Content about Disaster

Former Unviersity of Mississippi Chancellor Robert Khayat survived a scare over the holiday season.
Khayat was rushed to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford on Dec. 16 for what was initially treated as a life-threatening situation.
Doctors feared it was a heart problem, but then moved their diagnosis to a potential blood clot.
After a few days, doctors began treating Khayat for pneumonia and kept him in the Intensive Care Unit for observation.

The funeral for the three University of Mississippi students who died in a car crash Sunday morning is set for Wednesday morning.

Samuel Clayton Kelly, 18, Charles Walker Kelly, 19, and Bryant Mason Wilbanks, 19, all of Madison, died in a car accident Sunday while on their way back to school after a weekend trip home, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol.

Mississippi Highway Patrol confirmed yesterday afternoon that three Ole Miss students died in a one-car accident early Sunday morning. 

The crash happened at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Interstate 55 just north of Jackson. 

Trooper Tony Dunn told WAPT of Jackson that a 2009 Infiniti was traveling north on I-55 when it veered into the median at state Highway 35. The vehicle left the median, falling through the overpass, and landed upside down on Highway 35. 

While you were screaming for the home team to win, they were screaming for the government to listen. 

On Saturday, Oct. 15, while thousands of people milled through the Grove and Circle on their way to a football game, a small but mighty group of people gathered in Memphis to combat the economic corruption in the United States. They call themselves Occupy Memphis, a branch among many being established around the country stemming from the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York. 

Times are tough, the economy is in shambles and that has permeated every layer of society.  

Changing your own oil is a dirty, time-consuming job. But it also gives you a sense of accomplishment and can sometimes be fun (A twelve-pack helps a little bit in the fun department). Not to mention that just about anybody is capable of doing it as well as it saves you a good amount of money.
So put on that T-shirt with the huge nacho stain, and be prepared to smell like a mechanic. But don’t worry; I will guide you through the whole process.
Required Materials
    • Wrench to fit your oil plug

The consequences of not choosing to designate a sober driver can be expensive.

The fine, alone, for a person’s first DUI arrest can cost anywhere from $250.00 to $1,000, and it can also include imprisonment for up to 48 hours.

Newswatch reporter Andrew Kennedy examines the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

In front of a packed house at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics, the top two candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor debated over issues of the state. 

Bill Luckett, an attorney and businessman from Clarksdale, and Johnny DuPree, mayor of Hattiesburg, answered questions from a panel of journalists. The two candidates tackled issues involving early childhood education, job creation, health care and the state budget. 

Early this year Christian radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that Jesus Christ would return to collect his elect and fly them back to heaven on May 21 – just in time to escape the impending five months of plagues, fire and brimstone that would claim the lives of millions each day before culminating on October 21 this year, at which time the world would end. Camping made similar predictions in 1994 and 1998, using similar numerological arguments obtained from spiritual texts. 

The small town of Smithville, Miss. can be best described as an area of vast destruction.

On April 27, a deadly storm barreled through much of North Mississippi and Alabama, producing tornadoes and leaving virtually nothing in its path.

Although that tornado devastated the town over two weeks ago, there is a silver lining in the wake of the disaster. This massive destruction has brought together volunteers from all over the nation donating supplies and helping those in need who lost everything.