The Clarion-Ledger

Those behind the sophisticated computer software in Mississippi and elsewhere that tracks down child predators on the Internet are now targeting people who illegally download music and movies. Full Story »

The only company official charged in the nation's largest workplace raid on illegal immigrants is scheduled to change his not guilty plea at a hearing in federal court today. Full Story »

Any possible charges related to an incident at Liberty Park in Madison between former Congressman Chip Pickering and youth soccer coach Chris Hester will be up to a Municipal Court judge. Full Story »

For Terry Cooper, sales manager at Quest Fitness Club in Jackson, hiring employees is entirely dependent upon getting new customers. Full Story »

The leader of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities says he disagrees with Gov. Haley Barbour's proposal to merge Mississippi's HBCUs, mainly because Barbour's motive was money. Full Story »

A former co-worker testified Tuesday that Deric Bailey smirked as he confessed to killing a Brandon teenager more than eight years ago. Full Story »

H.T. Drake of Jackson brandished a familiar list of complaints during Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.'s Ward 2 community meeting Tuesday night. Full Story »

ABERDEEN -Seven of eight people who pleaded guilty in a scheme to steal machine guns, pistols and drugs from a Delta police station are learning their punishment this week, with the final one set for sentencing on Monday. Full Story »

The heavy rain that fell across much of the state on Tuesday is expected to clear up today before temperatures dip below freezing tonight, forecasters predict. Full Story »

Felicia Rawls and her eight kids aren't thinking about toys and goodies for Christmas this year. Full Story »

More than five years ago, Kennedy Brewer was sitting on Mississippi's death row, awaiting execution for a crime he didn't commit. Full Story »

Former U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering said Monday he was standing up for his son after a soccer coach's alleged verbal abuse, but a fight that escalated is now the focus of a police investigation. Full Story »

Ward 1 Councilman Jeff Weill said he will file a public records request today for financial reports Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. has refused to hand over. Full Story »

The man suspected in Friday's shooting of an Edwards woman and the death of her unborn child could possibly have his charges upgraded to murder, Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith said. Full Story »

National Guard units from Kentucky and Tennessee will train at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg before deploying to Iraq. Full Story »

The multimillion civil suit filed over the damage caused by the 2004 collapse of the Big Bay Lake dam in Lamar County has been shifted to the Gulf Coast to be heard this spring. Full Story »

Transferring from community college to a university in Mississippi should become smoother for students in the coming year - if state higher education leaders succeed with a new policy. Full Story »

Hinds County Tax Collector Eddie Fair wants the Board of Supervisors to pay almost $1,400 for new cameras and other technology to boost security at his office in Raymond. Full Story »

Like most volunteer firefighters, Mario Chandler does the job because he wants to give back to his community. Full Story »

Mississippi's state mental hospital has treated numerous felons over the years, and there's no reason for state officials to disregard a federal judge's order to send death row inmate James Billiot there, his lawyers argue. Full Story »

News and events from around the state Full Story »

Government subsidies for health insurance premiums are ending this week for many jobless Mississippians, making it virtually impossible for them to afford such insurance. Full Story »

This year has been one of the worst Matthew Boyd can remember in his last decade of farming. Full Story »

About 25 Jackson residents kept their automobiles parked this week, using their feet and bicycles for moving about town. Full Story »

Families with children enrolled in the state's youth health care program will move to a new insurance provider on Jan. 1, but officials with the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration said the change won't save the state any money. Full Story »