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Ole Miss Baseball Coach Agrees To Contract Extension
From Ole Miss Athletics Media Relations:
OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss athletics director Pete Boone and head baseball coach Mike Bianco have agreed to a contract extension running through the 2011 season, Boone announced on Thursday.
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The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Women's college basketball, Tennessee at Mississippi State (7 p.m., Starkville, CSS): The Lady Vols have caused the Lady Bulldogs lots of grief over the years.
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City & County
Clinton Cuts Domestic Violence
When it comes to people accused of domestic violence, police and courts tend to see the same men and women over and over again—often with a revolving set of victims. …
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Palazzo Called for Swift Federal Aid After Katrina
U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo says he voted against funding to pay the Hurricane Sandy flood insurance claims because of the deficit, but as the chief financial officer for the Biloxi …
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Person of the Day
Bobbie Gentry
In the summer of 1967, Bobbie Gentry went from being a nightclub songstress in Las Vegas to an international pop sensation with the hit "Ode to Billie Joe," a pseudo-Southern …
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Events
It's the Weekend!
On Saturday, the Easter Celebration at the Mississippi Children's Museum is from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
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City & County
Lumumba Proposes Sweeping Rate Hikes
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba has spent much of his first 50 days in office in preparation for the afternoon of Aug. 19 at City Hall, where he presented his proposed budget …
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Report: Ohio Kidnapper Called Mother of 1 Victim
Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro said he called the mother of one of his captives and told the woman her daughter was alive and had become his wife, according to interrogation …
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Music
Lion Around ‘A Quiet Town’
Zach Lovett and Spencer Thomas of Dandy & the Lions always dress to impress and are all around dapper, humble fellows.
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City & County
Stokes Takes Another Bite at Curfew Apple
Ward 3's Larita Cooper-Stokes has been trying to reinstitute a city curfew for young people.
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Events
It's the Weekend!
On Sunday, the Soulful Messiah Celebration youth concert is at 4 p.m. at Jackson Medical Mall.
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New Indictment Filed in Miss. Ricin Case
A Mississippi man charged with sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials has been charged with trying for a second time to frame the man first arrested …
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Education
Bryant Wants to Retain State Control of Schools
Gov. Phil Bryant wants to ensure that the State of Mississippi is the only entity educating Mississippi kids.
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Formality – A Necessary Evil
This week I'm absolutely ga-ga over a winery whose wines have just now become available in Mississippi. This new kid's name is Castle Rock Winery. This winery is exciting to …
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Small Business
October 28, 2004 Given our country's sluggish economy, both presidential candidates say they will help spur small business growth over the next four years. Their strategies are very different, however. …
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Politics
No JSU Stadium Money in Bond Bill
Some lawmakers are decrying the absence of funding for a new Jackson State University football stadium in the $196.4 million bond package that Mississippi House and Senate budget negotiators worked …
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[Jacktown] Taking The Gloves Off
Everyone and their mother has discussed the recent face-to-face boxing match between T.I. and Lil Flip. To make matters worse, T.I. recently appeared on Atlanta's 107.9 and confirmed that a …
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City & County
Azia’s Picks 1-10-20
Mark my words: Jackson is the new mecca for innovation and forward progress and will be an example to follow for cities nation-wide with similar backstories. Let me help you …
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Person of the Day
Bobbie Wilson
The Jackson State University National Alumni Association named Bobbie Wilson, a Clinton resident who serves on the JSUNAA's regional board, as its 2019 Alumnus of the Year during the JSU …
