Tropical Storm Karen Forms in the Gulf of Mexico
Tropical Storm Karen has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, and a hurricane watch is in effect along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida.
Shutdown in 3rd Day with Obama, Hill at Impasse
The government limped into a third day of partial shutdown Thursday with no sign of a way out after a White House conversation between President Barack Obama and top congressional leaders seemed only to harden the stances of Democrats and Republicans.
Online Delays Signal Strong Demand for Health Care
Overloaded websites and jammed phone lines frustrated consumers for a second day as they tried to sign up for health insurance under the nation's historic health care overhaul.
Miss. Power Confirms Kemper Plant Delay
Mississippi Power Co. says its Kemper County power plant won't be finished by the original May 2014 deadline.
4 Head Start Providers Serving 3,200 Kids Close
Four Head Start providers that serve 3,200 low-income children in four states are closing due to the federal government shutdown.
Natchez Trace Threatened by Budget Fight
Visitors are being turned away from the Civil War battlefield in Vicksburg and seven other National Park Service sites in Mississippi because of the partial shutdown of the federal government.
Remember the 1992 NLCS
One of the longest playoff droughts in North American sports ended last week. The Pittsburgh Pirates earned one of the two wild card berths in MLB's National League, ending the team's 20-year playoff drought, as well as a record 20 years of finishing with a losing season.
The Slate
Folks should feel some hope around Hattiesburg this week—not just about finally getting a winner in the mayoral election—but on the football field.
A Maverick of Harmonica
Scott Albert Johnson’s personal history in music led him to playing the harmonica.
Street Corner Symphony's Modern A Capella
A cappella group Street Corner Symphony performs Oct. 11 at Duling Hall.
Roz Roy Teaching at MCM
When your kids are with Roz Roy, they are in good hands. As their guide, Roy helps children make art that is personal to them.
Vermeer: Love and Leisure
Filmmaker Phil Grabsky’s newest exhibition film “Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure” allows viewers to see Vermeer—artist of “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” above—in a new way.
Yoga for Sleep
This is part two in an instructional yoga series, each part focused on yoga positions for different purposes.
Scandinavian Sightseeing
When I first considered going to Norway, it was really hard to think of anything that I knew about the country, other than it has some weird-looking extra letters in its alphabet.
Fighting the Power in Kemper County
Barbara Correro's house sits just off an unpaved road of sandy, bright-red clay and under a canopy of shortleaf and southern yellow pine, sweetgum, oak, flowering dogwood, elm and hickory trees.
Last of the Letter Writers
Sandy Margolis, the last of the letter writers, died at age 74 two years ago this September.
The Power We Consume
President Barack Obama's administration recently set tough emission standards for electric utility companies that still rely heavily on burning carbon-heavy fossil fuels such as natural gas and coal.
Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Mad'
Steven Palazzo is one of the Republican congressional "leaders" responsible for the government shutdown that began at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 because lawmakers could not agree on funding to keep the government open.
Help When It’s Needed
Recently, fast-food workers across the country went on strike. They asked for something fairly simple: a living wage. Make no mistake: The multinational companies that employ these workers can afford to pay better. But many from the right-wing political sphere called striking workers greedy, lazy and un-American.