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VIDEO AT LINK........... March 19 (UPI) -- Beekeepers were summoned to a Mississippi highway to round up thousands of bees when the 18-wheeler hauling their hives overturned. The Adams County Emergency Management Agency said the truck overturned Sunday night on Highway 61, in front of Merit Health in Natchez. Beekeepers from Adee Honey Farms in Woodville were summoned to the scene to help round up the bees that swarmed around the overturned truck. Adams County EMA Director Brad Bradford said the scene was not cleared until 7 a.m. Monday. "This was my first bee catastrophe," he told WLBT-TV. He said...

Anyone in the market for .223 and 5.56 ammo: I just got an email from Natchez Shooters Supplies saying they're having a Labor Day weekend sale. 1000 round case of American Eagle .223 for $499.50 or 1000 round case of Lake City 5.56 Green Tips for $549.50 Not the greatest prices ever but there it is. I'm not giving a link because this isn't an ad for them. Just a heads up if anyone's interested.

GREENWOOD, Mississippi (AP) -- In the Mississippi Delta, life is never far from the blues -- a challenge and an opportunity for those promoting tourism here. Already, millions of people visit, drawn by nine casino resorts in Tunica County that pump more than $2 billion a year into the region's economy. But a short drive and a world away lies the real Delta -- stretching from just beyond the glitzy gambling halls all the way to the magnolia-shaded lanes of Natchez. Here, amid some of the nation's richest soil and poorest people, are the sharecroppers' shacks, cotton fields, small towns...