September 2012 Archive

The buzz at Cafe Climb is culinary skills can move at-risk young adults up to a solid career. The new Gulfport restaurant is attracting the downtown lunch crowd with shrimp creole, okra, black-eyed peas and daily specials.

Prison reform groups say the Adams County prison riot is a sign that federal funded prisons need to be closed.

Biloxi elementary students who went through Hurricane Katrina have their art collected in a book titled 'The Storm', published in 2006. Now, as  teenagers, they're reflecting on what they learned from the disaster.

The first ever meeting of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative is Thursday.

Small businesses can get low-interest loans from the Small Business Administration to recover from damages caused by Hurricane Isaac.

Mississippians take time out of their day to commemorate the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Three Mississippi schools - Saucier Elementary, Pass Christian Middle and West Lincoln Attenance Center in Brookhaven - have been recognized as national Blue Ribbon Schools.

Lt. Governot Tate Reeves says state agency heads need to change their budgeting approach.

National unemployment numbers are down, but thousands of Mississippians are still seeking work.

Mississippi is near the top in per capita prison population and prison officials see education as the cure.

Mississippi residents flooded out by Hurricane Isaac are getting assurance from U.S. Senator Thad Cochran that their disaster needs will be met.

Hundreds of thousands of Mississippians suffer from food insecurity every day because they lack money to buy food.

At least one county is 'double spraying' to kill mosquitoes.

FEMA is rolling out assistance doe Hurricane Isaac damage. So far, more than $1 million has been approved for Mississippi. But for those who are pregnant, elderly or just plain exhuasted, signing up for help can be be an effort.

Mississippi child care providers are fighting a new fingerprint scanning program for parents.