April 2002

By By Trent Lott / U.S. senator April 15, 2002 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has threatened to cease oil exports to America. He is also offering huge...

By By Sid Salter April 17, 2002 Gov. Ronnie Musgrove told the Capitol press corps and various newspaper editorial boards last week that he and his app...

By By Buddy Bynum April 17, 2002 In a time of budget cuts, slow growth and deficits, can Mississippi afford to compete for automotive manufacturing pr...

By Staff March 31, 2002 Now comes District 4 Supervisor Q.V. Sykes with his intention of creating an animal farm at Lauderdale County's newest re...

By Staff April 14, 2002 Like the happy horses of the Around Town Carousels Abound public arts project, the positive attitude expressed in recent days ...

By Staff April 14, 2002 National political columnists have written in the past few weeks that President George W. Bush tends to cast public policy deb...

By Staff Chris Allen Baker / staff writer April 20, 2002 Lauderdale County sheriff's deputies stopped more than 1,100 vehicles and wrote 82 citat...

By Staff Library week under way The Meridian/Lauderdale County Public Library will celebrate National Library Week through today. Today will feature s...

By By Steve Gillespie / staff writer April 20, 2002 A settlement of $75,000 was approved by the Lauderdale County School Board Thursday for overtime c...

By By Buddy Bynum / editor April 20, 2002 USA Today's feature on Meridian's recovering economy pretty much confirmed what we've been sa...