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Biz Roundup

Envy Salon & Spa, Mother's Kitchen & Catering, and Yiayia's Greek Kitchen

Tiffany Hathorn, owner of Nail Envy Salon in the Regions Plaza building downtown, held a grand opening for her new business, Envy Life Nutrition Club on Aug. 17.

Tiffany Hathorn, owner of Nail Envy Salon in the Regions Plaza building downtown, held a …

National

NFL Making $40 Million Available for Medical Research

A year after the NFL pledged $100 million in support of independent medical research and engineering advancements, a huge chunk of that soon will be awarded to such research, primarily …

One year ago, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell pledged to "look at anything and everything to …

Person of the Day

Candie Simmons

The Ole Miss Alumni Association will present Candie L. Simmons, who is the senior vice president and regional marketing director for Regions Financial Corporation in Jackson, with the Outstanding Young …

Photo courtesy Candie Simmons

Hurricane

Amid Harvey Floods, Houston Chief Worries 'How Many Bodies?'

Hurricane Harvey is unfolding on an epic scale, with the nation's fourth-largest city mostly paralyzed by the storm that has parked itself over the Gulf Coast. With nearly 2 more …

Hurricane Harvey is unfolding on an epic scale, with the nation's fourth-largest city mostly paralyzed …

National

In a First, North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan in Aggressive Test

In a first, North Korea on Tuesday fired a ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over Japan and splashed into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said.

North Korea has conducted launches at an unusually fast pace this year—13 times, Seoul says—and …

Sports

Southern Miss Trying to Win 2 Straight vs. Kentucky

Southern Mississippi defensive back Picasso Nelson knows what it feels like to watch Kentucky's offense embarrass the Golden Eagles' secondary.

Southern Miss enters its second year under coach Jay Hopson with several experienced playmakers. Photo …

Health Care

State Recovers $11 Million in Audit by Medicaid Division, Attorney General

Auditors working in the Mississippi Division of Medicaid and the attorney general's office recovered more than $11 million in improper payments and claims for fiscal-year 2017 after analyzing medical claims …

Auditors and Mississippi Division of Medicaid staff recovered more than $8.6 million for fiscal-year 2017, …

Civil Rights

Emmett Till

Sixty-two years ago, white men in the Mississippi Delta brutally murdered Emmett Till in a horrific lynching that is often cited as a catalyst for launching the Civil Rights Movement …