Mississippi could choose its new state superintendent of education by October. The state Board of Education agreed in a Thursday discussion to take applications for the post from early June through early September, with plans to interview finalists in late September and reach a contract with a new leader by October.

Southaven mayor accused of duplicate billing

Posted 5/14/2013 in State

Analysis: Bryant's Medicaid remarks change tone

Posted 5/13/2013 in State

Civil War letters going home to Ole Miss

Posted 5/11/2013 in State

Miss. governor says he could run Medicaid

Posted 5/9/2013 in State

Family demands answers in mayoral candidate's murder

Posted 5/9/2013 in State

Miss. submits proposal for drone test site

Posted 5/9/2013 in State

Miss. Supreme Court blocks execution

Posted 5/7/2013 in State

The Mississippi Supreme Court has blocked the execution of Willie Jerome Manning, which had been scheduled for Tuesday evening.

Mississippi prepares new push on education

Posted 5/7/2013 in State

Suit filed to preserve evidence in death row case

Posted 5/6/2013 in State

An advocacy group and the brother of an inmate scheduled for execution Tuesday have filed a lawsuit to preserve evidence in the case for additional testing, whether the man is put to death or not.

School secretary among three charged in kidnapping

Posted 5/6/2013 in State

Attorney General: Test wouldn't exonerate Manning

Posted 5/4/2013 in State

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says a new round of DNA testing on evidence collected against death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning would not exonerate him in the 1992 deaths of two students.

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