TUPLEO, Miss. (AP) - An 11-year-old boy died when a column of concrete blocks fell on him outside a Tupelo restaurant.
Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green tells The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/Sdsa6W ) Lorenzo Washington, of Tupelo, was playing near some concrete blocks outside the Huddle House, where his mother worked, when the
...GAUTIER, Miss. (AP) - Dr. Carmen J. Walters has been named vice president of the Jackson County Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
The Mississippi Press reports (http://bit.ly/RcOuOq ) Walters has experience in almost every aspect of community college management, from counselor and grant specialist to serving as assistant vice
...NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Natchez Regional Medical Center's $46 million lawsuit against its former management company will move forward this week as the Nov. 30 trial date approaches.
The Natchez Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/TLW6EM ) the parties - NRMC and Quorum Health Services - are scheduled to be in the U.S. District Court for the Southern
...PURVIS, Miss. (AP) - Lamar County sheriff's officials are investigating the apparent homicide of an elderly woman whose body was found Sunday.
Sheriff Danny Rigel said authorities were called to the scene on Mississippi 589, just north of the Purvis around 4 p.m.
The Hattiesburg American reports (http://hatne.ws/QBmBhn ) Rigel gave few details of
...NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The federal Making Home Affordable Program will be offering free help for homeowners who are at risk of foreclosure.
The event offers homeowners the chance to meet face-to-face with their mortgage company and a counseling agency approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to work on a solution to help
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