GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Gulfport police say a pit bull dog was shot to death while attacking would-be robbers, It happened Tuesday night at a Gulfport home. Police said a woman who answered a knock at her door was accosted…
BARBOURVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Voters in Barbourville have decided to allow alcohol sales in the city. WYMT-TV reports a petition began in October to turn the city from "dry" to "wet." On Tuesday, residents voted 498 to 433 in favor…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a 14-year-old boy attacked three children, one of whom died, and has been charged with attempted murder and child abuse. Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph said Wednesday that the teenager assaulted two girls, ages…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee quarterback Marcus Mariota's season is over. Titans interim head coach Mike Mularkey says it's "not worth the risk" of playing the rookie in their season finale Sunday at Indianapolis. Mariota had tested his sprained right…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - An official says no convicted felons had their voting rights automatically restored before Gov. Matt Bevin rescinded an executive order by his predecessor allowing the process. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lisa Lamb told the Messenger-Inquirer that…
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee is set to become the first state to release a registry that will consist of the names of people convicted of having intentionally abused animals. WBIR-TV reports that, beginning Jan. 1, anyone can access the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin says he intends to draft a plan to overhaul the state's expanded Medicaid program by the middle of next year, one that could be implemented by the start of 2017. Bevin, elected…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has told a group of pastors that he has every intention of following through with his campaign promise to push for a charter school law in the state. On Tuesday night, the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee officials have recorded more pedestrian and bicycle deaths in 2015 than in any other year in the past two decades. WPLN reports that statistics show 120 pedestrians…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The University of Mississippi Medical Center plans to add two medical helicopters, doubling its current fleet, but some other medical helicopter operators are protesting the plan. The medical center plans to place one helicopter in southwestern…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Jackson City Council has voted to join the deal Hinds County worked out to integrate the county's 911 emergency communications system into the state's Wireless Information Network. The Clarion-Ledger reports some council members blasted county…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - The field of Columbus police chief candidates has narrowed to five. The Commercial Dispatch reports the city's chief of police search committee met Monday. The 14-member committee spent most of the meeting behind closed doors in…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Two of Biloxi's biggest developers saw their requests for tax abatements cut in half by city officials. Council members say the city needs the revenue and they think the 50 percent offered is fair. Barrington Development,…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Biloxi and D'Iberville will join other cities across the country in having their own lighted, locally themed objects to mark the start of the new year. The Sun Herald reports the Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A lawsuit alleging three Wiggins police officers assaulted a man in municipal court and in a hallway has been settled with undisclosed terms following a three-day trial. The Sun Herald reports U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi crawfish are plentiful early in the season and prices are down. Keith Delcambre, owner of Bozo's Seafood Market in Pascagoula, tells The Sun Herald his price per pound is $1.30 lower than it was when…
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - Paducah city staff has announced they will close the city's floodwall against rising Ohio River waters. Media outlets report city officials made the call Monday night to install the floodgates by the end of the week…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's Department of Marine Resources has announced that all waters north of the Intracoastal Waterway in Mississippi territorial waters will be closed to shrimping beginning Friday at one minute after midnight. Tuesday's news release says all…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee drivers who renew their licenses next year won't have to go through the process again for eight years. The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security…
GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) - Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area says the Turkey Bay Off-Highway Vehicle Area and Trails is temporarily closed following heavy rain. A news release from Land Between The Lakes said the area received several…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A forklift truck manufacturer is expanding its Lexington facility, creating 30 full-time jobs. Gov. Matt Bevin and Lexington Mayor Jim Gray announced the expansion on Tuesday in a news release from Bevin's office. Clark Material Handling…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - It's a holiday warning for Mississippi motorists: The Mississippi Highway Patrol plans safety checkpoints around the state to make sure impaired drivers are removed from the roads. In a Wednesday news release, the Highway Patrol said…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State police are seeking help from the public in their investigation into a double homicide in Stewart County in 1980. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says it is trying to identify a suspect in the deaths…
PURVIS, Miss. (AP) - The identities of two men killed in a Lamar County traffic accident have been released. A Lamar County deputy coroner told Mississippi news media that the victims were 24-year-old Matthew Blake Harrell and 26-year-old Cody Hammond,…
MANCHESTER, Ky. (AP) - The man Kentucky State Police say drove drunk and crashed, killing four people and an unborn child, has pleaded not guilty. Multiple media outlets report troopers charged 40-year-old Jason Gibson on Thursday with four counts of…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - The first African-American sheriff of Adams County in about 140 years has been sworn in. Multiple media outlets reports Travis Patten received a standing ovation after taking the oath to office Tuesday at the Natchez Convention…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Officials are expecting cooler temperatures to weaken the red tide algae bloom that has affected the coast. The Sun Herald reports temperatures in the area will begin to drop from the 70s to the 40s and…
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - Evidence of radioactive pollution lingers at the Oak Ridge sewage treatment facility, and it's not clear when the problem will be resolved. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports the radioactive pollution was discovered in early 2014,…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Marc Gasol scored seven of his 23 points in overtime to help the Memphis Grizzlies pull away in the extra period for a 99-90 victory over the Miami Heat on Tuesday night. Zach Randolph added 17…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Eagles have fired coach Chip Kelly with one game left in his third season, dumping their coach after missing the playoffs in consecutive seasons. Kelly was released Tuesday night just before the end of a…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kevin Punter scored 23 points and capped a critical 9-0 run with a 3-point play Tuesday as Tennessee rallied to beat Tennessee State 74-69 despite trailing for most of the second half. Tennessee (7-5) trailed by…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - Police say three high school basketball players have been charged with raping and assaulting a teammate. Gatlinburg Police say in a statement that the players were charged Monday in the incident, which occurred last week. The…
ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) - Unicoi County could become the next in a growing number of Tennessee counties to call for an override of the U.S. Supreme Court's historic ruling on gay marriage. The Johnson City Press reports that the Unicoi…
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A motorist stopped for driving erratically in Biloxi had a semi-automatic handgun and is suspected of being in the United States without permission. The Sun Herald reports a Mississippi Department of Marine Resources officer conducted a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee attorney general is accusing Chevron of a 30-year-long scheme to fraudulently siphon more than $18 million from a cleanup fund that people contribute to every time they fill up at the pump. According to…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Officials say they plan to implement more security measures at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville next month. Media cited a statement Tuesday from the center that said the arena will put in walk-through metal detectors…
WEST LIBERTY, Ky. (AP) - A state audit has concluded that hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal disaster aid are unaccounted for in Morgan County. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, outgoing state Auditor Adam Edelen's report, released Monday, found…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - The director of transportation and parking at the University of Mississippi has bad news and good news regarding parking. Mike Harris says room for cars on campus is going to get even harder to come by…
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (AP) - The city of Morristown is giving the public easier access to crime data around the area. The Morristown Police Department announced Monday that they have launched a website, www.mymorristown.com, to see where and when recent crimes…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - With Jackson's aging water lines crumbling, water and sewer lines on properties belonging to homeowners could be next. The Clarion-Ledger reports city officials are warning it could cost residents several hundred to several thousand dollars for…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - A delay in purchasing new 911 equipment for the Oktibbeha County Emergency Management Association could provide time for the county and Starkville leaders to explore creating a central dispatching call center. County Supervisors John Montgomery and…
MT. VERNON, Ky. (AP) - A Rockcastle County Detention Center inmate faces an arson charge after being accused of starting a fire in the facility. Kentucky State Police officer Lloyd Cochran says 23-year-old Justin Bishop has been charged with one…
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - In the aftermath of a Dec. 23 tornado, Three Forks volunteer firefighters cut their way through debris to reach the trucks and equipment they needed to help others. They found the fire trucks and equipment destroyed.…
WAVELAND, Miss. (AP) - Sheriff's deputies say the man found dead in a small body of water in the Lakeshore community Sunday has been identified as 27-year-old Alex Toups, of Waveland. Chief Deputy Don Bass of the Hancock County Sheriff's…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The U.S. coal industry is close to setting a record low for on-the-job deaths in coal mines. There were 11 deaths in coal mines nationwide for the year by late December, putting the industry, which is…
HINDMAN, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky State Police say a Knott County man died Sunday afternoon when the vehicle he was working on rolled over him. According to police, troopers and emergency workers were dispatched to the Pippa Passes community at…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is warning Tennessee residents to be safe when cleaning up after recent storms. According to OSHA, only workers with the proper training, equipment and experience should clean…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Oxford's film festival got a nod from AAA this month and organizers are hoping that will mean more visitors to the February event. The Oxford Film Festival will be featured as a Southern Travel Treasure in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - New business owners can get answers to their tax questions at a series of free workshops offered in January by the Tennessee Department of Revenue. According to the department, the workshops are designed to assist people…
AURORA, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky State Parks is giving students the chance to take a cruise on Kentucky Lake to observe bald eagles and other wildlife. According to the parks, the 2-hour cruise takes place on Jan. 29, departing…
