PURVIS, Miss. (AP) - Lamar County School District officials are declaring their "Be Cool, Pack the School" day on Oct. 24 a success.
Student Services Director Wayne Folkes tells The Hattiesburg American (http://hatne.ws/SCWZTJ ) the goal was to have 100% of students at every single school that day.
Folkes says the district achieved a 97.4%
...JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Pearl River County couple has been indicted on a charge of exploitation of a vulnerable adult in a case involving a loss of over $100,000.
Attorney General Jim Hood said in a news release received by The Sun Herald (http://bitly.com/Weihui ) 65-year-old Randall Alexander Anselmo and his 56-year-old wife, Judy, are accused of
...MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (AP) - Baxter County authorities say a man wanted for allegedly leading police on a chase that ended in a crash involving the suspect's car and a police car has been found.
Sheriff John Montgomery says 39-year-old Africa Wells of Jonesboro was found and arrested Thursday in Blytheville - nearly 180 miles east of where the crash
...NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Legal Aid Society has launched a new initiative to help Tennessee homeowners dealing with foreclosure and mortgage rescue scams.
The expanded project is funded through an agreement with the state attorney general's office.
The money is the result of a nationwide settlement between state attorneys general and major banks
...NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's muzzleloader and archery season for deer opens on Saturday.
Muzzleloading firearms of .40 caliber minimum plus long bows, compound bows and crossbows are legal hunting equipment for this season.
The boundaries of the state's three deer-hunting units are listed in the 2012 Tennessee Hunting and Trapping Guide,
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