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Collegiate career sidelined by heart ailment, Brandon’s Tyler Adams gets...
A heart ailment snatched away former Brandon basketball star Tyler Adams’s collegiate career soon after he arrived at Georgetown University as a much-heralded recruit. Another basketball highlight...
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Board of Trustees extends contract for Delta State’s president, Bill LaForge
The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning voted recently to extend the contract of Delta State University President William N. LaForge following a careful review of the university...
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Egg Fight: Arkansas House passes ban on California wine sales
LITTLE ROCK – An Arkansas lawmaker said Wednesday that the state should ban California wine as retribution for the West Coast state’s law requiring egg-laying hens to be able to stand up, turn around...
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Adams Co. ponders retirement fix for ex-hospital employees
NATCHEZ — Adams County supervisors are working on a solution to the problem of unpaid retirement benefits for former Natchez Regional Medical Center employees. The Natchez Democrat reports that when...
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More patients treated at UMMC for “spice” overdose
JACKSON – More patients exhibiting symptoms related to an overdose of the designer drug “spice” have been seen at the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Emergency Department over the last two...
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Forecasters see fewer than average hurricanes in 2015
NEW ORLEANS — The Atlantic hurricane season in 2015 will see fewer than the average number of storms, according to Colorado State University researchers. Researchers Philip Klotzbach and William Gray...
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Feds to set new off-shore drilling rule, 5 years after BP oil spill
The New York Times reports the Obama administration is planning to impose a major new regulation on offshore oil and gas drilling to try to prevent the kind of explosions that caused the catastrophic...
View ArticleGeorgia legalizes medical pot, limits use to 8 ailments
ATLANTA — To the squeals of sick children and thunderous applause from their parents, an emotional Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation Thursday that immediately legalizes the use of medical marijuana...
View ArticleMississippi economic index shows first rise since fall
Components of the Mississippi Leading Index, or MLI, collectively rose 0.6 percent in February, the first increase since October, state economists report. The value of the index increased 3.9 percent...
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Prison system could save money with health care contract
JACKSON — The head of the Mississippi Department of Corrections says the state could save $2 million over the next three years by choosing a new private contractor to provide health care for inmates....
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