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Deuce among 6 suspended by NFL

Dec 3, 2008 5:25 am

Six players, including New Orleans Saints running back and Mississippi native Deuce McAllister, were suspended for four games without pay by the National Football League on Tuesday for violating the l...

Freezing raises, jobs part of state budget proposals

Dec 3, 2008 4:52 am

Thousands of vacant jobs in state government will be frozen. State employees won't get raises. But public education's major funding source will be spared.

City zoo reinforces safety measures

Dec 3, 2008 4:41 am

The Jackson Zoo will pay several thousand dollars for security upgrades to keep out stray dogs after five flamingos and two gazelles were killed in attacks in recent weeks.

AG files lawsuit against Entergy, alleges manipulation

Dec 3, 2008 4:17 am

Mississippi's attorney general filed a lawsuit against Entergy Corp. and its subsidiaries Tuesday, alleging the companies illegally manipulated the purchase and sale of electricity to maximize profits...

Vote to issue bonds paves way for street repairs

Dec 3, 2008 4:17 am

Beginning in March, some cracked, bumpy and deteriorating streets around the city of Jackson finally will be repaved.

3 band students injured in La. hazing

Dec 3, 2008 4:00 am

Two Mississippians are among six men facing criminal charges in an apparent hazing that hospitalized at least two Southern University band members.

Trailer park neglected, says former manager

Dec 3, 2008 4:00 am

Melissa Ginter's life hasn't been the same since her landlord, Don Durham, was indicted on embezzlement charges.

Ex-officer denies accident claim

Dec 3, 2008 4:00 am

Despite testimony to the contrary from witnesses, a former Jackson police officer denied on the witness stand Tuesday that he ran a traffic light in his patrol car and crashed into the vehicle of 23-y...

Local News from Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via Yahoo! News

UPDATE:Online retailers see surge on 'Cyber Monday'

Dec 3, 2008 8:00 pm

NEW YORK - Like their counterparts at the malls, online merchants finally got some relief with the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, spurred by a bevy of deals and free shipping offers.

UPDATE:Conservatives form rival group to Episcopal Church

Dec 3, 2008 8:00 pm

The Associated Press WHEATON, Ill. - Theological conservatives upset by the liberal views of the Episcopal Church are forming a rival denomination.

Business Briefs Dec. 3, 2008

Dec 3, 2008 12:30 pm

OXFORD - Specialty coffee roaster High Point Coffee Distribution on Tuesday said it has acquired Coffee & More, a Mississippi office coffee service company.

Plant closure to erase 139 Sherman jobs

Dec 3, 2008 12:00 pm

SHERMAN - When furniture maker and retailer La-Z-Boy announced last month it was going to cut 850 employees companywide, this small community braced for what could happen to the Bauhaus upholstered fu...

TVA seeks clean energy

Dec 3, 2008 12:00 pm

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Valley Authority is looking to buy up to 2,000 megawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2011.

Downtown Tupelo to boost season

Dec 3, 2008 11:45 am

TUPELO - Downtown Tupelo retailers kick off the holiday season Thursday night with the North Pole Stroll, an expanded version of the annual open house.

City parade draws thousands

Dec 2, 2008 8:31 pm

(Judges trophy winner - Pontotoc Ridge Career and Technical Center won the judges trophy award in the Christmas parade in Pontotoc Monday night.) Youngsters and grownups alike turned out in the bone c...

Pleas taken in first week of circuit court

Dec 2, 2008 8:30 pm

Several pleas were taken in an abbreviated circuit court session last week which ended Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holidays.

UPDATE:Ford says CEO will work for $1 to get gov't loans

Dec 2, 2008 7:15 pm

DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. will tell Congress that it plans to return to a pretax profit or break even in 2011 when the Detroit Three automakers' CEOs appear before lawmakers this week to request $25 bi...

Solutions sought for Lafayette's road-utility flaps

Dec 2, 2008 4:30 pm

OXFORD - Lafayette County supervisors asked their attorney Monday to develop solutions to a pair of ongoing problems involving roads and utilities. In one situation, people are digging across county r...

Local News for Gulf Coast Mississippi from The Picayune Item

Council members bicker over local shopping

Dec 3, 2008 10:07 am

Two council members struck a nerve with each other during Tuesday?s meeting.Picayune?s city council meeting was routine and uneventful until the end of the meeting where each council member had an opp...

PRC school board meets Thursday

Dec 2, 2008 6:15 pm

The school board for the Pearl River County School District meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the central office board room at 7441 U.S. 11.

Christmas Parade

Dec 2, 2008 9:56 am

The Christmas Parade rolled through Picayune on Monday night ringing in the Christmas season.

Resident complains of drainage

Dec 1, 2008 7:36 pm

One Dove Ridge resident presented her case to the Pearl River County Board of Supervisors at their Monday morning meeting concerning alleged destruction to her property by her neighbor?s actions.

Laurent, Strange get probation for embezzlement

Dec 1, 2008 7:34 pm

Two individuals charged with embezzlement in two separate cases both pleaded guilty and both received five years of non-adjudicated probation.

Hurricane season comes to end

Dec 1, 2008 7:28 pm

Sunday marked the final official day of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season.

Accident injures passenger

Nov 29, 2008 9:42 pm

A two-vehicle accident on Interstate 59 on Thanksgiving day left one woman critically injured.

Picayune City Council meets Tuesday

Nov 29, 2008 9:17 pm

The Picayune City Council meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the new City Hall, 815 N. Beech St.

Drainage problems, sink holes caused by fence posts?

Nov 28, 2008 10:34 am

After purchasing her new home, Pat Gorzney found that the storm drain near her home does not work properly.

Local news for Mississippi from SunHerald.com

SECOND ACCIDENT FOR DRIVER

Dec 3, 2008 4:39 pm

A Jackson County school bus driver involved in an accident Tuesday that sent five students to a hospital had been involved in another collision a little more than a month ago, according to Jackson Cou...

Old house gets a new home

Dec 3, 2008 11:42 am

Workers with Ducky Johnson House Movers haul a historic Pass Christian home along U.S. 90 on Tuesday morning.

Brouhaha breaks out

Dec 3, 2008 7:05 am

Two aldermen stormed out of a meeting Tuesday night after a closed session erupted into a shouting match over who knew what about the alleged molestation of a 10-year-old boy.

COUNCIL ROUNDUP

Dec 3, 2008 7:05 am

OCEAN SPRINGS

Paul: Nay to Lay's service

Dec 3, 2008 7:05 am

Ginger Lay's position on the City Council was called into question Tuesday in a move that drew criticism from some fellow council members regarding how the matter was brought to public attention.

Kids have chance for world travel

Dec 3, 2008 7:05 am

The Gulf Coast Chapter of CISV (formerly known as Children's International Summer Villages) recently received the travel invitations at the National Board Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the intern...

Leach moved out of ICU

Dec 3, 2008 7:05 am

Former Jackson County Supervisor Frank Leach is now in a private room at Ocean Springs Hospital; he remains in fair but stable condition, hospital spokesman Richard Lucas said Tuesday.

Arts building dedicated

Dec 3, 2008 7:05 am

St. James Elementary School students, faculty and community members celebrated the dedication of the Linda Kremer Fine Arts Center on Tuesday afternoon.

Flood case reversed on appeal

Dec 3, 2008 7:05 am

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a Biloxi couple's lawsuit against a company that mistakenly concluded their property was not in a flood zone, leaving them uninsured for 11 feet of...

Study finds fault with NFIP rates

Dec 3, 2008 7:05 am

Rates for the National Flood Insurance Program are too low, a government study concludes, suggesting FEMA revamp its rate-setting methods to accurately reflect the risk to properties insured.

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