KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Scientists say the discovery of two young black carp in a ditch connected to the Mississippi River is a troubling sign for native species in the river. Adult black carp have been caught in the…
LONDON, Ky. (AP) - Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a man by a constable in Laurel County. In a news release, Laurel County Sheriff John Root says Constable Bobby Joe Smith was attempting to serve a warrant on…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - New figures show Mississippi's economy grew at a 1.9 percent annual rate from July through September, exactly equal to the national growth rate. Gross domestic product numbers released Thursday by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - The rambunctious Republican race for president comes to Kentucky on Saturday with a little-publicized caucus that has some party leaders worrying about low turnout. Caucus locations open at 10 a.m. local time across the state…
AP-MS--Mississippi Police Shooting-Officer Released Mississippi trooper hurt in shootout goes home in procession Eds: APNewsNow. Will be updated. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A police procession has taken a Mississippi state trooper wounded nearly two weeks ago in a shootout from…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - An escaped inmate facing capital murder charges continues to elude a manhunt. Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace says local, state and federal officers continued Friday to comb abandoned buildings in Vicksburg and follow tips looking for…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - An Ohio man who is serving time for murdering a man there 11 years ago has admitted to another slaying a few days later in Kentucky on the grounds of Fort Knox. The U.S. attorney's office…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A University of Louisville official says accusations that the university and President James Ramsey interfered with a former compliance officer's duties are "unfounded." The Courier-Journal reports that executive vice president for research and innovation Dr. William…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Matt Bevin's administration says the Kentucky Horse Park's governing body has a new chairwoman. Secretary of Tourism, Arts and Heritage Don Parkinson said Friday that Louisville attorney Tandy Patrick will serve as chairwoman of the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Senate has voted to toughen the penalty for attacking and wounding police dogs. Under the bill clearing the Senate on Friday, anyone attacking a police service animal with a gun or knife would be…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - An attorney is making additional arguments in a federal lawsuit that seeks to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi flag. In papers filed Thursday, Carlos Moore says the emblem violates the 13th Amendment to…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A former Alcorn State University police officer has pleaded guilty in federal court to violating civil rights of someone under arrest. In a news release, U.S. Attorney Gregory Davis says 42-year-old Berthum Allen pleaded guilty Thursday…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Montgomery County sheriff's deputies and U.S. marshals have arrested a fugitive sex offender at an in-home day care. According to a news release from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, authorities found 36-year-old Christopher Dlubac Thursday at…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Days away from choosing the person he wants to be president, Shelby County Republican Larry Lace says it doesn't feel like campaign season in Kentucky. Missing were the typical mailings and phone calls urging him to…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Campgrounds at Kentucky's state parks open next month, and the parks are offering two nights for the price of one on weeknights all month long. There are 31 state park campgrounds. They all open April 1.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A jury could soon begin deliberating on whether two hotel companies and a convicted stalker should be forced to pay sportscaster Erin Andrews millions of dollars. Closing arguments are set to begin in Andrews' civil case…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker may have refused to make an endorsement in the presidential nomination race, but he's not holding back in embracing the anger of Republican voters. Corker issued a statement Thursday to criticize Republican…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The second and only official Grammy Museum outside of Los Angeles opens Saturday in the Mississippi Delta, cradle of the blues. Bob Santelli, executive director of its sister, the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, says organizers…
MUNFORD, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say the death of a 72-year-old woman in Munford in February has been ruled a homicide. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Thursday that authorities are looking for a red Chevy Colorado mid-sized truck with…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A new partnership in Louisville aims to assure homebound seniors in Louisville have meals delivered to them. Mayor Greg Fisher on Thursday announced the formation of GMeals-On-Wheels. He said in a statement that the program will…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Two more oyster areas will reopen for harvesting at legal sunrise Friday. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources says it is reopening Area II "A," which includes northern portions of the Pass Christian and Henderson Point…
MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) - Magnolia officials say the town isn't getting paid for the amount of water it supplies to customers. The McComb Enterprise-Journal reports that the city pumped out more that 200 million gallons of water last year but…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A man who failed to report to prison in Georgia nine years ago has been arrested during a traffic stop on Interstate 10 in Mississippi. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell tells The Sun Herald 41-year-old Donnie…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An assistant football coach in Knox County has been suspended with pay while the school system investigates allegations of inappropriate cell phone contact with students. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Jaren S. Troutman has been suspended…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton is telling Mississippi voters that if his wife is elected president, she will work to reduce the cost of a college education by letting people refinance student loans. He also says the…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - University of Tennessee students are rallying supporters of diversity on campus after a Senate committee voted Wednesday to defund the college's Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that students are passing out…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Control of the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport would shift to state officials and surrounding counties under a Senate-passed bill. Senate Bill 2162, approved Thursday on a 29-18 vote, would replace the five-member Jackson Municipal Airport…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri House has passed legislation that would make it easier for people who were adopted to access their original birth certificates. Lawmakers voted 125-28 Thursday for a bill allowing Missouri-born adoptees to access their…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Senate has passed a bill that would restrict cities and counties from removing historical monuments, including Confederate ones, from public property. Al.com reports that the Alabama Heritage Preservation Act passed despite several Democratic senators…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's new Republican governor and growing majority in the state Senate have put the pressure on abortion providers this year, filing two lawsuits and submitting at least five bills critics say could hinder access. Republican Gov.…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi voters could register online and vote in person ahead of elections under a bill moving forward in the Legislature. House members voted Thursday to pass three bills that would rewrite Mississippi's election laws, a proposal…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A fight is brewing over a Missouri proposal to allow beer-makers to lease coolers to stores to keep ales frosty. The Senate passed the measure 18-14 Thursday, a tight vote and the minimum needed to…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. John Bel Edwards has ordered the flags flying over the State Capitol and all public buildings to be flown at half-staff in recognition of the life of state Rep. Ronnie Edwards, who died last…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Two people who protested Donald Trump's rally in Louisville have filed police reports, alleging they were punched and shoved by Trump's supporters in the crowd. One incident was captured on video by WLKY-TV inside the Kentucky…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill requiring public employees' to give permission every year for union dues to be withheld from their paychecks. The House voted 109-49 Thursday to send the legislation to Gov. Jay…
MAYHEW, Miss. (AP) - A maker and online seller of mattresses and bedding products will open a factory in Lowndes County, with plans to hire 50 people over the next three years. Sleepmade will invest $1.4 million, leasing 50,000 square…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama judge has thrown out the state's system for imposing the death penalty the same day Florida lawmakers passed a bill to revamp a similar sentencing mechanism. Jefferson County Circuit Judge Tracie Todd sided Thursday…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky High School students would have to pass the same test given to people seeking U.S. citizenship in order to earn a diploma under a bill that has cleared the Senate Education Committee. The bill would…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - University of Tennessee students are rallying supporters of diversity on campus after a state Senate Education Committee voted Wednesday to defund the UT Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that students are…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A plan for a new statewide school district to take control of faltering local school districts is moving forward in the Mississippi House. Representatives voted 82-38 to pass House Bill 989 Thursday, sending it to the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has asked a judge to close a Lexington abortion clinic the governor says is operating without a license. State law requires abortion clinics to have a license from the Health and Family…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Two people who protested Donald Trump's rally in Louisville have filed police reports, alleging they were punched and shoved by Trump's supporters in the crowd. One of the incidents was captured on video by WLKY-TV inside…
DECATURVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee judge has set a target trial date in early 2017 for at least one of three men charged with murder in the 2011 disappearance of a Tennessee nursing student. The Jackson Sun reports that…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Investigators are searching for suspects after two Hamilton County schools received threats of violence on walls, just days after two other schools received similar threats. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that Hamilton County Sheriff's Office…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - New Kentucky abortion clinics would have to meet more strict medical standards before they could open under a bill that has cleared a state Senate committee. The bill would require abortion clinics to get a certificate…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - One person has been injured after shots were fired during an apparent road rage incident on Interstate 24 in Nashville. Local media outlets report the incident occurred Wednesday near the Haywood Lane exit. Metro Nashville Police…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi authorities continue searching for an escaped inmate facing capital murder charges in the 2015 rape and slaying of a 69-year-old woman. State police agencies and the U.S. Marshals Service joined local authorities Thursday in searching…
COLUMBIA, Miss. (AP) - The newly elected tax assessor for Marion County has resigned after just two months in office. The Hattiesburg American reports Vance Berry handed in his resignation Monday to the Marion County Board of Supervisors, stating his…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Bond has been set at $25,000 each for the four suspects charged in the death of 9-month-old Jada Freeman. On Dec. 22, The Hattiesburg American reports Forrest County Sheriff's deputies responded to a call of a…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - An Arizona man has admitted he distributed crystal meth in Mississippi over several years. The Sun Herald reports 29-year-old Xavier Terrazas pleaded guilty Monday on a charge filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office. He faces up…
