Mississipi news

Gov. Haley Barbour has asked the federal government to stop construction of a Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians casino in Jones County, citing possible wastewater problems. read more..

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College will host to the 2010 Mississippi Bowl at Biloxi Stadium. The Sun Herald reports the game will be played on Sunday, Dec. 5. read more..

Mississippi’s unemployment rate for July rose to 11.5 percent. The jobless rate was 11.1 percent in June and 10.4 percent in July 2009. Figures were released Wednesday by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security read more..

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — Northrop Grumman Corp. plans to lay off 642 workers at its Pascagoula shipyard by the end of the year, the company said. The first 292 affected workers were notified Wednesday under a federal read more..

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is asking legislators to outlaw the sale and possession of synthetic marijuana across the state. Barbour on Wednesday added the issue to the agenda of a special session that begins at 10 a read more..

JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour is asking lawmakers to approve funding for a facility that would produce renewable fuel from trees. The $50 million of incentives for the biomass research and production is one read more..

WATER VALLEY, Miss. (AP) — Auto parts maker BorgWarner Drivetrain Systems has announced it will expand its operation in Water Valley, adding 120 new jobs by the end of 2012. Currently, the facility employs 300 workers read more..

The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss., on education reform for low-performing schools: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said recently that Mississippi will receive $47 million to help improve the state’s read more..

It has been a sad week in college baseball. Last weekend, former Mississippi State catcher Ryan Duffy was paralyzed from the neck down after diving off a dock in Key West, Fla., and breaking his neck. Then, at the end of read more..

NASHVILLE - Two African elephants from the Jackson Zoo in Mississippi will have new homes at the Nashville Zoo. Juno is 31 years old and Rosie is 39. They will join the Nashville Zoo’s two African elephants in read more..

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Toyota plant in northeast Mississippi announced Monday that it’s starting to accept applications for hourly production and skilled maintenance jobs. The plant at Blue Springs is scheduled to read more..

St. Bernard Parish authorities have reported a large fish kill zone at the mouth of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, but state wildlife officials say it does not appear to be directly related to oil from the BP leak read more..

BELDEN, Miss. — Gov. Haley Barbour and officials from Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi declared they have overcome significant economic obstacles to share some positive developments about the plant rising in the read more..

Mississippi’s 30 state-licensed casinos saw a slight increase in revenues in July compared to June. Players left behind $224.3 million in July, up from $189.4 million in June. The figure was down slightly read more..

Pete Yarborough can afford to buy his cottage but can’t afford to raise it to post-Katrina standards. Join the discussion The Star-Telegram is pleased to provide this opportunity for you to share your thoughts read more..

OKLAHOMA CITY — The FBI said a $25,000 reward is being offered for information about a serial bank robber dubbed the “Bayou Bandit,” who officials say may have hit 11 banks in five states, including three in Oklahoma read more..

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Mississippi’s 30 state-licensed casinos saw a slight increase in revenues in July compared to June. Players left behind $224.3 million in July, up from $189.4 million in June. The figure was down slightly read more..

JACKSON, MISS. — Republican Gov. Haley Barbour says Mississippi will apply for federal stimulus money for education and won’t have to rearrange the state budget to do so. Barbour had said earlier that the state may read more..

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) A Democratic state senator says Mississippi won’t have to rearrange its budget so it can accept federal stimulus money for education and Medicaid. That contradicts what Republican Governor read more..

OXFORD, Miss. – For six years, everyone else has had their say. Now it’s Jerrell Powe ’s turn. As the Mississippi defensive tackle enters his senior season, he’s in the best shape of his life, he’s on the read more..

A civil litigation attorney in Mississippi who has lent advice to WikiLeaks on occasion has found himself embroiled in intrigue and headlines after initiating conversation with the government over the secret-spilling site. read more..

Courtney Stadd, NASAs former chief of staff, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Gulfport to conspiracy in a case stemming from a $600,000 contract for Mississippi State University, a client of his consulting firm. read more..

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) – The large load arrived Tuesday at Quality Seafood at the corner of Caillavet and Division Streets. Employees spent the morning unloading and packing 2,630 pounds of fresh, white, Mississippi shrimp read more..

This story was published in The Louisiana Weekly in the Aug. 16, 2010 edition. BP stopped sending waste to a Mississippi landfill last month, under pressure from residents there, while tons of solid, spill remnants read more..

EDEN PRAIRIE (AP) — Brett Favre is back in Minnesota, stirring hope among Vikings fans that he may be ready to play this season. A private jet trimmed in the Vikings’ purple and gold carrying the 40-year-old read more..