Mississippi

Only abortion clinic in Miss. fights to stay open

4 days ago

A national anti-abortion group, Operation Save America, has targeted Mississippi as a state where it hopes to end abortion, and it has sent people from as far as Colorado and Nevada to protest.

Mississippi's PGA event gets new title sponsor

69 days ago

"Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said the tournament has a $22 million economic impact on the Jackson area.

Mathies leads No. 10 Kentucky past Ole Miss 90-65

81 days ago

A'Dia Mathies scored 20 points and No. 10 Kentucky routed Mississippi 90-65 as Wildcats coach Matthew Mitchell tied the school record for victories.

No. 19 Georgia women defeat Mississippi 73-54

85 days ago

Gracie Frizzell, Valencia McFarland and Diara Moore led the Rebels (9-18, 2-12) with nine points each as Mississippi lost its third straight and seventh in its past eight.

Pell Grant changes drop enrollment in Mississippi community colleges

96 days ago

Three states declineThe study looked at Pell grants and enrollment declines in three southern states: Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.

Mississippi twister carves long path of wreckage

98 days ago

Mississippi twister carves long path of wreckage

Weather Service: Tornado, injuries in Mississippi

99 days ago

The National Weather Service says it's getting reports of a large tornado and injuries in southern Mississippi.

No. 12 Tennessee women roll past Mississippi 97-68

99 days ago

Diara Moore scored 16 points, Gracie Frizzell had 12 points and Danielle McCray added 11 points for Mississippi, which lost for the ninth time in its last 10 games.

Henderson's FTs lift No. 23 Ole Miss over Auburn

113 days ago

Marshall Henderson scored 15 points and made the game-winning free throws with 7 seconds remaining to lift No. 23 Mississippi over Auburn 63-61 on Saturday night.

Accumulating snow could follow rain in Ala., Miss.

124 days ago

Forecasters say accumulating snow could hit Alabama, Mississippi and other areas of the South that have been dealing with days of soaking rains.

At Mississippi Dept. of Marine Resources, little support evident from foundation

126 days ago

Bill Walker's private foundation claims to support the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, but records the Sun Herald examined show public money flows from DMR to the foundation.

Corps clears bedrock to help barge traffic on Mississippi

128 days ago

John Peabody, commander of the corps' Mississippi Valley division.

Army Corps tamps down barge worries on Mississippi

136 days ago

Colin Fogarty said Friday that an eventual shutdown is possible but unlikely, given the corps' progress at Thebes and its water releases from at least two Midwest lakes into the Mississippi.

2 power companies report 73K outages in 4 states

146 days ago

That was just counting reports from two utilities: Entergy Corp., which has customers in Arkansas, east Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, and Cleco Corp. in Louisiana.

Senator: Rock removal on Mississippi to start soon

160 days ago

The problem was made worse last month when the corps cut the outflow from an upper Missouri River dam by two-thirds - meaning far less Missouri River water flows into the Mississippi.

Major pipeline among ideas for aiding arid West

161 days ago

The drought has left river levels so low that shipping companies are warning that barge traffic downstream on the Mississippi could come to a standstill by the end of the year.

Correction: Cancer Clinic Probe-Mississippi story

163 days ago

The Mississippi Health Department closed Rose Cancer Clinic in July 2011 because of "unsafe infection control practices" after 11 patients were hospitalized with the same bacterial infection.

Falling water levels in the Mississippi threaten barge traffic

171 days ago

"The mighty Mississippi is approaching the point where it may become too shallow for barges that carry food, fuel and other commodities.

Drought threatens to close Mississippi to barges

172 days ago

Drought threatens to close Mississippi to barges

Storms possible in Arklatex, Mississippi Valley

175 days ago

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to increase during the day in an area from northeastern Texas to west-central Mississippi, including southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana.

Mississippi beats No. 25 Mississippi State 41-24

177 days ago

Bo Wallace threw for 294 yards and five touchdowns, Donte Moncrief caught three TD passes and Mississippi pulled away in the second half to beat No. 25 Mississippi State 41-24 on Saturday night.

Flow from Missouri River reservoir reduced, could threaten Mississippi barge...

178 days ago

Corps officials say that they are bound by the Missouri River Master Manual to act in the best interest of the Missouri basin and that what happens on the Mississippi is incidental.