JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The former director of nursing at a nursing center in Adams County has been arrested for allegedly embezzling a controlled substance. Attorney General Jim Hood, in a news release Wednesday, said 41-year-old Kimberly Lindsey, of Natchez,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Senate has passed a bill aimed at helping families wanting to open tax-free savings accounts to cover the short- and long-term needs of relatives who have disabilities. The measure is a response to a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville is set to get a new federal courthouse after funding passed a final hurdle in Washington. According to the office of U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved the funding…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Bills are moving forward that would consolidate 10 school districts and abolish an eleventh. Senators voted Wednesday to consolidate the Carroll County, Montgomery County and Winona districts into one. They also voted to combine the Chickasaw…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky House Democrats want to offer community college tuition to all Kentucky high school graduates. The proposal is modeled after a similar program in neighboring Tennessee that was put in place by a Republican governor and…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's administration says it will cost $236,000 to dismantle kynect, Kentucky's popular health insurance exchange. Former Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear set up the exchange with an executive order based on the federal Affordable…
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky man charged in his 4-month-old son's beating death has been found competent to stand trial. The News-Enterprise reports 35-year-old Daniel Antoine Cox was determined mentally able to stand trial following an evaluation by doctors.…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Longtime Mississippi civil rights activist James Figgs has died. Lafayette County Coroner Rocky Kennedy says Figgs, who was from of Marks, died Monday in Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. He was 72. Figgs was a community…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - A 35-year-old self-avowed devil worshipper accused of strangling his roommate at their Kentucky nursing home has been ordered to undergo a mental evaluation before the case against him can proceed. The Reverend, who legally changed…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a 16-year-old boy got into an argument with his family when he didn't want to get out of bed and go to school and he shot his grandmother, his younger sister and a 6-year-old…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Bellarmine University has announced the death of its president, Dr. Joseph J. McGowan. The university said in a statement that McGowan, who became Bellarmine's third president in 1990, died Monday after an illness. He was 71.…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Natchez aldermen have agreed to take out a $400,000 line of credit to help cover any of the city's upcoming cash needs. The Natchez Democrat reports the board met Tuesday for a work session in order…
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Shepherdsville police have arrested a man they say opened fire on another car as he drove- all while his 18-month child sat in his vehicle. Multiple media outlets report that 22-year-old Curtis Wyatt is accused of…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - The Warren County Sheriff's Dept. is searching for an escaped inmate who is a suspect in a capital murder. Sheriff Martin Pace tells multiple news outlets 33-year-old Rafael McCloud escaped from the county jail Wednesday around…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Bellarmine University has announced the death of its president, Dr. Joseph J. McGowan. The university said in a statement that McGowan, who became Bellarmine's third president in 1990, died Monday after an illness. He was 71.…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Natchez aldermen have agreed to take out a $400,000 line of credit to help cover any of the city's upcoming cash needs. The Natchez Democrat reports the board met Tuesday for a work session in order…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Efforts to make college more accessible in New Mexico and a handful of other states by tapping lottery proceeds are in jeopardy as tuition costs rise, ticket sales slump and state budgets falter. Tens of thousands…
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Shepherdsville police have arrested a man they say opened fire on another car as he drove- all while his 18-month child sat in his vehicle. Multiple media outlets report that 22-year-old Curtis Wyatt is accused of…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - The Warren County Sheriff's Dept. is searching for an escaped inmate who is a suspect in a capital murder. Sheriff Martin Pace tells multiple news outlets 33-year-old Rafael McCloud escaped from the county jail Wednesday around…
ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) - A federal judge denied the request of a former Booneville attorney to have his conviction for conspiring to bribe a judge thrown out and his record cleared. In his ruling handed down Monday, the Northeast Mississippi…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say three Tulsa, Oklahoma, residents are accused of acting as couriers to bring 12 kilos of crystal meth to Mississippi. The Sun Herald reports 23-year-old Christian Manuel Garcia, 27-year-old Refugio Garcia De Lira and 20-year-old…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Harrison County authorities say a felon on probation for a felony bad-check conviction is now accused of home-repair fraud. Sheriff Troy Peterson tells The Sun Herald a homeowner had paid 45-year-old Mitchell Ramone Shope nearly $29,000…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Two Texas men have admitted conspiring to distribute crystal meth in Mississippi from January 2013 through mid-July. The Sun Herald reports 37-year-old Sergio Contreras, of Penitas, Texas, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Gulfport.…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has launched a new website, Benefind, for Assistance Programs. Media outlets report that the service launched Wednesday. Benefind can be used to apply for Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Jackson officials have declined to declare a state of emergency over high levels of lead discovered in Jackson's tap water. Local news outlets report that the Jackson City Council voted down Councilman De'Keither Stamps' resolution on…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Mayor Jim Strickland says Memphis will have to spend $60 million over the next three years to replace radio systems used by police, fire and public works crews. According to The Commercial Appeal, Strickland told City…
SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A temporary traffic light is being installed on the Mountain Parkway in eastern Kentucky. The light is being put up near the Kentucky 30 interchange and Salyersville as work continues on an expansion of the Mountain…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican turnout in Tennessee outstripped Democrats by more than a 2-to-1 margin, a show of muscle that encouraged the state's GOP leaders even if they didn't back winner Donald Trump. Gov. Bill Haslam and U.S. Sen.…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Corker has named Micah Johnson as his new communications director. Johnson replaces Tara DiJulio in the senior management position in Corker's office. DiJulio is leaving after nearly a decade in the Senate…
GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) - Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area is offering grants to public school districts in Kentucky and Tennessee for student field trips. The grants are for the 2016-17 school year, and applications must be in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The defense is expected to continue to present its case in the civil trial involving Erin Andrews and raise doubts about whether two hotel companies should share the blame after a stalker secretly shot nude videos…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A federal appeals court has sanctioned the city of Memphis for filing a frivolous appeal as it tried to get a police brutality lawsuit dismissed. The Commercial Appeal reports the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals…
CARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials in Tennessee have let an emergency contract to begin clearing an area of Interstate 75 that's covered by a rock slide. Multiple media outlets report the state…
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky officials have concluded that Henderson County Schools didn't violate the law by campaigning in favor of the school system's nickel tax last year. The Gleaner of Henderson reports that the Kentucky General Assembly's Office of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jurors are expected to hear more testimony from sportscaster Erin Andrews on how her life was affected when a stalker secretly made nude videos of her and posted them on the Internet. Andrews told jurors Monday…
IUKA, Miss. (AP) - People with old, unpaid fines in Tishomingo County can avoid additional contempt of court charges by settling their accounts during March. In an effort to clear a backlog of old fines and warrants, Sheriff John D.…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - The superintendent and assistant superintendent of the NatchezAdams School District have asked the federal courts to either toss out the jury verdict against them or at least grant them a new trial. The verdict - that…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A group of University of Kentucky faculty wants to establish a center that focuses on social justice and inequality. Psychology professor Christina Brown tells the Lexington Herald-Leader that she has been working on the proposal for…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - A former Hattiesburg Water Department employee has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and two counts of credit card fraud. The Hattiesburg American reports 27-year-old Dennis Dejon Martin, of Brusly, Louisiana, was sentenced Feb. 16 to two years…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - City of Pascagoula is looking for a lighthouse keeper and tour guide for the newly restored Round Island Lighthouse. City spokeswoman Anne Pitre tells The Sun Herald she would apply for the job herself, if it…
MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (AP) - The man who pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in a crash that killed a Hermitage doctor has been sentenced to up to 12 years in prison. Media outlets report that in August 2014, 22-year-old…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A Harrison County grand jury has found no wrongdoing in an officer-involved shooting that wounded a 19-year-old man. The Sun Herald reports the shooting occurred when the suspect lunged at a Gulfport police officer with a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee voters are heading to the polls to make their choices in the state's Super Tuesday presidential primary. The primary comes after several days of spirited campaigning around the state by all five candidates seeking the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A nonprofit foundation has formed to help support Kentucky State Police. A statement from police headquarters in Frankfort says the mission of the Kentucky State Police Foundation is to support the agency, its employees and the…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - The city of Gulfport is moving ahead with plans for a destination aquarium on a downtown property it owns. The Sun Herald reports that the city's urban development agency, the Gulfport Redevelopment Commission, is requesting proposals…
GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service is expecting a wildfire at Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area to extinguish itself in the next couple of days as rain moves into the area. The agency said in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A proposal to allow skunks to be kept as pets in Tennessee has fallen short in the state House amid concerns about spreading rabies. The bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Jeremy Faison of Cosby received 44…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A former Jackson County Sheriff's deputy faces embezzlement charges for allegedly pawning more than $10,000 worth of equipment owned by the sheriff's office. WLOX-TV reports Sheriff Mike Ezell said 55-year-old Alexander Herman Kieper Jr., of Biloxi,…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Gulfport downtown merchants are eager to capitalize on a new attraction, but work on Fishbone Alley ground to a halt for a while. The Sun Herald reports Gulf Breeze Landscaping of Gautier began demolition Jan. 3,…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A Chattanooga prosecutor was outraged when police said three members of a high school basketball team shoved a pool cue into a freshman's rectum, causing injuries that required emergency surgery. But a police detective three hours…
