Tuesday, May 15 2012 8:17 PM EDT2012-05-16 00:17:20 GMT
Last week North Carolina overwhelmingly passed a same sex marriage ban by a 62 to 38% margin. North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue attacked her own state after the vote. "It's wrong for North Carolina,More >>
Last week North Carolina overwhelmingly passed a same sex marriage ban by a 62 to 38% margin. Governor Beverly Perdue attacked her own state after the vote, saying, "We look like Mississippi."More >>
Wednesday, May 9 2012 10:07 PM EDT2012-05-10 02:07:14 GMT
Severe weather is a normal part of life in Mississippi. Making sure that everyone is warned takes more than one solution. Most local TV stations have sophisticated weather equipment to track stormsMore >>
Severe weather is a normal part of life in Mississippi. Making sure that everyone is warned takes more than one solution. Most local TV stations have sophisticated weather equipment to track storms to warn their viewers. WLBT also promotes weather radios as an effective warning device for severe weather.More >>
Tuesday, April 24 2012 5:20 PM EDT2012-04-24 21:20:57 GMT
One theme you'll hear from all of us in the media is open government. We believe transparency in government makes for better government. There is a difference between open government and good businessMore >>
One theme you'll hear from all of us in the media is open government. We believe transparency in government makes for better government. There is a difference between open government and good business practices.More >>
Tuesday, April 17 2012 11:57 PM EDT2012-04-18 03:57:42 GMT
In my editorial last week commenting on losing some fine local journalists at the Clarion Ledger I said, " Unfortunately layoffs have claimed some really good local newspaper journalists, like one of my all time favorites Orley Hood and most recently David Hampton, Rick Cleveland and Bobby Cleveland."More >>
Tuesday, April 10 2012 6:56 PM EDT2012-04-10 22:56:09 GMT
Jackson used to have three daily newspapers the State Times, the Jackson Daily News and the Clarion Ledger, but today only the Clarion Ledger remains.More >>
Tuesday, March 13 2012 7:22 PM EDT2012-03-13 23:22:21 GMT
Mississippi doesn't usually have much influence on presidential elections. That has all changed with the Republican presidential primaries this week.More >>
Tuesday, February 28 2012 6:39 PM EST2012-02-28 23:39:18 GMT
Men who have been married for any length of time learned early on not to go shopping for shoes with their wives. I never dreamed that grown men would actually cause riots shopping for shoes.More >>
Wednesday, February 15 2012 12:09 AM EST2012-02-15 05:09:41 GMT
Mississippi Representative Steve Holland of Lee County has introduced legislation to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America for all official purposes in the state of Mississippi.More >>
Tuesday, January 24 2012 6:21 PM EST2012-01-24 23:21:03 GMT
Starting in 2007, when I was living in Oxford, I wrote Derrick Johnson, state president of the NAACP, several times about updating his leadership skills to include strategies that will prevent the black race from self-destruction.More >>
Tuesday, January 17 2012 6:42 PM EST2012-01-17 23:42:27 GMT
The pardons issued by former Governor Haley Barbour have been all over the news. The legislature should not overreact and pass a bill that is not well thought out.More >>
Friday, May 18 2012 7:17 PM EDT2012-05-18 23:17:11 GMT
(WMC-TV) - More than 1,000 Action News 5 Facebook fans are rallying around a mother who feels Facebook is discriminating against photos she posted on the social media network of her son. Grayson JamesMore >>
UPDATE: A Mid-South mother has been banned from Facebook for the photos she posted of her newborn son.
Friday, May 18 2012 11:57 PM EDT2012-05-19 03:57:30 GMT
(WMC-TV) – Mid-South drivers are cautiously taking a sigh of relief, now that a suspected roadside killer is in jail. For the first time, Action News 5 is hearing from that suspect's mother. The familiesMore >>
Mid-South drivers are cautiously taking a sigh of relief, now that a suspected roadside killer is in jail. For the first time, Action News 5 is hearing from that suspect's mother.More >>
Hollywood star Will Smith has slapped a male television reporter who tried to kiss him before the Moscow premiere of "Men in Black III."More >>
Hollywood star Will Smith slapped a male television reporter who he said tried to kiss him on the lips as he walked down the red carpet for the Moscow premiere of "Men in Black III."More >>
Friday, May 18 2012 5:54 AM EDT2012-05-18 09:54:56 GMT
(WMC-TV) – The sister of Adam Mayes is shedding light into their family history and revealing secrets that expose the devil inside of the man accused of kidnap and murder. Pamela Bain is Adam Mayes' olderMore >>
The sister of Adam Mayes is shedding light into their family history and revealing secrets that expose the devil inside of the man accused of kidnap and murder.More >>
Friday, May 18 2012 9:42 AM EDT2012-05-18 13:42:22 GMT
SANFORD, FL (CNN) – Trayvon Martin walked into a 7-Eleven in Sanford, Florida, grabbing a bag of Skittles and a can of AriZona iced tea. The hood from his dark gray sweatshirt over his head, he walkedMore >>
Trayvon Martin walked into a 7-Eleven in Sanford, Florida, grabbing a bag of Skittles and a can of AriZona iced tea.More >>
Saturday, May 19 2012 2:29 PM EDT2012-05-19 18:29:41 GMT
A group of spirited students has grown tired of bullying at school. Rallying against what they call a 'national epidemic', members of the Crystal Springs Mayor's Youth Council gathered Saturday morningMore >>
A group of spirited students has grown tired of bullying at school.More >>
Friday, May 18 2012 11:57 PM EDT2012-05-19 03:57:17 GMT
MADISON, MS (WLBT) - You can call her the Madison Central super fan. There is one interesting thing about Pinkie Lee Davis. She has no connection to Madison Central! Davis met several Madison CentralMore >>
You can call her the Madison Central super fan.More >>
Saturday, May 19 2012 10:19 AM EDT2012-05-19 14:19:01 GMT
Jackson Police are investigating what appears to be a hit and run crash that left two people injured. It happened about 4:30 Friday afternoon at the intersection of McDowell Road and Coronet Place, inMore >>
Jackson Police are investigating what appears to be a hit and run crash that left two people injured.More >>
Friday, May 18 2012 5:35 PM EDT2012-05-18 21:35:27 GMT
James Lucas, the man suspected of impersonating and police officer and pulling two people over in Humphreys County, hasn't been charged but is still being held. Evidence found in Lucas' girlfriend's mobileMore >>
James Lucas, the man suspected of impersonating and police officer and pulling two people over in Humphreys County, hasn't been charged but is still being held.More >>
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