Several Delta waters removed from fish advisory
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) are removing several waters from the 2001 Delta Regional Fish...
View ArticleRunoff required in mayorial race; incumbent finishes fourth
ABERDEEN — There will be a runoff in two weeks to decide who will be Aberdeen’s next mayor. In complete but unofficial returns from yesterday’s Democratic Party primary, former mayor Cecil Belle and...
View ArticleYarber could be sworn in today as new Jackson mayor
JACKSON — Jackson’s new mayor could be sworn in as early as today. Eight weeks after Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba died not even a year into his term, Councilman Tony Yarber will be his successor....
View ArticleCochran-McDaniel, Taylor-Palazzo races too close to call
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Locked in a race that won’t end, Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran and tea party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel pointed toward a possible June 24 run-off after battling to a...
View ArticleBarbour: McDaniel will cut federal education funding
JACKSON — Establishment Republicans backing Sen. Thad Cochran have launched a campaign to brand GOP challenger Chris McDaniel a candidate who would deeply cut federal education dollars on which...
View ArticleMcDaniel promises to protect shipbuilders; Cochran focuses on farmers
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Republican U.S. Senate challenger Chris McDaniel promised yesterday to protect naval shipbuilding despite a national debt he views as the greatest threat to American security,...
View ArticleMcDaniel camp still examining poll books for irregularities
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The campaign of tea party-backed Senate candidate Chris McDaniel says volunteers are trying to examine poll books in all 82 Mississippi counties as he decides whether to appeal...
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