdy tells WKYT-TV that investigators believe five recent fires that have…
ALEXANDRIA, Ky. (AP) - Campbell County's government has voted in support of creating a needle exchange to grant heroin users access to clean syringes. The Kentucky Enquirer reports that Campbell County Fiscal Court voted 3-1 in favor of the exchange…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Federal officials say five health centers in Tennessee are receiving more than $4.2 million to help them serve more patients. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that the centers will use the…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Volkswagen has built the first metal test body for the new midsize SUV that is scheduled to begin production at the German automaker's lone U.S. plant in Tennessee later this year. The company said in a…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - An agronomist from the University of Kentucky who helped plant hemp at the Henry Clay Estate says some of the seeds may sprout as early as Saturday. Agronomist Rich Mundell was on hand this week as…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - About 200 Pleasure Ridge Park High School students have staged a walkout in support of their teachers. Media outlets report that the student-led walkout happened early Wednesday afternoon. Its main focus was the district-level discussion about…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Cumberland Health Care and Rehabilitation and the Middle Tennessee Career Coach will be hosting a job fair for those interested in both skilled and unskilled work at the nursing home. The facility plans to fill the…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - A unit of Chicago-based Boeing Co. is opening an office in Starkville to work with Mississippi State University's unmanned aircraft center. Insitu made the announcement Wednesday at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International conference in…
LORMAN, Miss. (AP) - The leader of a group that helps fund and improve historically black colleges will headline Alcorn State University's Saturday commencement. Johnny C. Taylor, the president of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, will speak to almost 600…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Gov. Phil Bryant has signed into law a bill that gives suburbs and the state some control over the Jackson airport. The law replaces the five-member Jackson Municipal Airport Authority appointed by Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Memphis Police Department's Internal Affairs bureau is investigating after a video was posted online that appears to show officers arresting a man who was recording them with his cellphone. Memphis police Interim Director Michael Rallings…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Montgomery County has revoked the driver's licenses of thousands of people in the Clarksville area who are accused of not paying court fines and fees dating back to 2012. Montgomery County Circuit Court Clerk's Office Chief…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department says a Tennessee man who pleaded guilty in a human trafficking case has been sentenced to 24½ years in prison by a federal judge in New Orleans. Court records show 27-year-old Granville…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A report about the practices of farmers who sell tobacco to R.J. Reynolds shows that a few growers had children under the age of 13 working in their fields, violating a pledge by the company to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - General Motors is on track to resume full operations at four North American plants where vehicle assembly was halted because of supply chain interruptions caused by earthquakes in Japan last month. Manufacturing that was put on…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Lower than expected patient volumes in the wake of the consolidation of its two Natchez facilities have prompted Merit Health Natchez to reduce its workforce. While organization did not release an official count of the affected…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Jackson City Council members and representatives from engineering company Siemens debated about the city's problematic water billing system during a budget committee meeting. The Clarion-Ledger reports that city officials on Monday demanded explanations from Siemens about…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Three Tampa, Florida, residents suspected of using counterfeit credit cards to get cash advances at Hard Rock Casino in Mississippi have been arrested. The Sun Herald reports 50-year-old Mercedes Sabrina Fisher, 48-year-old Daniel Ernest Myvett Sr.…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Biloxi police say a man being taken into custody on a misdemeanor charge head-butted an officer in the face, resulting in a felony charge. Detective Nick Sonnier tells The Sun Herald David Anthony Scott was combative…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man who held up banks in Pascagoula and Hurst, Texas, in July will spend extra time in prison for robbing the banks while on probation for three other bank heists. The Sun Herald reports…
FORT KNOX, Ky. (AP) - Ireland Army Community Hospital at Fort Knox says it will begin limiting new surgery cases starting next month. The hospital says the change is due to operating room staffing changes and the impact on maintaining…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley's $800 million prison construction proposal will be decided on the final day of the 2016 legislative session. A conference committee will meet Wednesday to try to reconcile differences in House and Senate…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The state's economic development agency has spent more than $18,000 on Facebook ads aimed at supporters of Tennessee's top Republican officials, and none on Democrats. An analysis by WSMV-TV unearthed the disparity in three years' worth…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - State Auditor Mike Harmon says his office will review operations and financial activities at the Kentucky Horse Park. Harmon said Tuesday the special examination will review fiscal years 2014, 2015 and 2016. The review was requested…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The operators of Graceland say the Memphis tourist attraction centered on the life and music of Elvis Presley has received its 20 millionth paid visitor. Elvis Presley Enterprises says CEO Jack Soden greeted the 20 millionth…
OLIVER SPRINGS, Tenn. (AP) - The Oliver Springs Police Department is searching for a person who stole donations meant to help support the fight against cancer. Media outlets report that surveillance footage shows a woman stealing an American Cancer Society…
ALTAMONT, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found lying near a wooded trail in Grundy County as a homicide. WRCB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1VIpMrf) the Grundy County Sheriff's Office says 26-year-old Samantha Chandler's body…
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - Assistant public defenders in Williamson County faced with increasing caseloads have started taking on fewer new cases. The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/1pWXaMP ) 21st District Public Defender Vanessa Bryan says that her two assistant public defenders working…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed one the dozens of claims in the Title IX lawsuit filed against Tennessee while denying the rest of the school's motion to dismiss. The school filed a motion in March to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Evangelist Franklin Graham told a crowd of thousands at the Tennessee Capitol to pray for the country and vote for candidates that stand for biblical principles. Graham said he had zero hope in the Republican and…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi officials are monitoring four residents exposed to measles in Tennessee. The health department says in a statement the four are under home quarantine but did not say where. They had not been vaccinated for the…
CLERMONT, Ky. (AP) -- Jim Beam has filled and sealed its 14 millionth barrel of bourbon since the 1933 repeal of Prohibition, achieving a first in the bourbon industry. Seventh-generation master distiller Fred Noe and Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin sealed…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- When in the course of human events someone wants to give a shampoo at a salon, a conservative think tank says they shouldn't have to get a license. Media report the Beacon Center of Tennessee filed…
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) - A man has been burned after an explosion ripped through a Henderson house. Henderson Assistant Fire Chief Jeremy Baxter tells The Gleaner that authorities are unsure what caused the Monday evening explosion, which was strong enough…
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) - The federal government has filed a lawsuit accusing a hospital pharmacy in Harlan County of filling fraudulent prescriptions that a doctor wrote for other hospital employees. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the lawsuit, filed Monday, is against…
MENDENHALL, Miss. (AP) - A standoff between police and an assault suspect has ended peacefully. Multiple news agencies report deputies when to a home in Mendenhall Monday night to serve a warrant for the arrest of 23-year-old Joseph McGovern. He…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville youth services police detective has been arrested on charges including DUI and decommissioned from the department. Nashville police tell local media that 51-year-old Detective Mike Clark was off duty when Goodlettsville police found him…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A man has been killed in a crash involving a Lexington fire engine. The Fayette County Coroner's Office tells local media that 23-year-old Cody Emery was taken to the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center after…
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (AP) - Police in Pass Christian say they've recovered more than $45,000 in stolen jewelry and fishing equipment and arrested a woman on a charge of grand larceny. Police Chief Tim Hendricks said Monday 26-year-old Ashley Gibson,…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A plan by the Department of Marine Resources to lease out a section of Bay of St. Louis to oyster farming is drawing concerns from Harrison County residents. Local media outlets report the county Board of…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has added a second stop during his visit to Kentucky in advance of the state's May 17 primary election, with a rally now planned for Lexington on Wednesday. The Sanders campaign…
ONEIDA, Tenn. (AP) - Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area says it help relatives who want to visit remote cemeteries and do some minor cleanup of family members' graves on Friday and Saturday. The park said in a…
CLERMONT, Ky. (AP) - Officials at Bernheim Forest in central Kentucky are putting out a call to everyone: Come hug a tree in an effort to break a world record. Dr. Mark Wourms, who is director at the arboretum and…
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) - An unwelcome reception in Appalachia underscores a striking political shift for Hillary Clinton, who along with Bill Clinton has long staked their electoral fortunes on the support of working class white voters. Hillary Clinton is trying…
ROBINSONVILLE, Miss. (AP) - A man has died at a casino in Robinsonville, Mississippi, after falling in a fountain. News outlets report that 48-year-old Bob Jerome Murray of Birmingham, Alabama, died at Hollywood Casino Sunday after falling in the fountain…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley and Sen. Richard Shelby are among those urging TVA to sell its unfinished Bellefonte Nuclear Plant. Comments released publicly by the Tennessee Valley Authority show Bentley and Shelby along with local officials,…
