An overnight hit-and-run has promoted the Hattiesburg Police Department to ask for the public's help. According to authorities, a male and his dog were taking a stroll when the two were struck at the corner of Adeline and 18th Avenue. 

A husband and wife are dead after an apparent murder suicide in Smith County that happened Thursday night. 

Federal regulators say there are no plans to clean a uranium leak at a nuclear fuel plant in South Carolina.

As the Vatican expresses "shame and sorrow" over a searing Pennsylvania grand jury report about clergy who raped and molested children, a bishop who is named in the report is holding a Mass for the Forgiveness.

Memphis Police Department is investigating the possibility that a woman was abducted after combing over surveillance video.

A man was shot and killed Friday morning.

A fire early Friday morning destroyed an Osceola auto body shop. Now, investigators are on the scene trying to determine what sparked it.

The Blytheville and Gosnell School Districts have canceled Friday classes following overnight storms.

Aviation experts say Horizon’s nightmare is unlikely to result in major security changes, but the renewed focus on insider threats is just beginning.

United Airlines’ loyalty program MileagePlus got a big thumbs up from voters in the fourth-annual Trazee Awards announced this week at the Global Business Travel Association convention in San Diego. United’s MileagePlus program was named Favorite Frequent-Flyer program. The voters for the awards apparently include a large number of millennials, according to executives at Trazee Travel, who hosted the awards and produce a publication for travelers called Trazee Travel.  The new publication…

University of Memphis is offering $9.01 tickets for their football season opener.

Landmark Theatres may sell to a streaming service after all. The Los Angeles-based movie theater chain, which at one point caught the eye of Netflix Inc., has now captured the interest of Amazon.com Inc. The e-commerce giant is interested in acquiring the art-house circuit, reported Bloomberg. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) isn’t the only interested party in the exhibitor, which is owned by Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner, and no deal may come of it. Wagner/Cuban Cos. is reportedly working with Stephens Inc.…

Mississippi education leaders may reset part of the grading scale for schools for the third year in a row.

A measure to gradually raise Arkansas' minimum wage to $11 an hour by 2021 has qualified for the November ballot.

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Under capitalism, companies should take advantage of any incentives they can. But, it’s governments’ job to protect residents and the business community from being taken advantage of.

Opening a small business can be one of the most challenging events in the lives of those brave enough to undertake it. Entrepreneurs may spend years dreaming, planning and hoping for the best possible outcome. But, only with proper preparation and financial counsel can the dream of owning a successful business come true. In the earliest stage of your new business journey, the more brains you pick for advice, the better. Small business entrepreneurs can avoid mistakes by learning from other business…

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Quarterback Jeremiah Holmes threw for two scores and ran for a third, and Noland Miller Jr. scored twice as West Marion High School topped Presbyterian Christian School 36-7 on a rainy Thursday night in Foxworth.

An Alaska man faces life prison sentence in the January 2017 Florida airport shooting that left five dead and six others wounded.