By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Another man has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges in the death of a black man who was run over by a pickup truck in Mississippi.

William Montgomery, who is white, pleaded guilty Tuesday to hate crime charges in the death of James Craig Anderson, who was beaten and run over in Jackson

Flu-like illnesses are striking hard at some Tennessee public schools.

WSMV-TV reported Tuesday the Clay County schools near the Kentucky border, northeast of Nashville announced they would close for the rest of the week to break the chain of infection among students and teachers.

Last week, the Stewart County and Macon

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Young adults in Mississippi were less likely to be employed in 2011 than their peers in other states.

A new Kids Count study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows 51% of 20- to 24-year-olds in Mississippi had jobs in 2011. That's the lowest employment rate in the U.S. The national