White River in Ark. to be designated as Blueway
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Federal, state and local officials are to join in announcing the designation of the White River in Arkansas as the nation's second National Blueway.
Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes will join Sen. Mark Pryor, Rep. Tim Griffin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Terrence Salt and Deputy Undersecretary of
...Jackson sees drop in domestic violence homicides
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - The Jackson Police Department is crediting 1 of its investigative units for helping reduce the number of homicides related to domestic violence.
The department says that between 2005 and 2009, domestic violence contributed to 11 of the city's 45 homicides, or 24%.
In September 2009, the Domestic Violence Unit began handling
...BMC president speaks of college's changes
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - The president of Blue Mountain College says the school will roll out its first fully online degree program in May.
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports (http://bit.ly/13dTKX3) that BMC leader Barbara McMillin told a civic club in Tupelo that the 2-year program will allow students to graduate in business and could
...Kyle wants GOP Senate caucus meetings open
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A top Democratic leader is calling on Republicans in the state Senate to make their caucus meetings public.
Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle of Memphis wants the Open Meetings Act to apply to the Senate.
During the first day of session on Tuesday, Kyle made a motion to amend Senate rules to apply the act, but he withdrew the
...Grant to aid traumatized children in foster care
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received a federal grant to provide services for foster children.
Many children have been traumatized before they are placed with a foster family, and the $1.4 million grant will help provide more effective assistance to them.
The Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities
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