GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - More than 60 boats have been sent to the Mississippi Sound to start relocating oysters in an attempt to save them. Media outlets report that Department of Marine Resources officials launched this emergency operation Monday to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Department of Transportation says it is ready for a forecast that calls for a wintry mix of precipitation to fall across the state. A statement from the agency says all 95 counties are stocked…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is asking legislators to update Mississippi's election laws, including allowing online voter registration. Republican Hosemann unveiled his proposals Tuesday. He wants to allow people to vote at county courthouses 21 days…
HAMILTON, Miss. (AP) - Contractor KBR will lay off 69 employees at the Tronox plant, according to a letter from the company to the Monroe County Board of Supervisors. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the layoffs will take effect…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Democratic National Committee member from Mississippi says he's supporting Bernie Sanders for president. Keelan Sanders tells The Associated Press that the Vermont senator has been a strong advocate for African-Americans, including supporting the Voting Rights…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Supreme Court has used a Knox County murder case to rule that an autopsy report can serve as evidence in a trial, even when the report's author isn't available to testify. The Knoxville News…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The National Weather Service is calling for up to 4 inches of snow to fall across much of Kentucky. The weather service says flakes are expected to begin falling before sunrise on Wednesday in most places,…
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) - A complaint has been filed against the Henderson County Board of Education alleging the school system's "nickel tax" is fraudulent and was applied retroactively. The Gleaner of Henderson reports plaintiffs Robert Pruitt and Dean Spooner filed…
YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) - Yazoo County officials say a 69-year-old man died when the ATV he was driving flipped over. Coroner Ricky Shivers says first responders were dispatched to a home just outside the Yazoo City limits just before…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi prison officials say a 54-year-old man convicted of killing five people in two counties and then attempting suicide has died in prison after serving 22½ years. The Department of Corrections said in a news release…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - The historic Natchez Eola Hotel building could be one step closer this week to reopening its doors as senior living apartments. The Natchez Democrat reports the owner of the former hotel building - Virginia attorney Robert Lubin…
LONDON, Ky. (AP) - A 95-year-old woman has died of hypothermia after she walked away from an assisted living facility in London. Laurel County Coroner Doug Bowling tells local media outlets that Dorothy McKnight died of exposure and was found…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Pet owners in Jackson will have to pay up, if the city follows the path of other municipalities such as Baton Rouge in implementing a mandatory pet registration program. Concerns about a Dec. 18 attack by…
PURVIS, Miss. (AP) - The wait for a number of Purvis High's student-athletes to get into their new field house will be a little longer. The field house, which began construction in the summer, is still months away from completion.…
WAVELAND, Miss. (AP) - Hancock County sheriff's deputies say no one was injured, but a couple's camper was destroyed after it got stuck on the tracks and was hit by an oncoming train. Officials said a truck pulling a camper…
MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) - McComb officials rescued a dog that slipped into one of the sewage lagoons at the city's wastewater treatment plant. The Enterprise-Journal reports firefighters and animal control officers rescued the dog Thursday. Officials say three dogs had…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - Columbus authorities say they're increasing the number of police officers on patrol. The Commercial Dispatch reports the Columbus Police Department says in a statement that officers will be conducting "heavy patrols" in areas where recent shootings…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - Police say a Moss Point man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a Pascagoula man. Multiple media outlets report 26-year-old Anton Marquis McWilliams was taken into custody on Saturday. He's charged with…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville judge overturned the conviction and 22-year prison sentence for a man whose case was championed as having secured the first successful prosecution of a customer of sex trafficking in Tennessee. The Tennessean reports that…
LA VERGNE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a Metro Nashville tutor was spotted driving nine children, including three who were in the trunk of her car. La Vergne police spokesman John Fesmire tells media outlets that surveillance footage shows that…
HICKMAN, Ky. (AP) - The Dorena-Hickman Ferry on the western tip of Kentucky will be reopening after weeks of high water. The ferry that connects Hickman, Kentucky to Missouri near Dorena will reopen Tuesday at 7 a.m. CST. It has…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Marc Gasol had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and the balanced Memphis Grizzlies topped the New Orleans Pelicans 101-99 on Monday. Matt Barnes, Jeff Green and Courtney…
The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through…
The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's three Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is launching a water quality initiative that will offer financial and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers in three Mississippi watersheds. The department says in a statement that its voluntary program…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Wingfield High School Principal Willie Killins plans to start an alternative evening school for at-risk students. About half the 60 or so openings have been filled, and it's tentatively scheduled to open Tuesday. The Clarion-Ledger reports…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Residents of one Jackson neighborhood say there's a 5-foot-deep pothole on their street. Felita Smith says she only realized just how deep it is when a neighbor fell in. She tells WLBT-TV the neighbor is 4-foot-3,…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's congressional delegation says it's still opposing the appointment of an executive to oversee veterans' hospitals and clinics in Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The four congressmen and two senators said Friday that they met…
D'IBERVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Jackson County supervisor Troy Ross says Gov. Phil Bryant's pledge of $10.2 million in BP oil spill money to help build a connector road between Sangani Boulevard and Jackson County will "dramatically" accelerate the project. Ross…
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - The planned opening of a soybean oil mill has been delayed until March, but the plant's 55-person workforce remains on the job. John Coleman, president of Express Grain Oil Mill, tells The Greenwood Commonwealth that construction…
EUPORA, Miss. (AP) - Head Start programs in six north Mississippi counties are reopening under an interim operator after federal regulators shut down the previous operator in November. WCBI-TV reports the Head Start center in Eupora reopened last week. Other…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - State Rep. Robert Johnson says all the money Mississippi residents spent on Powerball tickets could have made a difference for public education if it had been spent in Mississippi instead of Louisiana. But Mississippi is one…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Federal prosecutors accuse an Oxford attorney of getting nearly $600,000 in loans by misrepresenting his fees on claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and failing to repay the money. A news release Friday…
MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) - McComb police say a 64-year-old woman and her 33-year-old son were shot and killed in their home. State Rep. David Myers, who lives less than two blocks away, says he knew both Barbara Butler Conerly and…
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (AP) - A Millington man has been found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and aggravated child neglect in his disabled daughter's 2012 death from gangrene and infected bedsores. Andrea Ruth suffered from asthma, hypertension, and obesity. She was…
NETTLETON, Miss. (AP) - Local officials say they're stunned by news that Walmart is closing stores in their areas. Mayor Mem Riley of Nettleton, Mississippi, tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that the news is devastating. In Jefferson Davis Parish,…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Chief executive officers of the Jackson Heart Study have appointed a new director and principal investigator. University of Mississippi Medical Center spokeswoman Karen Bascom said in a news release Wednesday that Dr. Adolfo Correa, a physician-scientist…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The face of a Memphis domestic violence campaign says Memphis police didn't take her situation seriously until she began appearing in a public service announcement. Whitney Wood tells The Commercial Appeal police finally filed an aggravated…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The chairman of the Clark County Public Schools board says he has been asked to resign or face charges after an incident involving portable plastic signs. Multiple news outlets report Michael Kuduk apologized after he was…
FORT WRIGHT, Ky. (AP) - Mina "Mike" Kalfas wanted nothing more than to practice family medicine in Northern Kentucky where he grew up. But then he got called in to help fill a vacancy at the drug and alcohol treatment…
SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. (AP) - South Pittsburg officials are hoping to find a way to end flash flooding in the town after a Christmas morning storm damaged property and killed one resident. Marion County Mayor David Jackson says it is…
HILLVIEW, Ky. (AP) - A lawsuit filed against a man who shot down a drone over his Hillview home last summer seeks to resolve what expectations homeowners have to privacy as their property is seen from the air. The Courier-Journal…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Two high school basketball players charged with assaulting a teammate at Ooltewah High School have been approved for bonds of $5,000. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports the bond approval for the two 16-year-olds, each charged…
CLINTON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi education officials have delayed a hearing on administrative charges against a Clarksdale elementary school principal. The hearing on charges that Heidelberg Elementary School Principal Lowanda Tyler-Jones took part in cheating on standardized tests at her…
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) - One of two Marshall County men found shot on a rural road has died, while the other remains in critical condition. Marshall County Coroner James Anderson says 34-year-old Jamon Moton and 31-year-old Will A. Phillips…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Jackson pet owners may soon have to pay up if the city implements a mandatory pet registration program. The Clarion-Ledger reports concerns about a Dec. 18 attack by feral dogs at the Jackson zoo that left…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A man who investigators say impersonated firefighters at the scene of a crash is facing criminal impersonation charges. WDEF-TV reports Paul Herrell Jr. was found directing traffic at a crash site on Thursday evening. Highway 58…
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (AP) - A Millington man has been found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and aggravated child neglect in his disabled daughter's 2012 death from gangrene and infected bedsores. Andrea Ruth suffered from asthma, hypertension, and obesity. She was…
LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) - A documented member of the Latin Kings street gang used a hammer to beat to death a transgender teen who once considered him a boyfriend. A George County grand jury indicted 28-year-old Joshua Vallum in the…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared three more Mississippi counties eligible for public assistance after December's deadly tornadoes. FEMA on Friday said Coahoma, Panola and Quitman counties were approved for all categories of assistance including…
