Mississippi State News

The director of a South Mississippi no-kill shelter could face misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty for each of the more than 300 animals she vowed to protect.

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is cutting another $41 million from the current state budget because revenues are sluggish.

Four South Florida residents have been charged in a $6 million mortgage fraud scheme.

The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency misspent nearly $18 million in Hurricane Katrina reconstruction grants, and should pay it back — with nearly $1 million interest, federal auditors say.

A fully equipped team from the 81st Medical Group at Keesler Air Force Base left for Chile on Sunday to help victims of the magnitude-8.8 earthquake that hit Feb. 27.

A federal appeals court has agreed to review a three-judge panel's ruling that a group of Mississippi coastal landowners can sue energy and chemical companies claiming their greenhouse gas emissions contributed to global warming, caused sea levels to rise and added to the intensity of Hurricane Katrina.

Delphi ended production at its Clinton plant on Friday.

The Mississippi Senate, on a 26-22 vote, approved a bill Thursday that would restore $79 million of the $458.5 million in budget cuts made by Gov. Haley Barbour.

A St. Martin High School teacher was arrested Wednesday night and accused of growing marijuana in his home. Video

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