Corey Carter could hear snippets of music in his head — a calm and subtle melody that hadn't found its shape. The 19-year-old college student simply needed a hero to visualize before he could finish his composition for wind ensemble. He found inspiration in an unexpected place. And instead of a hero, he found a heroine. Standing in line at a Walgreens' one day a few months ago, he casually flipped through a book ...

A southwest Mississippi jury has ruled paint manufacturer Sherwin-Williams Co. was liable for the illnesses of a Mississippi boy who ate lead-contaminated paint chips. The Jefferson County Circuit Court jury awarded $7 million in damages in the lawsuit filed on behalf of Trellvion Gaines and his mother, Shermeker Pollard of Fayette. The ruling is significant because few lead paint lawsuits filed against manufacturers have been successful nationwide, said Tim Porter, a Jackson attorney who represented the plaintiffs. "Product ID is ...

Mississippi officials say a historical marker can be placed on a state highway near where three civil rights workers were murdered in 1964. The state Department of Archives and History authorized the marker on Mississippi 19 in Neshoba County. On June 21, 1964, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were ambushed and later shot on a rural road. The slayings shocked the nation, helped spur passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 and were ...

If the Republican Party is in danger of being marginalized as a conservative, white male Southern enclave, is Haley Barbour — the longtime Washington power broker and current Mississippi governor — the best person to turn things around? Many rank-and-file Republicans and party leaders say yes, as the 61-year-old Barbour prepares to ramp up his national profile this month with back-to-back trips to the early presidential voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire. Barbour will headline fundraisers in ...