July 2001

By Staff July 24, 2001 The House of Representatives passed a bill last week to rally the "armies of compassion." as President Bush calls them, to prom...

By Staff July 25, 2001 Now that the 5 percent trigger has been removed as an impediment to fully funding the 6-year phased teacher pay bill passed in ...

By Staff July 25, 2001 Mississippi's public school teachers don't have to worry any more about their pay raises over the next five years bei...

By Staff July 24, 2001 The catch-word in marketing these days is "packaging." Locally, the Lauderdale County Tourism Bureau hopes a new brochure on bl...

By Staff Junior Miss tickets on sale Tickets are on sale now for the Mississippi Junior Miss Program, to be held Aug. 2-4 at the Temple Theater in dow...

ELLEN A.

By Staff July 27, 2001 Brianne Stokes of Meridian will receive the 2001-2002 Otho Smith Memorial Scholarship at Meridian Community College. Stokes wil...

By Staff JAMES MARCUS MCLELLAND Cattle, timber farmer YORK, Ala. Graveside services for James Marcus McLelland will be held today at 11 a.m. at Odd Fe...

By Staff July 26, 2001 Junior Miss tickets on sale Tickets are on sale now for the Mississippi Junior Miss Program on Aug. 2-4 at the Temple Theater i...

By Staff July 26, 2001 WASHINGTON (AP) Amtrak's cash losses so far this year are far greater than expected, a Transportation Department official ...