JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say they haven't decided yet whether they will retry a man accused of tampering with a Bolivar County water system. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock declared a mistrial Friday in the prosecution of Michael…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released the identity of an inmate found dead at the Rutherford County jail. TBI spokesman Josh Devine tells the Daily News Journal that Jonathan Maxwell died Saturday. Devine says a…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A new mountain biking and hiking trail has opened at a Tennessee Valley Authority public recreation area in Andersonville. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports the new 7.3-mile Mill Creek Loop, which opened Sunday, is the latest…
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) - Gil Carmichael, a two-time Republican nominee for Mississippi governor in the 1970s and head of the Federal Railway Commission under President George H.W. Bush, has died. He was 88. Lauderdale County Coroner Clayton Cobler says Carmichael…
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) - State officials say a martial arts hold was used on a Shelby County teenager hours before she was found dead at an Elizabethtown detention center. Multiple news outlets report that Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Center officials…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Underground coal mines will be increasing sampling for the dust that causes breathing problems and black lung disease under a new federal rule taking effect Monday. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration is requiring coal…
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - Caterpillar is expected to add more workers to its facilities in Corinth and Booneville. The Daily Corinthian reports the company will add 41 jobs in Corinth and four in Booneville as remanufacturing of an engine line…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities are investigating after two people were found fatally shot in Chattanooga. The Chattanooga Police Department tells media outlets in a statement that the incident happened Sunday night. Police spokesman Kyle Miller says a child called…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Eric Church and Chris Stapleton lead the early nominees for the 51st annual Academy of Country Music Awards with three nominations each, including male vocalist and album of the year. ACM Awards co-host Dierks Bentley announced…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The five-mile stretch of Mississippi 18 that runs through Jackson is sparsely populated with businesses and has limited options for dining. But efforts are under way to change that. The Clarion-Ledger reports during a public meeting…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Two South Mississippi men have been ordered to prison and fined for bringing crystal meth from Texas to Harrison County for distribution. The Sun Herald reports 51-year-old James D. Byrd, of Vancleave, and 38-year-old Joseph W.…
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - Hancock County sheriff's deputies say they have arrested a 33-year-old Leetown man who has allegedly been molesting multiple juvenile females over the past six years. Chief Deputy Don Bass told The Sea Coast Echo…
PICAYUNE, Miss. (AP) - Two programs 180 miles apart in Mississippi are among 11 community-based heart health programs nationwide getting grants from a pharmaceutical company foundation. The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation is giving $180,000 each to Manna Ministries Inc. in Picayune…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Jordan Smith will serve as grand marshal for the Kentucky Derby Festival's Pegasus Parade. The 61st annual parade is scheduled to be held on May 5 in Louisville. The 22-year-old Smith is a Harlan native who…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Students from 18 Kentucky high schools will compete in a state poetry recitation contest this month. Poetry Out Loud will be held Feb. 23 at the Grand Theatre in Frankfort. The state champion will receive $200…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer is honoring the life of the late state Sen. Georgia Davis Powers with a flag-lowering ceremony. The ceremony is set for Monday morning at Louisville Metro Hall. The event is open to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The voter registration deadline for Tennessee's primary election has arrived. Monday is the last day for voters to register for the March 1 primary. Residents can download a voter registration application from the Secretary of State's…
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (AP) - A Collegedale police officer fired a Taser gun at a woman hired to clean a middle school after police searched the school for a possible intruder. The Chattanooga Times Free-Press reports the incident occurred on the…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - State health officials say water in some homes in the Jackson area have tested positive for lead above the recommended levels. The Mississippi State Department of Health on Friday confirmed that water tests from 22 percent…
JACKSBORO, Tenn. (AP) - According to court statements, two children have been taken from their home and kept from their parents for four days after a judge ordered so without a hearing or legal cause. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports…
NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) - Two Tennessee men are jailed in Georgia after allegedly fleeing police and crashing into another vehicle, killing two people. Records show 47-year-old Larry Thomas and his 18-year-old son Jesse Thomas were being held on multiple charges…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A memorial service is set for Monday to remember Jackson, Mississippi, broadcasting legend Bert Case, who died Thursday after an extended illness. WAPT-TV (http://bit.ly/1RSkV4P ) reports Case died at age 76. He would have celebrated his…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Social service providers say they're unsure what to expect as 75,000 Mississippians could lose their food stamps on March 30 if they don't find work or training. Gov. Phil Bryant decided Mississippi wouldn't seek an extension…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An estimated 150,000 Tennesseans could lose food stamp benefits on April 1 if they don't meet work requirements. Tennessee Department of Human Services spokeswoman Stephanie Jarnagin says the agency began sending out notices earlier this winter…
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…
