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City & County
UMMC Expansion Continues
Travelers on Lakeland Drive west of Interstate 55 will have to deal with delay-causing construction a little longer.
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Environment
BP Agrees to Plead Guilty to Crimes in Gulf Oil Spill
BP agreed to plead guilty today to charges of manslaughter, environmental crimes, and lying to Congress in connection with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion, which killed 11 workers …
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Person of the Day
Animal of the Day: Shelter Cats
The cat's out of the bag at Community Animal Rescue & Adoption--and hopefully going to a new home this weekend.
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Events
It's the Weekend!
Today, the Handworks Holiday Market opens at 9 a.m. at the Mississippi Trade Mart; the event continues Nov. 17.
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Fire Out at Gulf Oil Rig; 4 Hurt, 2 May be Missing
An oil rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana sent four people to hospital Friday and two others were believed to be missing, Coast Guard officials said.
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BP Lawyers: Workers are Scapegoats
Attorneys for the highest-ranking BP employees aboard the Deepwater Horizon vowed to fight charges.
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2 BP Workers Indicted on Manslaughter Counts
The federal indictment unsealed Thursday in New Orleans names BP well site leaders Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine.
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Feds Allow Entergy to Buy Miss., Ark. Power Plants
Federal officials say Entergy Corp. can buy two power plants from KGen Power Corp., but say the antitrust investigation of Entergy isn't over.
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Survey: New Grads Can Expect Modest Rise in Hiring
Modest good news for college students: An annual survey predicts employers will increase hiring of new 4-year college graduates about 5 percent in the coming year.
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BP Hit With Record Fine in Gulf Oil Disaster
Oil giant BP has agreed to pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history, totaling billions of dollars.
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Sports
A Tough Week
It was another tough week for college football teams in Mississippi with one exception. Last week was SWACtastic for Mississippi as all three SWAC teams won this past weekend.
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So Much for ‘Redskins’ Rule
Last week in the sports world we learned one major thing. President Barack Obama is more powerful than the “Redskins Rule.”
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The Slate
[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days
I’m taking off the next couple of weeks to enjoy the birth of my first daughter with my lovely wife. I will be back soon and hopefully have this whole …
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Art
Fresh Ink
I’ve always been fascinated by tattoos and the bold people who use their body as a canvas in order to showcase their life or passions in art.
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Film
Bloody Good Show
“Skyfall” is an exquisite film that teams suspense, remorse, and dysfunction in the MI6 family with snappy banter and inventive direction.
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GOP Must Help Us Pay for Bush's Promises
Regardless of your opinion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the undeniable truth is that these wars have cost us a great deal of money.
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Bodysoul
Adverse Effects
Each medication has a most common possible side effect, and a licensed provider knows what necessary tests to perform before prescribing it.
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Politics
Ole Miss Fracas Weeks in the Making
Around the time Fox News Channel was calling the presidential election in favor of President Barack Obama, black students at the University of Mississippi erupted with joy.
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Hear Them Roar ...
Women's issues—and women's votes—were front and center in the Nov. 6 vote.
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City & County
Two-Way Capitol Street Coming
The city canceled a ground-breaking ceremony Monday to begin the project to turn Capitol Street back into a two-way street. It's still happening, though.
