http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ms-news/ en-us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:11:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387349/posts All-American Michael Oher went from the streets as a 15-year-old son of a crack addict to potential NFL Rookie of the Year on the love and dedication of an adoptive family that wouldn’t let him fail. The movie that tells their story hits theaters in time for National Adoption Day—and recognition that about 130,000 Michael Ohers are waiting for a family to adopt them Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy adopted as a family motto, "To whom much is given, much is required," they had no idea just how much would be required, nor that they were adopting far more than... WORLD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387349/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:11:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386768/posts Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says the decision by seven Simpson County elected officials to switch from Democrat to Republican comes at the right time. Gulf Live http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386768/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:43:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384054/posts JACKSON, Miss. — The University of Mississippi's first-year chancellor followed through on a promise Tuesday and asked the band to stop playing a pep song because some fans are chanting "the South will rise again" at the end of the medley. "Here at the University of Mississippi, there must be no doubt that this is a warm and welcoming place for all," Dan Jones wrote Tuesday in a letter to the university community. "We cannot even appear to support those outside our community who advocate a revival of racial segregation. We cannot fail to respond." Dan Jones said last week... ajc.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384054/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:54:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381629/posts 000 WTNT31 KNHC 081758 TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE IDA SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 19 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL112009 1200 PM CST SUN NOV 08 2009 ...HURRICANE WATCH EXTENDED EASTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...IDA STRENGTHENS A LITTLE... AT 1200 PM CST...1800 UTC...A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI/ALABAMA BORDER TO MEXICO BEACH FLORIDA. A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA TO MEXICO BEACH FLORIDA. THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. A HURRICANE... National Hurricane Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381629/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:18:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377431/posts <p>JACKSON, Miss.-- University of Mississippi football fans who refuse to stop chanting "the South will rise again" are on the verge of losing one of their favorite fight songs, the school's chancellor said Monday.</p> <p>Ole Miss Chancellor Dan Jones said "From Dixie With Love" will no longer be played at games if fans continue the racially offensive chant.</p> AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377431/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:48:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376273/posts Travis Childers (MS-1) WASHINGTON D.C. OFFICE • 1708 Longworth HOB • Washington, DC 20515 • p. (202) 225-4306 • f. (202) 225-3549 • View Directions TUPELO OFFICE • 337A East Main Street • Tupelo, MS 38804 • p. (662) 841-8808 • f. (662) 841-8845 • View Directions HERNANDO OFFICE • 2564 HWY 51 S. • Hernando, MS 38632 • p. (662) 449-3090 • f. (662) 449-4836 • View Directions COLUMBUS OFFICE • 523 Main Street • Columbus, MS 39701 • p. (662) 327-0748 • View Directions Contact him https://forms.house.gov/childers/webforms/contact.htm Facebook http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=Travis+Childers&init=quick#/pages/Congressman-Travis-W-Childers/206217375056?ref=search&sid=1072359854.907843371..1 Myspace http://www.myspace.com/travischilders Jim Cooper (TN-5) * Please note that,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376273/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 04:11:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375553/posts <p>Republicans rallying this morning in Springfield had a new prop: A broom that read "McBolliNelli" on the handle.</p> <p>The Republican ticket is stumping throughout the state Saturday but began with a traditional GOP pep rally at Interstate Van Lines in Springfield. Gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell was joined by ticket mates Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, attorney general candidate Sen. Ken Cuccinelli and a variety for Republican luminaries, including Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, chairman of the Republican Governors Association.</p> Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375553/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:53:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370825/posts Brigitte Gabriel, founder & president of ACT! for America, will discuss the threat of Islamic terrorism here and around the world at the First Assembly Of God Church, 8650 Walnut Grove Road, Cordova, TN 38018. The presentation is free and open to the public. BRIGITTE GABRIEL, the founder and President of ACT! for America (www.actforamerica.org), is a US-based journalist and news producer who started her career as an anchor for World News, an evening Arabic news program. As a terrorism expert, Brigitte Gabriel travels widely and speaks regularly on topics related to the Middle East. She has addressed audiences at... self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370825/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:01:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370092/posts • ACLU Working to Chip Away Code of Discipline with DeSoto County Schools Editorial by Milton Kuykendall, Superintendent, DeSoto County Schools The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is attacking the Code of Discipline in DeSoto County Schools. The ACLU has just filed the 3rd lawsuit against our school district. What some may not realize is that they are challenging our safe and orderly environment--the one characteristic that separates our school district from districts near us. The ACLU can make charges against the school district saying we have done something to a student. We cannot respond because of privacy issues. In... Desoto County Schools http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370092/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:32:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368893/posts JACKSON, Miss. -The University of Mississippi has shortened one of its fight songs to discourage football fans from chanting "the South will rise again" during part of the tune, which critics say is an offensive reminder of the region's intolerant past. However, some fans have continued to recite the chant at the end of the song, "From Dixie With Love," despite the change made last week at the chancellor's request. The Ole Miss band performs the medley before and after games. Earlier this month, the Ole Miss student government passed a resolution suggesting the chant be replaced by the phrase,... aol.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368893/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:12:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364261/posts Watch out, animals of South Florida: It's a wild world out there. There are five species of foreign snakes just waiting to eat you. More troublingly, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report released Tuesday, nonnative snakes like the Burmese python could slither their way north from the warm, humid conditions of South Florida. The big snakes threaten native species and ecosystems because they mature and reproduce quickly, travel long distances and can eat almost anything in fur, feathers or scales, experts say. The 302-page report could be a step toward a ban on importing constrictor-like snakes into the U.S.,... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364261/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:18:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361904/posts Pit bulls are always earning notoriety as fighting dogs, attack dogs and all around vicious canines, but East Lincoln's Phil Hemby has one specimen of the square-headed breed earning a new name for itself. And that name is lifesaver. Well, not quite ... Shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday, Hemby stepped out to take Slim, his 2-year-old pit terrier, for a joy ride in his Yamaha Rhino ATV around the Hemby Farms chicken houses off Townsend Drive. But the normally docile dog was in a rage - barking, snarling and driving him back - and wouldn't let him approach the machine.... The Daily Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361904/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:33:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352010/posts D'IBERVILLE, MS (WLOX) - It was his first official role as the new D'Iberville City Manager. On Monday morning, Michael Janus helped celebrate the opening of Newk's Express Restaurant in the new Promenade Shopping Center. "It's exciting," said Janus. "I mean, you can't imagine a better job. Within three hours on the job, you already have a ribbon cutting." Janus took the opportunity to learn new names and catch up with some familiar faces. Then it was time to head back to City Hall for a busy afternoon. "I haven't filled out my employment paperwork yet. I was wondering if... WLOX-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352010/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:35:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346815/posts Litigation: The Founding Fathers envisioned the states as laboratories for ideas and choices. If the administration needs a demonstration project for successful tort reform, it need look no further than Mississippi. When President Obama said during his health care speech to Congress that he would "look into" malpractice reform and support "demonstration projects" at the state level, Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi, a Republican, responded: "If they want a demonstration project, come down to Mississippi. I'll show you a demonstration project." Mississippi enacted tort reform in 2004, including caps on medical malpractice awards. As a result, the number of medical... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346815/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:53:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345485/posts JACKSON, MS (WLOX) - Governor Haley Barbour issued an executive order Monday stripping any state funds away from an advocacy group tied to illicit activities in another state. The executive order, delivered to the Secretary of State's Office Monday afternoon, seeks to shut off taxpayer dollars to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - known by the acronym "ACORN." "I have instructed the State Fiscal Officer to conduct a comprehensive review of the state's relationship with ACORN, and all state agencies are to cut off funding for any current contracts with ACORN to the extent the law permits,"... WLOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345485/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:08:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343623/posts WASHINGTON — Set aside the images of lawmakers in hallowed halls of the Capitol yelling about who's lying and why, and picture this: Two Republican heavyweights and the Democratic president they tried to eject from office a decade ago, perched together as elder statesmen in a gilded chamber reserved for events that transcend partisanship. "We were sort of a triangle," former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott recalled Wednesday of then-Speaker Newt Gingrich and President Bill Clinton. They all joined Lott's colleagues, staff and family to unveil the Mississippi Republican's official portrait. "Even though we had our differences, we found a... Associated Press, Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343623/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:11:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342993/posts NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said in an interview that rising opposition to President Obama's free-spending policies has nothing to do with race, and dismissed rosy federal predictions that the recession is over as nothing more than "political happy talk." "All through my political career, when the Democrats are losing the argument, they try to make the issue race. The issue's left and right, it's not black and white," the Republican governor said in an interview with editors and reporters Thursday at The Washington Times. "This administration and this Congress have attempted the biggest lurch to the left of... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342993/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:02:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341841/posts Starkville Police Department detectives say they are tracking several leads in the early Saturday morning robbery attempt that saw the victim fire gunshots at the suspect who tried to hold him up. Around 5:30 a.m. Saturday, the owner of Starkville Ready Cash on Highway 12 West was arriving at the business to prepare to open for the day when a black male approached him, pointing a handgun at him. The owner, whose name SPD detectives would not release amid concerns for his safety, then pulled out a handgun of his own and fired multiple shots at the suspect, but none... Starkville Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341841/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:50:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341279/posts PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Perdido Key firefighters say two Louisiana tourists drowned at a Pensacola beach and 11 swimmers were rescued. Authorities say they received a call Tuesday afternoon of swimmers tangled in the beach's strong riptides. The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341279/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:50:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340085/posts PASS CHRISTIAN — Gail Nicholson chokes back tears talking about how close to death her stepson came while serving in Iraq. “I can’t think about it without even crying,” she said. “The specifics are a little bit more than I can accept without getting upset.” Sgt. 1st Class Jesse Nicholson, a 1992 graduate of Pass Christian High, received the Bronze Star on Saturday in Jackson for saving as many as 20 troops on Feb. 16, 2005. On that day in Iraq, the Mississippi National Guardsman volunteered to walk in front of patrol units and search for explosive devices. He and... SUN HERALD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340085/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:11:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333996/posts Mississippian's challenge to opponents to burn their cards called 'very cynical'/B> Oppose a government health care plan? A Jackson, Miss., doctor wants you to put your convictions on the line by burning your mother's Medicare card. It's the reverse of the challenge many citizens have been issuing to their own members of Congress to forgo the health care plans they get by dint of working for the government and buy into the "public option" plan instead. "I want to have a demonstration - Boston Tea Party-like - and burn those cards," said Dr. Aaron Shirley, who has done extensive work... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333996/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 16:38:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333403/posts Three months after Hurricane Katrina, the Sun Herald described in a front-page editorial “Mississippi’s Invisible Coast.” It spoke of the fact that the further removed in time we were from Katrina, the less attention outside news reports paid to the plight of our region and its people, and the more it seemed history was being rewritten in a way that would render South Mississippi no more than a postscript to the greatest natural disaster to befall the nation. Already the trend had begun for the national media to cover South Mississippi’s part of the story with an add-on phrase... SUN HERALD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333403/posts#comment Sun, 6 Sep 2009 16:38:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331496/posts I just got off the phone with the superindentent's office of schools in Desoto county MS. A letter will be going out today for parent approval for your children to hear the Obama speech. The school don't have cable, but teachers will show it over the internet. Under no circumstances will children be shown it though without parental ok. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331496/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 20:21:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330957/posts Tuesday morning began just like any other morning for football star Kaleb Eulls. Eulls and his three younger sisters were among 22 passengers on a school bus bound for Yazoo County High School in western Mississippi until a 14-year old female student boarded the bus armed with a .380 semi-automatic handgun threatening to shoot and ordering the bus driver to pull over. Eulls had fallen asleep at the back of the bus listening to his mp3 player and did not realize what was happening until one of his sisters woke him up. "My sister that was in front of me... mississippistate.rivals.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330957/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 03:11:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330080/posts President Obama’s birth certificate (or purported lack thereof) has been a central piece of rightwing agit-prop, but at the Minnesota State Fair’s crop art exhibit, it’s now a piece of agri-prop. Artist Mark Dahlager glued thousands of seeds to a board to create a facsimile of the famous document, adding the tagline “Move on #&%?! Birthers.” (See full sized view at bottom of post.) Political themes have become a staple at the Fair’s crop art exhibit over the years, but Dahlager’s piece may break new ground by reproducing an actual government document. Why did he do it? “I actually had... the Minnesota Independent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330080/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 04:38:04 GMT