Faced with the threatened loss of federal support for flood control efforts, the Jackson-area levee board Monday voted 5-2 for a plan to control flooding from the Pearl River with additional levee construction. Full Story »
Charles Penton keeps a log of the jobs he has asked for since moving his family to Mississippi a couple of months ago. Full Story »
A Hinds County mom is seeking an injunction against the Hinds County School District because her son was moved to the alternative school after throwing pennies on a school bus. Full Story »
Deuce McAllister has filed a counterclaim against Nissan Motors Acceptance Corp. - after the company filed a lawsuit seeking $1.4 million from the former standout college and professional football player. Full Story »
Parts of Mississippi could see scattered showers today, but after that, rain is not likely to pop back onto the radar until next week, National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Edmonston said. Full Story »
With 2009 coming to a close in a few short weeks, WAPT needs your help in picking the best The Sporting Spirit had to offer this year. Full Story »
Jeremy Kendrick, 28, whose body was found in a car that was submerged halfway in a creek, drowned, the Hinds County coroner says. Full Story »
Top Mississippi lawmakers have adopted their first draft of a $4.5 billion budget that does not include Gov. Haley Barbours proposal to merge the states eight universities into five. Full Story »
Oral Roberts, a pioneer in televangelism who founded a multimillion-dollar ministry and a university that bears his name, died Tuesday. He was 91. Roberts died of complications from pneumonia in Newport Beach, Calif., according to his spokesman, A. Larry Ross. The evangelist was hospitalized after a fall on Saturday. He had survived two heart attacks in the 1990s and a broken hip in 2006. Full Story »
Stonebridge Elementary students are helping children of the Region 8 mental facility through a giving tree. Full Story »
Health Leaders: Some of the vaccines went out to children here in Mississippi Full Story »
Medical Mall gets community in holiday spirit, offers several activities during Christmas Festival Full Story »
Busts in 3 states over Medicare fraud Full Story »
NCAA panel recommends new rules on concussions Full Story »
The search is on for 3 men who robbed a South Jackson business at gunpoint this morning Full Story »
At a Mississippi Energy Policy Institute (MEPI) meeting today in Jackson, Gov. Haley Barbour discussed ways Mississippi can be a national leader in energy innovation. Full Story »
Consumers of a decade ago had few disposal options for real Christmas trees, but today they can be recycled into other natural products. Full Story »
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — The Obama Administration has chosen individuals who will serve on the Mississippi Farm Service Agency State Committee. Full Story »
The network, low-cost and regional airline groups all reported improved operating margins in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the third quarter of 2008, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reports today in a release of preliminary data. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in cooperation with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), has released “The Effects of Climate Change on U.S. Ecosystems.” Full Story »
Rentech's plans to bring a synthetic jet fuel plant and power plant to Adams County may not be ... Full Story »
Young women in southwest Mississippi are seeking solace from abusive relationships more than ever before — an upsurge ... Full Story »
The Concordia Parish Police adopted for 2010 an approximately $7.17 million budget that will run an approximately $800000 ... Full Story »
Officials are hoping to let the bids for the new Vidalia municipal complex by mid-spring Vidalia Mayor Hyram ... Full Story »
Local youth leaders pastors and mentors throughout the Miss-Lou want to take over a screen in United Artists ... Full Story »
Attala County Sheriff William Lee said the community’s response to an armed robbery suspect rendering led to the arrest of three people Wednesday, Dec. 9. Full Story »
Here are Overall Top 25 rankings for 2009 produced by the Mississippi Prep Sports Source. Full Story »
The Kosciusko Mayor and Board of Aldermen voted to allow Cellular South to construct a phone tower on the Kosciusko High School property during the Tuesday, Dec. 1, meeting. Full Story »
The Attala County Board of Supervisors is looking for office space to relocate Attala County services housed in the courthouse. Full Story »
The Kosciusko Mayor and Board of Aldermen voted to donate a 2002 Crown Victoria Police Car to the City of Bassfield. Full Story »
The City Council holds its regular meeting, open to the public. PLEASE NOTE: Entry errors sometimes occur. Always use the provided contact information to verify event times and locations. Full Story »
Gail Hederman sign copies of her book. PLEASE NOTE: Entry errors sometimes occur. Always use the provided contact information to verify event times and locations. Full Story »
William Ferris Signs copies of his book. Reading of the book at 5:30 p.m. PLEASE NOTE: Entry errors sometimes occur. Always use the provided contact information to verify event times and locations. Full Story »
Levee Board member and Jackson developer Leland Speed made clear his belief at Monday's Levee Board meeting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has duped Rankin County mayors into prematurely accepting a flawed levee plan that the Corps has endorsed. Full Story »
Former presidential candidate, former Arkansas governor and current FOX News host Mike Huckabee is taking heat for his 2000 commutation of the prison sentence of Maurice Clemmons, the man now believed to have murdered four police officers in a Washington state coffeehouse the last week of November. Full Story »
• Awarded Arrowhead Enterprises a $36,997.50 proposal to begin clearing a small stretch of bayou in Kings. Made possible by a Katrina-related disaster recovery block grant, the project faces a Jan. 1 deadline to begin significant work or the money is likely to be reallocated to projects elsewhere. Full Story »
Three months after choices were laid out for the operation of the Port of Vicksburg — either renew the current lease or find another operator, possibly the county itself — port commissioners decided Monday to stick with Kinder Morgan for at least another year. Full Story »
A lower cost-per-meal offer to feed inmates prompted Warren County supervisors to change food service providers Monday. Sioux Falls, S.D.-based CBM Food Services will take over food preparation at the jail for $1.23 per meal. Full Story »
Vicksburg native, professor and author Bill Ferris was greeted by 150 friends old and new Monday evening as he made a homecoming visit to give a reading from his latest book, “Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues,” and sign copies. Full Story »
The husband of a woman who was taken on a multistate high-speed ride in the back of a pickup was released from jail Monday after being charged with aggravated domestic violence. Full Story »
It appears McComb city administrator Quordiniah Lockley’s Oct. 5 warning of a city budget shortfall may prove accurate in the near future. Full Story »
A Lawrence County man died Sunday from injuries he received when the pickup he was driving left Carmel-New Hope Road near Monticello. Full Story »
The metal warehouse located at 3150 Old Industrial Road doesn’t really look like the place shoppers might stop by to pick up gifts for just about any occasion or personal preference. Full Story »
Christmas parades in Liberty and Gloster, which were postponed this past weekend due to bad weather, have been rescheduled, officials from both towns announced Monday. Full Story »
The following items were in the print edition of today’s Enterprise-Journal: Full Story »
SUMMIT - North Pike's refurbished gymnasium apparently agrees with the West Lincoln Bears. Sparked by Jay Case's 25-point outburst, the Bears roared to a 63-41 Monday night win over the North Pike Jaguars. Full Story »
BOGUE CHITTO - The Loyd Star Hornets and Bogue Chitto Bobcats clashed again Monday night after playing each other Saturday night in the third round of the Lincoln County Round-Robin Tournament at Enterprise. Full Story »
Whether they enjoy them or not, everyone seems to have a story - or at least a joke - about Christmas fruitcakes. Full Story »
Franklin County has come a long way in two centuries, but it never really left home to get there. Full Story »
When the National Guardsmen of Monticello's 106th Brigade Support Battalion return home from Iraq next year, they may get off the bus in front of a brand new base. Full Story »
A lynx is released in Villafranca de Cordoba, southern Spain. AFP/Cristina Quicler
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