HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Tennessee man has agreed to plead guilty to charges he stole money from the charity he created to benefit the people of Newtown, Connecticut, following the December 2012 massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky man who claims to have made as much as $100,000 annually by panhandling while pretending to be disabled has pleaded guilty to similar duping charges. Local news outlets report that 33-year-old Gary Hank…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi Senate committee has passed a narrower version of a bill that would require an electronic records system for Medicaid and regular audit of Medicaid recipients. House Bill 1116 would contract an outside company to…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Tennessee say a man with a mental condition who pointed a shotgun at a police officer has been fatally shot by the officer. Memphis Police Department spokesman Louis Brownlee said officers were called to…
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) - Investigators with the Secretary of State's office and the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department have located most of the flower vases that they say were stolen from a local cemetery. Lauderdale County Chief Deputy Ward Calhoun tells…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Five weeks ago an Amtrak inspection train rolled across South Mississippi for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. On Wednesday, The Sun Herald reports officials met in Biloxi to move along the dream of restoring passenger…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Bill Rose, who for six years has led student reporting for the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi, has been selected as the 2015 Samuel S. Talbert Silver Em award…
SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (AP) - Springfield police have made an arrest in a previously unsolved fatal hit-and-run accident. Media outlets report that 40-year-old Ronnie Glenn Gainous was arrested Tuesday and charged with leaving the scene of the accident with a death.…
DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Boyle County grand jury has indicted a former Danville police officer who was in a wreck while off-duty. Media outlets report 30-year-old Ryan Hundley was indicted Tuesday on one count of second-degree assault, one count…
A former University of Mississippi student is scheduled to plead guilty Thursday to placing a noose on a statue of a civil rights activist. Federal court filings show Austin Reed Edenfield is scheduled to waive indictment and plead guilty before…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Layoff plans have been announced at Lexmark in Lexington starting May 25. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the company has filed a notice with the city that it plans to lay off 143 workers permanently. The company…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - The Jackson County supervisor plans to phone in for the supervisors meeting after being called to military active duty. The Sun Herald reports Supervisor Troy Ross will still participate in the April Board of Supervisors meeting…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bill seeking to allow Tennessee cities to ban guns from being carried at ticketed events has failed in a House subcommittee. The Republican-controlled Civil Justice Subcommittee voted 3-2 along party lines on Wednesday to kill…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Western Kentucky University and Jefferson Community and Technical College have signed a joint admissions agreement. A statement issued jointly by the schools on Wednesday says the agreement will allow students to be admitted to both institutions…
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) - Entergy Mississippi officials have announced the completion of its Brookhaven solar station. The Daily Leader reports Entergy Customer Accounts Manager Bill Howard recently said that the Bright Future Solar Project Brookhaven station was complete and online…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi House has voted to set aside $21 million for improvements to parts of the capital city. The House voted 113-7 Wednesday to pass Senate Bill 2525, which would create a regional board and an…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A former Jackson County sheriff's deputy accused of selling sheriff's department equipment to a pawn shop has waived his arraignment on a felony charge of embezzlement in the case. The Sun Herald reports that move means…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A law allowing assault charges to be filed against new mothers for prenatal drug use will be removed after failing in the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee. WPLN-FM reports the bill failed Tuesday on a 3-3 vote.…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky is challenging the censorship of books, magazines, letters and pictures sent to inmates at one state prison because the warden believes they "promote homosexuality." The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - In an effort to cut down on crime in the area, off-duty police officers are set to begin patrolling the streets of Old Louisville. Louisville Metro Councilman David James tells WLKY-TV the patrols will start Wednesday.…
WINCHESTER, Ky. (AP) - An increase in the theft of slippery elm bark has led law enforcement officers to increase patrols in the Daniel Boone National Forest. A statement from the Forest Service in Winchester says officials are also asking…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Court of Appeals has denied a Marshall County man's request for post-conviction relief. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the appeals court ruled Tuesday that 23-year-old Dillion Williams will have to complete his 65-year…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - City officials will unveil a design for the proposed Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport. The Sun Herald reports the city announced Monday that the unveiling will be held Friday morning. City spokesman Chris Vignes says in an…
NASHVILLE , Tenn. (AP) - Lawmakers could soon be voting on a controversial municipal de-annexation bill that could ultimately wind up shrinking the size of several Tennessee cities. A Senate committee is expected to take up the de-annexation bill on…
COLD SPRING, Ky. (AP) - A Cold Spring councilwoman has been arrested on assault and drug charges. Cold Spring Mayor David "Angelo" Penque tells the Kentucky Enquirer (http://cin.ci/1SgQyTe) that Councilwoman Lisa Cavanaugh called police to come to her home Sunday…
LAUREL, Miss. (AP) - The Laurel City Council has approved a motion that would allow the police department to purchase a new K-9 dog. WDAM-TV reports the department currently has three dogs for four shifts. The new purchase would make…
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - City officials and Contour Airlines are giving travelers a sign that commercial air service will soon resume at Tupelo Regional Airport. WTVA-TV reports Contour flew one of its nine-passenger planes in Tuesday for the public to…
CONWAY, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas' health care system and its budget will face turmoil if state lawmakers don't keep the state's hybrid Medicaid expansion, Gov. Asa Hutchinson warned at a town hall Tuesday aimed at rallying support for the program.…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - A train has severed a Columbus man's leg. Authorities say 56-year-old Bennie Walton was on his way to a convenience store about 8:15 p.m. Monday when he was struck by a train. City spokesman Joe Dillon…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - It's one month and counting before the 2016 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival returns to the Fairgrounds Race Course. Organizers Tuesday released the coveted "cubes," which show performance times and stages for this year's artists,…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi Senate committee Tuesday proposed to ban elected officials and candidates from spending campaign money on themselves, after Associated Press and Clarion-Ledger reports highlighted widespread personal use. The Senate Elections Committee amended House Bill 797…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - State senators on Tuesday approved a bill aimed at forcing a north Alabama abortion clinic- that is across the street from a Huntsville public school- to move or close. Senators approved the bill on a 27-6…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Prepaid cellphone customers in Kentucky would have to pay an extra fee of 93 cents every time they purchase minutes to help pay for local 911 systems under a bill that has unanimously cleared a key…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis is launching an investigation into whether athletic director Tom Bowen had a conflict of interest while negotiating basketball coach Josh Pastner's 2013 raise and contract extension. University President David Rudd said in a statement Tuesday…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Assistant Labor Secretary Joseph Main says mine safety and health have improved measurably in the past five years. Main spoke Tuesday at the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association's annual convention in Nashville. He said the…
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (AP) - A contract chemical maker will open a factory in Olive Branch, with plans to hire 150 people over three years. BPI Packaging of Memphis, Tennessee, will invest $8 million, buying a 291,000 square-foot building formerly…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - People who purchase prepaid cellphones would pay an extra fee of 93 cents to support local 911 systems under a bill that has cleared a House committee. Local governments operate emergency 911 services. They pay for…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - House Democrats have proposed a two-year, 4.5 billion spending plan on roads and bridges. The proposal includes 1,239 total projects, although not all of the projects will be built. About $1 billion will come from state…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A bill that would require transgender students to use bathrooms that match their sex at birth appears to be dead for the year. The bill died in a House Education Administration and Planning subcommittee meeting Tuesday…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The universities of Kentucky and Louisville already compete with each other for basketball titles, now they might have to compete for something else: state funding. Senate Republicans outlined a proposal on Tuesday that would pit the…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Police say an innocent bystander was killed when his car was struck by a suspected shoplifter leading police on a chase from a suburb into Mississippi's capital city. Multiple media outlets report 34-year-old Lonnie Blue Jr.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A woman is trying to convince a judge to overturn her conviction in the murder of her husband, arguing that the drug addition of the judge who presided over her case affected her trial. The Knoxville…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi senators are killing a plan to expand medical exemptions to childhood vaccination requirements that are some of the tightest in the nation. Senate Education Committee Chairman Gray Tollison, an Oxford Republican, says he found the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee House committee has defeated a gun safety bill named after an 8-year-old girl who was fatally shot by an 11-year-old boy after she and her sister refused to let him see their puppies. The…
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials have identified the man whose body was found floating on a lake. Sullivan County Sheriff's Office deputies tell local news outlets that they identified the man as 32-year-old Christopher Faidley of Blountville. The body was…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's attorney general has sued Volkswagen, claiming the automaker's emissions-rigging scheme violated the state's consumer protection law. Attorney General Andy Beshear said Tuesday that the suit filed in a state court seeks civil penalties totaling millions…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A proposal to allow motorcyclists to ride Tennessee roads without safety helmets has been defeated in a Senate committee. The Finance Committee on Tuesday voted 6-5 against the bill sponsored by Sen. Kerry Roberts. The Springfield…
GLASGOW, Ky. (AP) - A man accused of killing a 2-year-old girl in Barren County has had his trial moved to the end of the year. Media outlets report that a judge on Monday set a Dec. 6 trial date…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - A jury has recommended that a western Kentucky man spend 7 ½ years in prison for fatally shooting a man he said was stealing from his storage unit. The Paducah Sun reports that a McCracken County…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Suspensions at Jefferson County public elementary schools have jumped more than 80 percent this year, already surpassing the number of suspensions handed down during any school year in at least the past decade. The Courier-Journal reports…
