Lesbian couples seek Miss. marriage licenses
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Five lesbian couples applied for marriage licenses in Forrest County this week, knowing they would be denied.
Wednesday's effort was part of a national group's campaign to gain equality for gay, lesbian and transgendered people. The "Campaign for Southern Equality" is based in Asheville, N.C.
Forrest County Circuit Clerk
...First Memphis homicide of 2013 found in car trunk
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Memphis were inspecting an abandoned car when they discovered the city's first homicide of the new year.
A police spokeswoman said officers found a male body in the trunk of a 2001 Mazda Millennium on Wednesday afternoon. The person's identity wasn't immediately known.
The body was that of a man, about 22 years old,
...Cold and snow help Ark. duck hunters to a point
STUTTGART, Ark. (AP) - Cold and snowy weather since Christmas has helped Arkansas' duck habitat only a little bit.
Snowmelt has increased water levels slightly, making the state more attractive to ducks, but much of state remains drier than in recent seasons.
Cold weather in the Midwest and Northern Plains freezes habitats there, driving ducks
...Bond set for suspect in fatal Greenville shooting
GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) - A bond of $2.5 million has been set for a 36-year-old man charged in a fatal shooting last Friday in downtown Greenville.
Police Sgt. Michael Merchant tells the Delta Democrat Times reports (http://bit.ly/RtqeJh) that bond was set for Rico Brown during an initial appearance Monday in city court.
Merchant says Brown turned
...Tourism board members removed in Alcorn County
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - Corinth and Alcorn County officials have fired all members of the local tourism board.
The action came Wednesday in a joint meeting of supervisors and city aldermen. It apparently resulted from the failure of the tourism board to follow line items placed its budget by the city and county.
In particular, officials were upset the
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