Miss. Gov. Faces Rage, Heckling After Suspending Life Sentence of Convicted S...

Mississippi clearly needs a new governor. Gov. Haley Barbour has previously let five other convicted killers go."The last thing a governor wants - and especially a law-and-order Republican governor - is a controversy over a pardon or commutation of sentence, especially when...

Toyota to build assembly plant in Mississippi

4000 employees, plus thousands more in support businesses.  This is welcome news for north Mississippi which has seen the redeployment of thousands of furniture manufacturing jobs since the passage of NAFTA."Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi plans a major economic...

Barbour wisely dismisses Brown's Katrina conspiracy

"Michael Brown, the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is shooting off his mouth again. Last week in New York City, he claimed that Mississippi and Louisiana were treated differently after Hurricane Katrina because of their politics. Unfortunately,...

Truck Hauling 6,000 Pounds of Uranium Overturns on North Carolina Highway

"BENSON, N.C. — A tractor-trailer hauling about 6,000 pounds of low-grade uranium overturned Thursday as it exited Interstate 95 in Johnston County, North Carolina, authorities said. The truck crashed onto its side while exiting onto Interstate 40, said Jason Barbour, the...