June 2012 Archive

Mississippi Students face new vaccine requirement.

Moss Point residents want the state to investigate whether industrial chemicals may be causing cancer and other health problems. Mississippi officials say there’s no obvious link, but a Louisiana chemist says her tests show a connection.

More than 2000 Mississippians live with the painful blood disorder.

Federal authorities are investigating the former Superintendent of the Greenville Public School District for fraud.

Once supporting slavery and segregation, the southern baptist convention will soon elect its first African American president.

Mississippians are reacting to a big change in federal immigration policy.

The 100 Men Hall in Bay St. Louis is celebrating one year on the Mississippi Blues Trail. The former African-American social hall is gaining a following as a piece of Mississippi history and a revived venue for the blues.

"Cause everybody doesn't have a father around and you know you can come to a barbershop and talk to a man. And 9 times out of 10 that man has children too."

A Memphis-based  group is looking into informal reports of an unusually high number of cancer cases in Moss Point. The group will examine oil and water samples to find out if there may be related environmental factors.

A black man who was the former cell mate of Edgar Ray Killens claims the man signed over his farm.

Mississippi Power's Kemper County plant is $366 million over budget. The Public Service Commission is expected to consider Mississippi Power's request for a rate increase to pay for construction of the plant on June 22.

Black mississipians fare worse on many health measure, and community leaders are trying to help.

The state of Mississippi has executed it's 5th inmate so far this year. 

To protect the endangered Mississippi Gopher Frog, 6,500 acres in Mississippi and Louisiana are being designated as critical habitat. The frog is unique to the Gulf Coast.

Mississippi will hand out about 30-thousand free lunches every day this summer.