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2 health care rallies set for Sunday in Miss.

Picayune Item - Sat Nov 07

Two groups on the opposite ends of the political spectrum are holding rallies in central Mississippi this weekend to discuss national health care legislation.

Death row inmate incompetent for execution

Picayune Item - Sat Nov 07

A federal judge ruled this week that a man on Mississippi's death row nearly 27 years is incompetent to be executed and should be sent to a state mental hospital.

Now what to do

Picayune Item - Sat Nov 07

Photo submitted Decisions, decisions - Putting an exhibit together is a lot of work, but a lot of fun too.

Late Miss. newsman Jack Nelson 'one of the great ones'

The Clarion-Ledger - Fri Nov 06

It's becoming apparent in this high-tech era of the Internet, blogs, iPods, cable 'news' channels - and now, the biggest economic downturn in 70 years - that newspapers are an endangered species.

NOAA commissions ship, dedicates lab

Picayune Item - Thu Nov 05

Jane Lubchenco, chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will be among speakers Friday at the commissioner of the agency's newest fisheries survey vessel and dedication of a new laboratory.

Ongoing dispute escalates into a fight in HAWL

Picayune Item - Thu Nov 05

An ongoing dispute escalated into a fight Monday afternoon at a home in Hide-A-Way Lake.

Storm shelter construction begins in Hancock Co.

WLOX-TV Biloxi - Thu Nov 05

More than four years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Hancock County, work is finally underway on a community storm shelter.

Miss. Appeals Court denies post-conviction claim

Picayune Item - Wed Nov 04

The state Court of Appeals has rejected the post-conviction claims of David Martin Robert of Meridian, who's serving life without parole for a 1999 slaying at a Porterville nightclub.

Veteran journalist Darling announces retirement

Picayune Item - Wed Nov 04

Ed Darling, a veteran editor and publisher at newspapers in Mississippi, Alabama and Oklahoma, has announced his retirement as publisher of the Mississippi Business Journal.

Reception started 3 years ago following a soldiera s funeral

Picayune Item - Wed Nov 04

A local event to honor veterans of the United States armed forces started three years ago at a fallen soldier's funeral procession.

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