2012-02-10T18:40:44-06:00 urn:uuid:8d8cd371-f449-44c3-9270-a4c956f97997 By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press urn:uuid:f61116ab-5eab-4e4e-aee0-25fcec242d7c 2011-08-08T10:35:14-05:00

<p> More people voted Democratic than Republican in Mississippi&#8217;s primaries last week, but that doesn&#8217;t mean the Dems should break out the bubbly. In fact, the numbers might give them reason for heartburn.</p>

urn:uuid:89f1395b-69cf-460c-a7f8-ff8e7ee29500 2011-08-05T12:26:21-05:00

<p> People who build beachfront homes in Biloxi know they are taking a risk. Maybe not this year or the next or even the next, but sooner or later Mother Nature will deliver her fury, usually in the form of a hurricane, against the Mississippi Gulf Coast.</p>

urn:uuid:64357fb1-7b18-41ed-9c28-a9f554536c36 2011-07-31T11:53:04-05:00

<p> Christmas came six months early for Jones County when it was announced this week a major manufacturer would set up shop in the Howard Technology Park, something the facility has been attempting to acquire for years. And from all accounts, it was a team effort to have this gift end up in our lap.</p>

urn:uuid:943f7326-6615-4bf4-9181-8c42348bbc7a 2011-07-27T10:17:25-05:00

By Jack Elliott Jr., Associated Press urn:uuid:7e2d8e13-a0ac-4fc6-8e9d-3993f4dff1dc 2011-07-25T10:16:18-05:00

<p> The next time you&#8217;re talking with candidates for the Legislature, ask if they think everyone should pay their fair share of sales taxes.</p>

By Jack Elliott Jr., Associated Press urn:uuid:d05a7cf1-e925-4c53-87c3-d828093001ea 2011-07-11T10:17:34-05:00

<p> For 28 years, Phillip Martin was the very public face of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, as comfortable in the halls of Congress as he was at the Mississippi Capitol.</p>

urn:uuid:3dda2c0d-ee16-40fa-a8e0-4adb1f0da104 2011-07-10T10:39:56-05:00

<p> Jones County Tax Assessor Ramona Q. Blackledge recently released preliminary revenue numbers for the coming year compared to this year and it looks like we will be facing a loss of about $700,000 in our annual revenues.</p>

urn:uuid:fc933e3a-eb76-40ec-beab-58b6310ca2e7 2011-07-06T10:32:53-05:00

<p> The earth finally began to rotate once again Tuesday afternoon after being suspended while the world watched the Casey Anthony murder trial play out the past month in a Florida courtroom.</p>

urn:uuid:13870d9d-2aea-43ac-83ce-8ada3ba9e803 2011-07-03T11:51:22-05:00

urn:uuid:342682ca-1361-4cd3-8320-5e0729fd8160 2011-07-01T10:24:43-05:00

<p> The recent front-page article regarding problems caused by riding ATV&#8217;s (All-Terrain Vehicles) in improper places and manner motivated me to pass along some thoughts I have on the issue.</p>