JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Small game hunting and the taking of wild hogs in the areas closed due to high water on the Mississippi River will resume on Monday. WLBT-TV (http://bit.ly/1RRNyPz ) reports the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and…
LUMBERTON, Miss. (AP) - Lumberton has found its new Ward 1 alderman in city inspector Johnny Buckley. Mayor Kent Crider said Buckley was the only qualifier for the position, and as such, the Mississippi Secretary of State's office is allowing…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - U.S. Marshals have captured a Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate who was under house arrest but he removed his electronic monitoring equipment. WTVA-TV (http://bit.ly/20yPMF0 ) reports 36-year-old Stephen L. Dukes was apprehended Friday evening in Water…
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) - The Rankin Chancery and Justice Courts will be located in one new courthouse without a chancery clerk's land records office, based on a vote by the county Board of Supervisors. The Clarion-Ledger reports the board voted…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - While state lawmakers come up with competing plans to carve up a projected budget surplus, Republican Gov. Bill Haslam hopes to seize the initiative at his annual State of the State address on Monday. Haslam told…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Republican speaker of the Mississippi House is keeping the same leaders for most of the top committees this four-year term. Speaker Philip Gunn announced committee members and chairmen Friday. Republicans remain in charge of money…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Republicans say the Kentucky Senate will take what could be a final vote on an abortion bill next week. Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer said Friday the Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on whether…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi State University's student association senators have voted to begin impeachment proceedings against their student body president after he publicly endorsed a candidate to be his successor. The Commercial Dispatch reports that the senators filed a…
ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) - A man accused of embezzling from a youth football program is now in jail. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1nsa4Se) Matthew Householder was arrested by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office on Thursday and charged with…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A former Marine and Army National Guard member once praised for his service in Afghanistan and Iraq is going to prison for five years. The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1ZYcrZf) 44-year-old David Cooper, of Gulfport, was convicted…
PICAYUNE, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say a Hancock County sheriff's deputy and his canine partner were attacked by a pit bull while attempting to serve an arrest warrant. Chief Deputy Don Bass tells The Sun Herald Deputy Colin Freeman and…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - The city of Pascagoula has closed the four boat launches at Point Park for renovations. The Sun Herald reports they were closed Thursday, and they won't reopen for boaters until mid-April. The popular launches, near the…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Supreme Court justices could use the case of the ringleader of a 2007 double slaying of a young Knoxville couple to craft new law. Media outlets report that the justices heard arguments Wednesday in Knoxville…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors say that Metro Nashville Councilman Loniel Greene Jr. lied in court when he got a man out of jail earlier this month. News outlets report that the Davidson County District Attorney's Office filed a motion…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Animal rights activists are asking officials why more 11 black bears were killed in Kentucky last year than the 35-bear quota set by state wildlife officials. The Kentucky Enquirer reports that the state had a record…
LOUISVILLE, Miss. (AP) - One of the area's largest new employers will start interviewing for hourly workers next month. Officials with Winston Veneer and Plywood in Louisville say they are on track to start the interviewing process in February. They…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A former Long Beach police officer has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the statutory rape of his teenage girlfriend. The Sun Herald reports Circuit Judge Chris Schmidt also ordered 45-year-old Patrick Klis to…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors say a Memphis man who was on trial in the fatal shooting of his former girlfriend has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The Shelby County district attorney's office said Thursday that 42-year-old Xavier Becton was…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky officials say jobless rates rose in 109 counties between December 2014 and December 2015. The state Office of Employment and Training said Thursday that unemployment rates fell in six Kentucky counties during that span and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennesseans who want to vote in the March 1 presidential primary must register to vote by Monday. In a news release, Secretary of State Tre Hargett is recommending voters take advantage of early voting because of…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi transportation officials have opened all lanes and all directions of SR 465 in Warren County that previously were closed due to flooding. The department said Thursday that the flooded state highway to Eagle Lake is…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A former Mississippi parole officer will serve 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to taking bribes from a parolee. Forty-four-year-old Andra Smith, of Anguilla, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Tom Lee. He also…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky House has voted to amend the state's informed consent law to allow real-time video consultations between doctors and women at least 24 hours before an abortion. The version passing the House on Thursday evening…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The chairman of a panel reviewing a proposal that would ban businesses from discriminating against firearms manufacturers and retailers urged Kansas senators Thursday to reject efforts to broaden the protections to include other individuals or industries.…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam and two top Tennessee lawmakers say they recognize the need to clear a backlog of hundreds of open records requests. John Dunn, a spokesman for Comptroller Justin Wilson, said Wilson has requested nearly…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The state House's budget leader says South Carolina farmers devastated by last fall's flooding shouldn't have to wait until the Legislature passes a budget to get some help. Ways and Means Chairman Brian White says legislators…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky officials say they do not know how they will pay for the state's share of a new high-speed Internet network meant to boost the struggling economy of eastern Kentucky. KentuckyWired is a joint project between…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The new head of Mississippi's troubled foster care system has a simple message for current and aspiring social workers - Come work for him. Speaking Thursday at the Mississippi Child Welfare Institute Conference, former state Supreme…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Longtime Mississippi TV journalist Bert Case has died after an extended illness. WAPT-TV Assistant News Director Aaron Vogel confirmed Case's death Thursday. He says Case passed away about 2:45 p.m. at the VA Medical Center in…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Senate has voted to require that public high school students receive basic CPR training. The measure passed the Senate on a 32-6 vote Thursday. It now goes to the House. Republican Sen. Max Wise,…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Republicans in the Alabama House say a small business tax credit and a teacher pay raise are among their top priorities for the legislative session that begins Tuesday. Republicans on Thursday announced the platform, titled "Right…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The latest on state Rep. Jeremy Durham, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment and other questionable behavior (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey says state…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A bill to gradually raise Kentucky's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour has cleared a House committee, but it drew opposition from Republicans and business interests. Under the bill, the state's $7.25-per-hour minimum wage would rise…
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Bristol man has been indicted in connection with the killing of his mother, grandmother and stepfather. Local news outlets report a grand jury indicted 19-year-old Robert Seth Denton Wednesday on multiple counts including first-degree murder,…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - In order to train officers to react within seconds at a scene, the Columbus Police Department is using a system known as the Firearm Training Simulator. WCBI-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1Tq3BDV) the system, also known as F.A.T.S., allows…
BALDWYN, Miss. (AP) - The Baldwyn Police Department now has body cameras for each officer to use while on the job. Police Chief Troy Agnew tells WTVA-TV (http://bit.ly/1SMmf9E) that the body cameras will give officers a new perspective while on…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - House Speaker Beth Harwell is getting legal advice about how or whether the chamber could expel fellow Republican state Rep. Jeremy Durham amid allegations of sexual harassment and other questionable behavior. But Harwell told reporters at…
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (AP) - Loudon County deputies have killed a suspect while serving a warrant in what the district attorney general says may have been "suicide by cop." According to a news release from District Attorney General Russell Johnson,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's struggling coal industry would become eligible for some state economic development incentives under a bill advanced by a state House committee. House Majority Floor Leader Rocky Adkins says the bill would "right a wrong" by…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - After learning that two out of three law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty die from blood loss, a Marion County woman has set out to raise money to buy triage kits for local…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say they are searching the streets of Memphis for a suspect who was involved in a police chase that led to the fatal shooting of a man who fired at officers. The Tennessee Bureau of…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - A new exhibit at the National Corvette Museum will allow visitors to experience a sinkhole collapse up close and personal. The Daily News reports the 1,000-square-foot "Corvette Cave-in!: The Skydome Sinkhole Experience" exhibit will use…
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - The Blytheville School board has approved an ordinance to put advertisements on the district's school buses. The Jonesboro Sun reports (http://bit.ly/1PkTj64 ) that the act comes after the Arkansas Legislature passed a law last year allowing…
ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) - A Tupelo man seeks to overturn his 2014 conviction that he sent poison-laced letters to President Obama and others. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports James Everett Dutschke (DUHST'-kee) has asked the 5th Circuit Court of…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Omega Protein has settled another lawsuit. The lawsuit involves two workers injured in 2014, when one of the fish processing plant's vessels struck a vessel the men were working on in Moss Point. The Sun Herald…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - The latest casino plan for the Biloxi's harbor is far from a done deal. The Sun Herald reports the developers -- Virginia attorney Robert Lubin and Kentucky casino-company owner Kevin Preston -- still have to raise…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Vicksburg's information technology director is retiring after having held the position for 25 years. The Vicksburg Post reports that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen announced Billy Gordon's retirement Monday. His last day is Friday. During…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A new scholarship has been established to help children of fallen or wounded Fort Campbell soldiers. The Leaf-Chronicle reports that the Screaming Eagle Surviving Children's Scholarships are the result of a new partnership between the Screaming…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville is starting a special court for victims of human trafficking. The effort is the first of its kind in Tennessee and follows the model of drug and mental health courts in helping nonviolent offenders get…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky environmental group is ending an annual protest in Frankfort that called attention to a destructive surface mining practice known as mountaintop mining. Kentuckians for the Commonwealth says it will not be conducting the "I…
