Mississippi State News

Most turkeys gracing the Thanksgiving or Christmas table will come by way of a grocery store after having been raised in acres-big houses with several thousand of their closest friends.

An 8-year-old boy accused of killing his father and another man in eastern Arizona will be allowed to spend Thanksgiving with his mother, a move that drew criticism from the family of the second victim.

The trial of a 20-year-old Mississippi man charged with making an Internet threat through MySpace to assassinate President Bush has been rescheduled for Jan. 12 in federal court in Aberdeen.

More than one-third of the $13.4 billion in federal block grant aid given to Louisiana after hurricanes Katrina and Rita remains unspent, according to information provided Tuesday to the state's hurricane recovery panel.

A 25-year-old former Petal school teacher, who was charged in January with having sex with a student, has pleaded guilty.

Fall graduation speakers at the Mississippi universities will include a congresswoman and a TV broadcaster.

The Jackson City Council has voted down a plan to dig into city savings to pay for $2-per-hour raises for public works employees.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation has joined the Cell Phones for Soldiers program - a national charity drive that collects old cell phones for recycling.

A new witness has come forward in the 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba, and prosecutors said Tuesday they are seeking more evidence against the only remaining suspect.

The state Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Krystal Marie Teston, a former Louisiana woman for causing an accident that left three Mississippi College students dead.