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Clarion-Ledger Indexes
 YEAR 1997 A-Z 



1st American Bank
  • State's only black-owned bank looking for investors, 6/8/97, 1C
A
  • A Body of Art
    • Exhibit at Suite 103 Gallery of Art in Jackson, 4/6/97, 1F
  • Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center
    • Clarksdale
      • To receive federal grant, 6/8/97, 5B
  • Abandoned accounts
    • State Treasurer's attempt to locate owners of abandoned cash, 5/22/97, 1B; 5/23/97, 1B; 6/7/97, 1A
  • Abandoned houses SEE Housing, Jackson
  • Abandoned infants, Ft.Hood, Texas
    • Woman who dumped baby in garbage at Wal-Mart had been in Greenville, 8/2/97, 1B
  • Abandoned infants, Lucedale
    • Woman Sandy Brown puts newborn baby in trash can, 9/6/97, 8B
  • ABC Coin Laundry SEE Emmons, Phil
  • Aberdeen, Mississippi
    • Mayor and aldermen take hiring dispute to court, 6/14/97, 3B
  • Aberdeen-South Monroe Chamber of Commerce
    • New facility, 11/10/97, 3B
  • Abernathy, Larry
    • Laurel lawyer sues banks for overcharging of bounced check fees, 4/27/97, 3B
  • Abernethy, Tom
    • Retired Congressman at home in The Orchard in Ridgeland, 9/15/97, 1B
  • Abide, Paul and Wadel
    • Greenville couple remember working with Mother Teresa, 9/9/97, 5B
  • Abortion, Jackson
    • City pays attorneys' fees in 1993 journalists press credentials case, 10/2/97, 1B
  • Abortion, Mississippi
    • Foes taking abortion law to state high court, 5/7/97, 3B; 5/8/97, 1B
    • Fordice wants Legislature to ban partial-birth abortions, 1/18/97, 3B
    • Longtime anti-abortion activist Roy McMillan arrested, 5/18/97, 2B
    • State's one-day-wait law reducing abortions, study finds, 8/27/97, 1A
  • Abortion, US
    • Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, 1/23/97, 3B
    • National abortion rate continues to fall
      • Mississippi rate unchanged, 1/4/97, 1A
  • Abstinence Means More Than Sex
    • Conference scheduled, 5/30/97, 4B
  • Academic Competition
    • Televised quiz show continues at Mississippi College, 11/24/97, 3B
  • Acevedo, Secundino
    • Magnolia Speech School employee charged with sexual battery, 12/23/97, 3B
  • ACLU
    • Auction raises $30,000 for state chapter, 11/23/97, 1B
  • Acne
    • Sentences some to life-long embarassment, 10/5/97, 1F
  • ACT
    • State scores dip slightly: 'statistically insignificant', 8/14/97, 1A; 8/22/97, 1A, 6B
  • ACT SEE ALSO School districts
  • Acting classes
    • Jackson metro area offers variety of venues for those bitten by acting bug, 10/14/97, 1D
  • Action Lane Furniture SEE Comfort King
  • Active Sportswear
    • Kosciusko factory shuts down, 4/24/97, 10C
  • Ad Agency
    • Young employee Denise Westerfield bought agency, 3/30/97, 6B
  • Adams, Ansel SEE Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
  • Adams, Joseph
    • Man burns his mother's home
      • To undergo evaluation, 3/25/97,2B
  • Adams, Lee
    • Announces Friday night football games for Jackson Academy
      • A Day in the Life, 11/4/97, 1D
  • Adams, Lottie
    • Each piece of Jackson sculptor's pottery is hand painted, 3/23/97, 4B
  • Addie McBryde Rehabilitation Center for the Blind, 5/22/97, 4B
  • ADDY Awards SEE Advertising
  • Adkins, Murphy
    • Named interim administrator for Rankin County, 12/17/97, 4B
  • Adler Endowment SEE University of Mississippi
  • Administrator education SEE Colleges and universities
  • Admiral Benbow Inn
    • To be converted to assisted-living residence for elderly, 6/4/97, 10C
  • Adoption
    • Failures make headlines, but it has worked for many Mississippians, 11/30/97, 1F
  • Adoption SEE ALSO Mahogany
  • Adoption SEE ALSO Foster care
  • Adoption Ministries of Mississippi Inc
    • Adoption Celebration at St. Luke's Methodist Church, 11/1/97, 1D
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy
    • Child Patrick Ellis of Seminary has the disease, 1/28/97, 1A
  • Advanced Traffic Management System
    • $1 Million computerized traffic monitoring system for Jackson, 1/13/97, 3B
    • Jackson
      • Wins international award, 9/19/97, 5B
  • Advertising
    • GodwinGroup wins Overall Best of Show award at ADDY's, 2/23/97, 1B
  • Aerial Solutions SEE Entergy Corp
  • Affirmative action
    • California action stirs debate in Mississippi, 4/14/97, 1A; 11/10/97, 1A; 11/22/97, 1A
    • Called unjust by Ole Miss speaker David Horowitz, 4/10/97, 3B
    • Mississippi cities may soon face reverse discrimination suits, 12/31/97, 1A
  • Affordable Home Ownership Auction
    • Would-be homebuyers make bids at event in Jackson, 7/20/97, 1B
  • Affordable Housing Auction SEE Jackson's Affordable Housing Auction
  • Affordable Housing Program
    • Vicksburg applies for grants from federal agency, 10/10/97, 6B
  • African American Awareness Day
    • Black male role models, 3/23/97, 1B
  • African American dolls
    • Vicksburg women send dolls to South Africa
      • Confidence boosters, 12/8/97, 1A
  • African Americans SEE ALSO Black History Month
  • African Americans SEE ALSO Race relations
  • African Americans, Jackson
    • James Meredith will open schools focusing on black males, 11/24/97, 1A
  • African Americans, Mississippi
    • 4 included in coloring book 'Outstanding African Americans of America', 9/1/97, 1B
    • Agriculture Dept will examine funding to black farmers, 1/6/97, 1A; 1/18/97, 3B
    • Book by 3 brothers on black bankers in state, 1/5/97, 1A
    • Effective Black Parenting (course), 8/31/97, 1F
  • African Americans, Mississippi SEE ALSO First Friday
  • African Americans, US
    • Income jumps 13% last year, 9/11/97, 12C
    • Jackson-based study of why blacks more prone to heart disease, 11/18/97, 1A
    • MSU Library is developing web site to list African-American authors, 8/27/97, 3B
  • African-American Devotional Bible
    • Blending faith and heritage, 7/26/97, 1D
  • Ag Day Luncheon
    • Canton
      • Musgrove stresses education in high-tech 90's agriculture, 8/29/97, 4B
  • Aging
    • Healthier lifestyles and better medical care have Mississippians living longer, 10/19/97, 1F
  • Agribusiness
    • Made big gain as part of state productivity in period 1990-1994, 7/29/97, 8C
  • Agricultural arena
    • Facility planned in Lauderdale County upsets some residents, 8/6/97, 5B
  • Agricultural high schools
    • Students' trip to Kyrgyzstan, 3/8/97, 4B
  • Agricultural research stations
    • Delta is home to 13 stations, 6/29/97, 3B
  • Agriculture SEE Agribusiness
  • Ahene, Charles
    • UMC anesthesiologist arrested; faces deportation, 1/25/97, 3B
  • AIDS and Hope: Mississippi's Despair
    • Special series, 5/9- /97, 1A+
  • AIDS, Jackson
    • Patient Patrick Graham takes comfort in family and friends
      • And house full of antiques, 5/25/97, 1A
    • Patients' services at Medical Mall centralized, 7/10/97, 1B
    • Project Connect AIDS' Feast for Life, 8/18/97, 1B
  • AIDS, Mississippi
    • 2 long-time supporters ask Fordice to provide funding, 5/27/97, 1A
    • Activists appear before joint Legislative committee, 11/14/97, 1B
    • AIDS/HIV medication funding crisis
      • 660 in state to be cut from drug program, 5/9- /97, 1A+ (series)
    • Any unused AIDS drugs will be redistributed, 7/6/97, 1A
    • Benefit and auction for Connect AIDS Service Organization, 12/13/97, 3B; 12/15/97, 1B
    • Biloxi woman K. Williams testifies before Congressional subcommittee, 6/12/97, 1A
    • Biloxi woman Kimberly Williams testifies before Congress, 6/11/97, 1A
    • Black community hit hardest by AIDS, 5/18/97, 1A
    • Chronology of the funding crisis, 6/23/97, 5A
    • Churches and citizens donate funds for drugs, 5/24/97, 1A
    • Costly drug puts state in bind: who is eligible?, 4/17/97, 1B
    • Cutback in drug funding would devastate Episcopal AIDS Committee, 5/12/97, 1A; 6/9/97, 1A
    • Department of Health to ask Legislature for drug funding, 7/10/97, 1A
    • Dr. William Causey has worked with AIDS patients for many years
      • New drugs give him hope, 6/22/97, 1A
    • Drug funding crisis: real tragedy is belief that God is punishing, 6/1/97, 2B (Salter column)
    • Elton John donates $20,000 to help state sufferers, 6/18/97, 1A
    • Fordice is seeking funds, aide says, 6/14/97, 1A
    • Fordice staffers meet with AIDS activists, 6/3/97, 1A
    • Fordice won't call special legislative session on AIDS funding, 5/16/97, 1A; 5/17/97, 1A
    • Fordice won't join other governors seeking federal funds, 5/29/97, 1A; 5/30/97, 1A
    • Funding crisis shows there is no single answer to patients' needs, 6/23/97, 1A
    • Funding crisis splits state Congressional delegation, 6/16/97, 1A
    • Funding crisis: 1-time emergency federal funds fast dwindling, 9/12/97, 7A
    • Funding crisis: advocates attend legislative hearing, 9/24/97, 3B
    • Funding crisis: difficulty of keeping track of who qualifies, 8/4/97, 1A
    • Funding crisis: Expansion of drug program to state patients OK'd, 9/25/97, 1B
    • Funding crisis: House bill adds $460,000 to Senate funding bill, 8/27/97, 1B
    • Funding crisis: House panel approves $132 Million for HIV program, 7/17/97, 6B
    • Funding crisis: legislative hearing; activists will attend, 9/23/97, 2B
  • Aids, Mississippi
    • Funding crisis: Lemuria Bookstore to donate funds, 6/2/97, 1A
  • AIDS, Mississippi
    • Funding crisis: Rep Robert Parker says state should pay for drugs, 9/24/97, 1B
    • Funding crisis: Ryan White's mother in Jackson, 10/25/97, 1B; 10/26/97, 1B
    • Funding crisis: Senate proposal of $50 Million disappoints advocates, 7/23/97, 1B
    • Funding crisis: series wins award for 'Clarion-Ledger', 12/6/97, 1B
  • Aids, Mississippi
    • Funding crisis: small donors are big help, 7/16/97, 1B
  • AIDS, Mississippi
    • Funding crisis: state supplying drugs despite lack of patient records, 9/12/97, 1A
  • Aids, Mississippi
    • Funding cut-off letters to 663 HIV patients, 5/23/97, 1A
  • AIDS, Mississippi
    • High rate of sexually transmitted diseases contributes to AIDS risk, 8/11/97, 1A
    • HIV activists from across the state meet to outline strategy, 6/20/97, 1B
    • HIV drugs less expensive than stays in hospitals, 6/8/97, 1A
    • HMOs to give HIV-fighting drugs to Medicaid clients, 6/5/97, 1A
    • JSU among schools in AIDS test program, 3/11/97, 5B
    • Keeping track of AIDS/HIV clients called 'nightmare', 7/28/97, 1A
    • Legislators studing HIV-funding options, 7/3/97, 1B
    • Legislators urge hearings on funding crisis, 5/31/97, 1A
    • Legislature may consider AIDS testing, 10/9/97, 1B
    • Many to be cut from funding have no recourse, 5/21/97, 1A; 6/21/97, 1A
    • Meeting new national standards on care will be costly, 6/18/97, 1A
    • Memorial quilts on display at Ag museum, 10/27/97, 1B
    • Mid-South Conference on HIV held at Ag Museum in Jackson, 10/29/97, 3B
    • Mississippi Chemical Corp gives $25,000 to AIDS fund, 7/2/97, 1A
    • No children will be denied medication in state funding cutback, 5/19/97, 1A
    • No new drug-funding for Medicaid recipients, 6/19/97, 1A
    • Patients have depended on Medicaid waivers, 5/15/97, 1A
    • Profile is changing: most state cases now heterosexual, 6/23/97, 1B
    • Recovered HIVs: get a job or keep access to drug program?, 7/28/97, 1A
    • Rev Jimmy Allen speaks at Calvary Baptist Church
      • Members of his family have AIDS, 4/22/97, 1B
    • Scott Long hopes Fordice will help, 6/3/97, 1A
    • Scramble to find funding for those cut from drug program, 5/20/97, 1A; 5/22/97, 1A
    • Should individuals or state fund AIDS medicine?, 6/9/97, 7A (letters-to-the editor)
    • Special legislative session on funding crisis, 6/19/97, 1A
    • State Board of Health joins push to solve drug funds crisis, 6/6/97, 1A
    • State finds funds for medication, 5/30/97, 1A
    • State health chief advised special legislative session not needed, 5/24/97, 1A
    • State's 3 bishops thank activists for funding breakthrough, 6/21/97, 1B
    • State's children short on facts, 5/26/97, 1A
    • Time running out to find funding for drugs, 6/17/97, 1A; 6/21/97, 1A
    • Trouble keeping stock of medicine has many causes, perils, 7/28/97, 5A
    • USM professors use grant to develop HIV-AIDS education programs, 10/11/97, 5B
    • Who should provide funding?, 6/23/97, 7A (letters-to-the-editor)
    • Widow Jody Deramus wants law to make insurers reveal test findings, 2/6/97, 1B
  • AIDS, Mississippi SEE ALSO Grace House
  • AIDS, Mississippi SEE ALSO Nandy's Candy
  • AIDS, Tupelo
    • Church group acts to dispel stigma of HIV/AIDS, 7/1/97, 1B
    • TRAIN--Tupelo Regional AIDS Interfaith Network, 8/11/97, 1B
  • AIDS, US
    • 1917 Clinic at Univ of Alabama at Birmingham at pinnacle of AIDS research, 9/7/97, 1A, 1H
    • AIDS deaths drop 19%
      • White men account for most of decline, 7/15/97, 1A
    • Congress expected to increase funding for drugs, 9/16/97, 3B
    • Gospel Against AIDS program
      • Focuses on AIDS plight of African Americans, 12/1/97, 1A; 12/6/97, 1D; 12/7/97, 1A
    • Hope remains for $68 Million in federal funds, 5/23/97, 1A
    • Lack of science, not volunteers, slowing a vaccine, Fauci says, 9/28/97, 1A
    • No cure for AIDS close, Dr. Michael Saag says, 7/20/97, 1B
    • President Clinton sets vaccine deadline, 5/19/97, 1A
    • Sen Thad Cochran seeking national cure to funding woes, 9/8/97, 1A
    • Southern states all dealing with funding problem, 9/7/97, 1H
    • Thad Cochran creates panel to study funding crisis, 6/5/97, 1A
    • World AIDS Day
      • Theme: Give Children Hope in a World with AIDS, 12/1/97, 1A
  • AIDS, Vicksburg
    • City's rate is normal, officials say
      • 'U.S. News' told rate on rise, 11/8/97, 1B
  • Ainsworth, Velma
    • Grand jury refuses to indict Hayes Dent, 7/2/97, 1B
    • Woman says Fordice staffer Hayes Dent threatened her life, 4/19/97, 1B
  • Air ambulance SEE Emergency medical service
  • Air bags
    • Eligible motorists may have on-off switches installed, 11/21/97, 6B
  • Air bags SEE ALSO Child safety seats
  • Air conditioning
    • Air conditioning service companies can face angry clients, 7/13/97, 1C
    • Out in in Sillers Bldg and Gartin Justice Bldg, 6/20/97, 1A; 7/24/97, 1B; 7/25/97, 5B; 8/13/97, 3B
  • Air fares
    • Airlines offering winter discount fares from Jackson, 1/4/97, 8C; 1/10/97, 8C
    • Airlines packed this summer of 1997, 7/16/97, 8C
    • Airlines quietly offering discount summer rates, 4/9/97, 8C; 5/2/97, 8C
    • Because of competition and complaints proposed higher fares withdrawn, 9/9/97, 8C
    • There are ways to beat increase in business fares, 11/8/97, 8C
  • Air National Guard
    • New squadron in Meridian assemblies for 1st drill weekend, 10/6/97, 3B
    • State's Guard and Reserves face possible cuts, 1/16/97, 1B
    • Thad Cochran worried state units may be downsized, 5/4/97, 5B; 5/12/97, 3B
  • Air travel
    • Direct flights from Jackson to Dallas' Love Field possible, 10/9/97, 10C; 10/25/97, 8C
  • AirCare SEE UMC
  • Aircraft accidents, Gluckstadt
    • Florence, Alabama man kiled, 11/14/97, 1A; 11/15/97, 4B
  • Aircraft accidents, Gulf of Mexico
    • Witnesses see fiery plane over Gulf, 12/6/97, 1B
  • Aircraft accidents, Indianola
    • Texas couple injured as plane crashes into catfish pond, 10/30/97, 1B
  • Aircraft accidents, Jackson
    • Single engine plane crashes near airport; no injuries, 10/4/97, 1B
  • Aircraft accidents, Madison
    • Cessna crash lands at Bill Campbell Field, 3/9/97, 3B
  • Aircraft accidents, Michigan
    • 3 Mississippians die in commuter plane crash, 1/11/97, 1A; 1/24/97, 1A
  • Aircraft accidents, US
    • Following string of crashes all military flights in state grounded, 9/23/97, 1B
  • Airport Limousine Inc
    • Refused permission to operate in Jackson, 5/31/97, 8C
  • Airports, Madison County
    • County seeking city of Madison's backing for proposed facility, 11/15/97, 6B; 11/18/97, 6B
  • Airstream (RV) SEE Recreational vehicles
  • Airstream campers
    • 'The only way to go,' say 'Airstreamers', 1/1/97, 8C
  • Akers, Tim
    • Jackson's land use/transportation manager, 3/3/97, 2A
  • Alamo Theatre
    • Historic Farish Street theater opens its doors once again, 2/17/97, 1B; 2/19/97, 1B; 3/4/97, 1D
  • Albertson's
    • Grocer and city of Jackson withdraw challenges to Adkins Blvd site, 11/8/97, 1B
    • Mississippi's 1st store opens on Old Canton Road, 1/28/97, 8C; 1/30/97, 1B
  • Alcohol sales
    • Holidays boost spirits' sales, 12/14/97, 1B
  • Alcohol sales, Collinsville
    • Town ends 36-year prohibition on beer sales, 7/10/97, 5B; 7/17/97, 2B
  • Alcohol sales, George County
    • No cooking wine can be sold, judge says, 8/7/97, 1B
  • Alcohol sales, Jackson
    • 20 clerks cited for selling to minors, 2/23/97, 3B
  • Alcohol sales, Union County
    • Newspaper publisher Sean Johnson petitions for beer and wine sales, 6/12/97, 1B; 8/22/97, 2B
  • Alcorn State University
    • $737,000+ home for President Bristow, 1/21/97, 1B
    • Low test scores suspend teacher education programs, 4/19/97, 1B
    • Nationwide conference on mission and goals, 2/23/97, 1B
    • Possible football game against Grambling in Germany, 5/15/97, 1A
  • Alderman elections SEE Elections, 1997
  • Alford, Geraldine
    • Calhoun County woman indicted in husband's death, 9/28/97, 2B
  • Algebra 1 (test scores) SEE School districts
  • All Saints Episcopal Church
    • Offers entertaining activities, programs for children, families, 10/25/97, 1D
  • All Sports Community Service
    • Tyrone Keys, MSU football star coordinator, 1/13/97, 1A
  • All-Mississippi Academic Team, 1997
    • Community college students, 3/18/97, 6B; 3/19/97, 3B
  • Allen, Ben
    • New Jackson City Council member's City Hall office has homey feel, 7/26/97, 1B
    • Newly elected councilman from Ward 1
      • Jackson's New Leadership (series), 6/30/97, 1A
  • Allen, Jimmy
    • Baptist minister speaks on AIDS at local church
      • Several in his family have AIDS, 4/22/97, 1B
  • Allen, Ricky SEE Gravel
  • Allen, Sumba
    • JSU student drowns at Reservoir, 7/26/97, 1A
  • Alley, Harmon
    • Jackson real estate dealer still active at age of 90, 6/28/97, 8C
  • Alligators
    • Brooklyn, Mississippi's most famous citizen is Chopper the alligator, 12/26/97, 1A
  • Allowances
    • Parents use allowances and jobs to teach children money management, 3/27/97, 1D
  • Allred, Sarah Lloyd
    • 9-year-old Jackson fourth-grader competes in national Oreo stacking contest, 10/25/97, 4B
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha SEE Coman, Yolanda
  • Alphabet SEE Letter 'A'
  • Alsace to America: Discovering a Southern Jewish Experience
    • At Mtel Centre in Jackson, 11/5/97, 1D; 11/6/97, 10C
  • Alta Woods Baptist Church
    • Robber breaks in on singles group, 9/28/97, 1B; 9/30/97, 1A
  • Alzheimer's Association of Middle Mississippi
    • Its leader urges nursing home care changes, 8/27/97, 1B
  • Alzheimer's disease
    • Emergency personnel training in metro area, 2/17/97, 3B
    • Memory Walk benefit, 10/4/97, 8B
    • New drug Aricept delays progress of disease, 3/28/97, 1E
  • Ambrose, Stephen E
    • Historian in book signings in Jackson; lecture at Millsaps College, 11/19/97, 1D; 11/23/97, 3G
  • America Online SEE Internet
  • America Reads
    • Summer grant to teach basics and cut dropout rates, 6/7/97, 3B
  • American Academy of Judicial Education
    • Will move to Ole Miss, 3/27/97, 3B
  • American Airlines
    • Strike avoided; special fares offered, 2/16/97, 1B; 2/19/97, 8C
  • American Association of State Troopers
    • Awards 4 scholarships to Mississippi students, 11/20/97, 6B
  • American Cancer Society
    • Consolidation of boards in Southeastern states, 1/27/97, 1B
    • Flamingo Madness of Madison County fund raiser, 2/21/97, 1B
    • Lauderdale County chapter to honor cancer survivors with fashion show, 10/23/97, 6B
    • Letter on Internet seeking money is fake, Society says, 4/16/97, 5B
  • American Cancer Society SEE ALSO Wagner, Mike
  • American Civil Liberties Union SEE ACLU
  • American College Testing SEE ACT
  • American Diabetes Alert
    • Quiz focuses attention on hidden disease, 3/25/97, 1D
  • American Diabetes Association
    • State chapter holds conference, 5/1/97, 1D
  • American Eagle Airlines
    • Possible pilot strike by parent American Airlines
      • Local travelers concerned, 2/11/97, 8C
  • American Family Association
    • After 20 years Wildmon stays on steady course, 7/27/97, 3B
  • American Fare SEE Kmart Super center
  • American Heart Walk
    • Charity event raises about $100,000, 9/8/97, 1B
  • American Institute for Public Service
    • Oseola McCarty is a recipient of the Jefferson Award, 6/20/97, 1A
  • American Lung Association SEE Tobacco companies
  • American Medical Response SEE Emergency medical service, Mississippi
  • American Rivers
    • Conservation group criticizes 3 federal projects in state, 1/3/97, 1B
  • American Tourister
    • Will close Houston plant, 6/7/97, 8C
  • Americorps
    • Grants offered for teaching assistants to earn degrees, 2/16/97, 1B
  • Amerigo
    • Jackson-based Italian restaurant to open new restaurant in Memphis, 10/11/97, 8C
  • Amoco Petroleum SEE Natural gas processing
  • Amory, Mississippi
    • Ranked among top small manufacturing towns in US, 9/22/97, 5B
    • Wall mural by Jane Yoe tells of town's life and history, 9/16/97, 4B
  • Amos Network
    • Interfaith and interracial group catalogs Jackson's problems, 8/17/97, 1B
    • Multicultural group of Jackson ministers to attack city's ills, 1/15/97, 1B; 1/16/97, 9A
  • Amos Network SEE City Council---Elections...
  • Amos, Stanley
    • HJC students shoots himself on campus; faces expulsion, 2/11/97, 6B
  • Amtrak SEE Railroads
  • Anand, Vinod
    • UMC physician protects voices of singers and actors, 2/16/97, 1E
  • Anderson, Clifton
    • Former highway patrol officer gets 8-year sentence on drug charges, 1/24/97, 3B
  • Anderson, James
    • Appointed Prison Commissioner
      • Must be confirmed by Legislature, 7/1/97, 1B
  • Anderson, Reuben
    • Elected president of the Mississippi Bar Association, 6/22/97, 6B
  • Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures
    • New Orleans Museum of Art, 5/18/97, 1F
  • Angelo's Wayside Inn
    • Closes down, 8/30/97, 8C
  • Animal control
    • Rankin County
      • Proposed construction of holding facility for stray dogs, 6/21/97, 6B
  • Animal shelter SEE Mississippi Animal Rescue League
  • Annexation, Calhoun County
    • Both Calhoun City and Derma want to annex same parcel of land, 8/6/97, 2B
  • Annexation, Gautier
    • Ocean Springs opposes Fontainebleau annexation, 7/4/97, 2B
  • Annexation, Jackson
    • After Byram decision, Jackson expected to reach northward, 3/28/97, 8A
    • After Byram decision, other cities must justify land grabs, 3/28/97, 8A
    • Byram annexation: state supreme court nixes rehearing, 8/15/97, 4B
    • City had put $7.35 Million into area given back to Madison County, 6/10/97, 1A
    • City tries to reclaim territory given back to Madison County, 11/26/97, 1A; 12/17/97, 1B
    • Court rejects city's plan to annex Byram area, 3/28/97, 1A; 4/22/97, 1A
    • Ditto says annexation not only way to grow, 3/29/97, 1A
    • Jackson/Ridgeland/Madison County case: hearing set, 12/18/97, 1B
    • Mayor-elect Johnson wants Madison County land back, 6/15/97, 1B
    • State high court rejects plan to annex part of southwest Madison County, 9/5/97, 1B
    • State high court reverses Madison County annexation, 6/6/97, 1A; 6/7/97, 1B
  • Annexation, Madison
    • Annandale residents oppose annexation by city, 10/23/97, 4B
  • Annexation, Mississippi
    • State high court's opinions sway on issue, 4/15/97, 6B
  • Annexation, Pearl
    • Greenfield Rd residents challenge annexation, 8/2/97, 4B; 8/9/97, 4B; 9/17/97, 4B
  • Annexation, Tupelo
    • July court date set, 2/15/97, 3B; 4/21/97, 4B; 5/21/97, 3B
  • Annuities SEE Gift annuities
  • Antartica
    • MSU helps link Tupelo school with cold continent, 1/23/97, 5B
  • Anthony, Gary SEE Tripp III, George
  • Anti-crime grant (federal) SEE Crime rate, Mississippi
  • Antique Mall and Crown Restaurant
    • Indianola
      • Its catfish pate wins Governor's Cup award, 8/29/97, 12C
  • APAC
    • Annual Powerlympics field day, 5/20/97, 3B
  • Apartment fires, Clinton
    • Blaze at Hunter Oaks Apartments
      • Willie Sanders is hero, 1/31/97, 3B; 2/1/97, 1A; 2/6/97, 1A
  • Apartment fires, Jackson
    • Grease blaze at Glen Oaks displaces 5 families, 1/29/97, 5B
  • Apartment fires, Rankin County
    • Metro area's 3rd apartment fire in a week, 2/2/97, 1B; 2/6/97, 1A, 9A
  • Apartments, Jackson area
    • Competitive complexes offer amentities and services, 4/27/97, 1E
  • Apartments, Madison
    • Developer Steve Bryan files lawsuit against Madison officials, 2/27/97, 1B; 9/3/97, 4B
  • Apartments, Ridgeland
    • City undertakes inspections, 7/12/97, 6B
  • Apparel industry SEE Garment industry
  • Applause
    • Service provides audience for TNN shows, 2/27/97, 10C
  • Applebee's
    • 10 restaurants in state to be sold, 12/24/97, 8C
  • April Fool's Day
    • Going for the 'gotcha', 4/1/97, 1D
  • Aqua aerobics
    • Fitness for people of all ages, 6/18/97, 1D
  • Arbuckle, Linda and Darrell SEE Grist mill
  • Archaeology, Mississippi
    • Franklin County dig uncovers prehistoric Indian sites, 10/28/97, 4B
  • Area codes
    • Coast counties change to 228 in September, 4/4/97, 12C; 8/25/97, 1B; 12/30/97, 8C
  • Argyle Television SEE WAPT-Channel 16
  • Aristocrat Inc
    • Australian slot machine maker may lose Mississippi license
      • Illegal payments in South Africa, 8/28/97, 5B
  • Armstrong, Larry
    • Peeples Middle School teacher begins his career, 8/11/97, 1B
  • Army National Guard
    • 3 Guardsmen shot accidentally at Camp Shelby during exercise, 4/8/97, 1A, 7A; 4/9/97, 1A
    • State's Guard and Reserves face cuts, 1/16/97, 1B
    • Thad Cochran worried state units may be cut, 5/4/97, 5B; 5/12/97, 3B
  • Artel Group SEE Motels and hotels, Vicksburg
  • Arthritis Foundation Mini Grand Prix
    • At Fairgrounds, 5/15/97, 11E
  • Artist, The
    • Will perform in Jackson August 20, 8/7/97, 1B; 8/14/97, 1B, 10E; 8/21/97, 1B
  • Artrain
    • Smithsonian's commissioned artworks in rail tour, 4/4/97, 1E
  • Asbestos, Pascagoula
    • U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Maggie Yates, 2/19/97, 1A
  • Ashely, Scott
    • UMC med student works on film about Guatamalan civil war, 11/20/97, 1A
  • Ashley, Robert
    • Parchman inmate flown to UMC with head injury, 2/22/97, 3B
  • Ashley, Scott
    • UMC student chronicles civil war atrocities in Guatamala, 12/28/97, 1A, 1B, 4B
  • Asians Indians SEE Indians (Asians)
  • Asmus, Collin
    • Artist has show at Pearl River Glass Studio/Gallery, 11/9/97, 1G
  • Assault weapons SEE Gun control
  • Assessments (on fines) SEE Fines
  • Assisted living facilities
    • A booming business locally, 9/7/97, 1C
  • Assisted suicide SEE Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities
  • Athletes
    • Modern rehab programs speed healing, 1/24/97, 1A
  • Athletes SEE ALSO Coaches
  • Athletics
    • Public and private school athletic competition a possibility, 12/21/97, 1A
  • Atkins, Ross Barnett
    • Governor's heir has 'Democrat in his genes', 5/4/97, 5G (Minor column)
  • ATMs
    • Now a profitable business
      • Providers compete for surcharge fees and available locations, 11/9/97, 1C, 8C
  • ATMs SEE Automated Teller Machines
  • Attache Show Choir
    • Clinton High School, 4/29/97, 1D
  • Attala County
    • US Supreme Ct rejects county's appeal in voting lines district, 10/7/97, 1B
  • Attention deficit disorder
    • A strain on parents and schools
      • Suport group formed, 3/20/97, 1B
  • Attic Gallery
    • Vicksburg
      • 'A Show of Hands', 3/9/97, 1F
      • Mothers & Daughters show, 5/23/97, 1E
  • Au pair
    • Matching Mississippi children with in-home care-givers, 6/11/97, 1D
  • Aultman, David
    • Jackson roofer charged with dumping hazardous waste in Jeff Davis County, 11/19/97, 1B
  • Aultman, Kristin SEE Miller, Joshua
  • Aultman, Mary
    • Clinton mayor gets $12,000 pay increase, 7/3/97, 4B
  • Austin, Andrew
    • Greenville TV station employee electrocuted, 6/19/97, 2B
  • Autism
    • Autistic man John Wruble finds job as billing clerk, 9/2/97, 1D
    • One family's struggle: Vera and Teresa Ray of Greenwood, 8/17/97, 1H
  • Auto mechanics
    • Shaking 'grease monkey' image
      • Nationwide shortage and high salaries, 5/16/97, 10C
  • Automated mail SEE U.S. Post Office
  • Automated teller machines
    • Deposit Guaranty customers can buy prepaid long distance service at ATMs, 9/4/97, 10C
    • Thieves in Columbus use wrecker to try to drag off ATM, 1/17/97, 3B
  • Automatic external defibrillator
    • Saving time can save a life, 11/9/97, 1A, 19A
  • Automatic Fingerprinting Identification System
    • State introduces new system, 12/1/97, 5B
  • Automobile chases
    • 1 dead, sheriff's deputy hurt after chase on I-20, 11/10/97, 3B
    • Chase in west Jackson with shots fired
      • Car rammed into service station, 4/29/97, 1A
    • Jackson police arrest David Kasten trying to flee road block, 6/29/97, edit B
    • JPD officers chase their own stolen squad car to Hazlehurst, 3/2/97, 1B; 3/4/97, 3B
    • Mississippi man leads Arkansas HP on high-speed chase, 9/18/97, 3B
    • Police say caution was used in County Line Rd incident
      • Peggy Wilks killed by stolen car, 3/27/97, 13A
    • Vicksburg police shot Oklahoma escapee Patrick Ryan, investigation shows, 6/26/97, 3B
    • Warren County chase ends with Oklahoma escapee Patrick Ryan shot, 6/19/97, 1B; 6/20/97, 1B
    • Woman Sonya Myrick and Columbus police in chase, 10/4/97, 5B
  • Automobile drivers, Mississippi
    • Driving while sleepy is 'silent killer', 2/5/97, 1D
    • State will poll elderly on driving, 10/14/97, 1B
  • Automobile driving
    • AARP's and Mississippi Safety Services' defensive driving classes, 3/24/97, 4B
  • Automobile insurance SEE General Motors Acceptance Corp
  • Automobile tags
    • Hinds County no longer accepts credit card payments, 7/30/97, 1A
    • Hinds officials reject use of credit cards for payment of fees, 10/21/97, 1B
    • JPD cracking down on scofflaws, 4/16/97, 1A
    • Lowndes supervisors approve withholding tags for unpaid garbage bills, 10/17/97, 3B
    • Magnolias bloom on new tags, 10/1/97, 1B
    • New tags will depict hummingbird and turkey
      • To cost motorists $30 more, 8/14/97, 1B
    • State of Virginia's victory will set agendas across country, 11/16/97, 3H (Minor column)
  • Automobile thefts, Jackson
    • Auto theft suspect Shomari Russell arrested after crashing into 4 cars, 10/9/97, 1B
    • Jay Loftin sees his stolen Mustang on street
      • After police chase, car recovered, 9/17/97, 1B
    • Theft prevention checkup, 8/27/97, 1D
    • Thefts linked to increase in joyriding and arson, 3/16/97, 1B
    • Vicksburg woman spots her stolen car, follows it and calls police, 6/28/97, 1A
  • Automobile thefts, metro Jackson
    • Thefts drop in Jackson; double in Madison and Rankin counties, 2/17/97, 1A
  • Avery Property
    • Proposed development off Old Canton Rd opposed
      • Pear Orchard Partners, 3/13/97, 1A; 5/30/97, 4B
    • Residents to fight development on Old Canton Rd, 7/10/97, 6B
  • Avery Property SEE ALSO Jitney Jungle
  • Avondale Industries SEE Ingalls Shipbuilding
  • Awad, Alex
    • Missionary says Palestinian Christians persecuted in West bank, 8/16/97, 1D
  • Ayers suit
    • 1995 ruling needs re-examination, judge says
      • Question of remedial courses, 4/24/97, 1A
    • 3 Federal judges reject review of Ayers case, 6/14/97, 5B
    • Attempts to settle suit during the Summer were unsuccessful, 9/17/97, 5B
    • Bennie Thompson calls for settlement, 4/29/97, 1B
    • Chambliss wants suit quickly settled, 3/4/97, 3B
    • College Board considering upgrades at JSU and MVSU, 7/11/97, 1B; 7/12/97, 1B; 9/6/97, 3B; 9/10/97, 6B
    • College Board meets to explore options, 4/25/97, 1A
    • College Board will not appeal latest ruling, 5/16/97, 1A
    • Judge to appoint committee to monitor desegregation of colleges, 10/25/97, 1B
    • Justice Dept and plaintiffs ask for further review, 6/11/97, 1B
    • U.S. Supreme Court may consider ruling on college admission plan, 9/16/97, 1B
    • With suit ending, College Board must deal with host of other issues, 3/24/97, 1B

B

  • Baby boomers
    • Aging boomers demand more and better assistive devices such as canes, 11/2/97, 1F
    • Half million state 'boomers' left for better jobs elsewhere, 3/25/97, 1B, 3B
  • Baby formula
    • New formulas are iron-fortified, very close to mother's milk, 8/20/97, 1D
  • Babysitters' Club SEE DeSoto County School Board
  • Bacchus Ball SEE Diabetes
  • Back to school
    • Across the state school buses are running, 8/11/97, 1A, 1B; 8/12/97, 1A, 4B; 8/13/97, 1B
  • Backache
    • Majority of people will experience back pain
      • Ways to reduce risk, 1/12/97, 1E
  • Baggett, Mickey
    • Pascagoula 'retiree' owns 11 businesses in area, 12/26/97, 5B
  • Baggett, William
    • USM artist creates works for International Ballet Competitions, 2/16/97, 1F; 9/16/97, 1B
  • Bail bondsmen
    • 3 Mississippi bondmen fight extradition to Texas, 2/2/97, 1B, 4B
    • For Delta Bonds staff crime does pay
      • A Day in the Life, 8/5/97, 1D
    • More training for state bondsmen sought, 11/25/97, 1A
  • Bailey Avenue (car lot) SEE City Council
  • Bailey, H.C. SEE Security Savings
  • Bailey, Wardell
    • His suicide in Monroe County Jail is probed, 3/12/97, 3B
  • Baker, Adolphus SEE Cal-Maine Foods
  • Baker, Gill
    • JPD patrolman is nation's top DUI tracker, 5/1/97, 1A
  • Baker, Lindon
    • Former bingo-hall worker wins suit against Gaming Commission, 11/30/97, 5B
  • Baker, Waymon
    • Pontotoc man turns gnarled wood into useful items, 10/21/97, 4B
  • Bald eagles
    • Population on increase in state, 5/27/97, 1B
  • Baldwin, Darnell
    • His trial in 1996 murder in Columbus will be on Gulf Coast, 12/13/97, 6B
  • Ball at the Mall
    • New Year's Eve event at Metrocenter
      • Benefits United Negro College Fund, 11/26/97, 4B
  • Ballard, Glen
    • Natchez-born songwriter, 6/5/97, 1D
  • Ballard, Sallie and John
    • Mother and son restaurateurs at Wharf Master's House in Natchez, 7/30/97, 1E
  • Ballard, Stephen
    • Sues Strakville hospital
      • Says refusal of treatment caused him to be shot by police, 12/18/97, 2B
  • Ballet
    • Children to audition for 'Nutcracker' in November, 9/27/97, 5B
  • Ballet Magnificat
    • Choreographer Randy Flinn at Summer Dance Intensive, 7/6/97, 1G
    • Its first story piece 'Savior'
      • At Thalia Mara Hall, 3/6/97, 1D
  • Ballet Mississippi
    • Artistic director Keary overcomes obstacles
      • Spring concert performed, 4/22/97, 1D
  • Balylock, Wade SEE Children's Miracle Network
  • Bank of Forest
    • Committed to progress, adamant about personal service, 11/30/97, 1C
  • Bank of Mississippi
    • HomeSite computer banking service fees cut, 1/11/97, 8C
    • Subsidiaries merger; move to NYSE
      • New name BankcorpSouth Bank, 4/23/97, 8C; 5/16/97, 10C
  • Bank of Raleigh
    • Check-kiting scheme caused bank to collapse, 4/19/97, 8C
  • Bank robberies, Biloxi
    • Man robs bank, tries getaway in wheelchair, 11/13/97, 1B
    • Suspect Clifford (aka Coleman) arrested in Hancock Bank heist, 9/15/97, 3B; 9/17/97, 2B
  • Bank robberies, Jackson
    • DGB branch on Capitol St robbed; guard hides, 12/11/97, 1B; 12/12/97, 1B
    • Omni Bank on County Line Rd robbed, 8/9/97, 3B
    • Trustmark Bank on Cooper Road, 2/22/97, 3B
    • Trustmark branch near Metrocenter is robbed, 12/24/97, 1B
    • Trustmark in south Jackson; 3rd since December 10, 12/31/97, 1B
    • Two men rob Trustmark branch on I-55 North, 10/28/97, 1B
    • Union Planters branch at Meadowbrook robbed, 6/10/97, 6B
  • Bank robberies, Madison
    • DGB on Highway 51 robbed; robber throws away money, 7/24/97, 1A
  • Bank robberies, Southeast
    • 4 arrested in Alabama linked to 31 robberies in 6 states
      • Mississippi included, 8/1/97, 3B
  • Bank robberies, Starkville
    • For 3 Louisville men everything went wrong, 2/14/97, 1B
  • Bank robberies, Victoria
    • George James Williams III arrested, 6/22/97, 4B
  • BankAmerica Housing Services SEE Mobile homes, Mississippi (lawsuit)
  • BankcorpSouth Bank
    • New name after Bank of Mississippi merger
      • Now on NY Stock Exchange, 4/23/97, 8C; 5/16/97, 10C
  • Bankers' Trust Savings and Loan
    • 778 Jackson County residents owed money
      • 1976 reorganization, 12/24/97, 4B
  • Banking scam
    • Nigerian banking scam surfaces in Jackson, 2/13/907, 10C
  • Bankruptcy
    • Should churches have to turn over contributions from bankrupt donors?, 9/23/97, 1B
  • Banks SEE ALSO Computer banking
  • Banks, Antonio
    • Callaway High ninth-grader wins national poster contest, 10/18/97, 6B
  • Banks, Calvin
    • His 1995 murder conviction overturned
      • Forensic dentist threw away evidence, 12/9/97, 1B; 12/12/97, 1B
  • Banks, Danny
    • Ex-Carroll County sheriff indicted on 35 counts, 9/11/97, 1A
    • Ex-sheriff of Carroll County gets suspended sentence and probation, 3/29/97, 1B
    • Former Carroll County sheriff admits embezzlement, 2/1/97, 1A
  • Banks, Danny SEE Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police
  • Banks, Gulf Coast
    • Banks may ask for fingerprints from check cashers, 1/16/97, 10C
  • Banks, Jackson
    • Online services not reducing lines at banks, 8/30/97, 8C
  • Banks, Mississippi
    • Bankers' hours no longer just 9 to 5, 9/8/97, 6C
    • Competition means state institutions becoming takeover targets, 12/3/97, 8C
    • Laurel lawyer sues 6 banks
      • Overcharging of bounced check fees alleged, 4/27/97, 3B
    • Sale of DGB shows all banks have their price, 12/10/97, 8C
  • Banks, US
    • House panel approves legislation
      • Do away with laws prohibiting banks from carrying on commerce, 6/21/97, 8C
  • Banners
    • Colorful banners now part of many worship services, 1/11/97, 1D
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle
    • Opens emergency room and critical care unit, 9/8/97, 5B
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto
    • Wins Mississippi Quality Award, 10/3/97, 12C
  • Barbecue
    • Cooking out on a grill remains favorite summer activity, 5/26/97, 1D
  • Barbee, Bob
    • Musician is also jewelry designer/craftsman
      • Business is called Silver Drummer, 6/17/97, 1D
  • Barber, Frank D
    • Appeals Court judge and popular politician dies, 3/5/97, 1B; 3/9/97, 3G (Minor column)
  • Barber, Gerald
    • Ridgeland man named president of National Wildlife Federation, 4/14/97, 1A
  • Barber, Rims
    • Denied free copy of proposed state medicaid budget, 9/17/97, 3B
    • Is a leading advocate in special education issues, 8/3/97, 2G
    • Jackson activist noted for bridging racial gaps, 2/24/97, 5A
  • Barbour, Haley
    • Former RNC leaders tells MSU students he did not break law, 10/25/97, 1B
    • Impressive appearance at Senate committee hearings, 7/25/97, 1A; 7/26/97, 1A; 7/27/97, 7A
    • Predicts Republican majority locally and nationally, 10/23/97, 3B
  • Barbour, Haley SEE Mississippi College
  • Barksdale, Jim
    • Netscape CEO forgoes salary for 1997, 5/2/97, 8C
    • Netscape CEO has been generous to Ole Miss, 1/26/97, 8B
  • Barksdale, Rhesa
    • Federal judge and his wife robbed at their Belhaven home, 3/15/97, 1B
    • Is a West Point Military Academy graduate, 6/30/97, 1B
  • Barnes & Noble
    • Store opens on County Line Rd, 4/13/97, 6B
  • Barnes, Mark SEE Kudzu
  • Barnes, Ruby Lee
    • Slain in November 1996
      • Murder charges against 3 men; no indictments, 10/31/97, 3B
  • Barnes, Sheila and Milton SEE Lowndes County Public Schools
  • Barnett, John
    • Former city assistant prosecutor guilty of DUI, 1/7/97, 4B
  • Barns
    • McElveen barn near McComb
      • Sentry to bygone era, 1/6/97, 3B
  • Barrett Refining Corp
    • Vicksburg refinery fined by state environmental office, 5/23/97, 1B
  • Barrett, Paul
    • Appeals court drops 1 of Barrett's perjury convictions, 5/6/97, 1A; 10/2/97, 2B; 10/7/97, 3B
    • Ex-sheriff requests home arrest, community service, 11/13/97, 1B
    • Former Warren County sheriff seeks vacated conviction, 1/27/97, 1B; 1/29/97, 3B
    • Laurel newspaper publisher take similar job in Meridian, 6/16/97, 4B
    • Warren County's ex-sheriff given 1-year jail term, 11/15/97, 1A
  • Barrett, Richard
    • Asks ACLU to seal his Sovereignty Commissions files, 9/3/97, 1A; 9/10/97, 3B
  • Barrier Islands
    • Gas drilling called off for now, 2/28/97, 3B
    • Pro and con on natural gas drilling in area, 2/23/97, 1G
  • Barthelme, Frederick
    • Bob the Gambler (book review), 10/26/97, 3G
  • Base closings SEE Military bases
  • Baseball
    • Hecklers at Jackson Generals games, 4/11/97, 1D
    • MSU defeats UCLA, faces Alabama again, 6/3/97, 1A
    • MSU eliminated by 2nd loss to Alabama, 6/4/97, 1A
    • MSU falls to Alabama in opening game of College World Series, 6/1/97, 1A
    • MSU heads to College World Series, 5/27/97, 1A, 1C
    • Ron Polk, baseball coach at MSU, resigns, 6/6/97, 1A, 1B, 1C, 4C
  • Baseball SEE ALSO Fantasy baseball leagues
  • Basketball
    • Boys' 5A title matchup, 3/9/97, 1A
    • Lanier High School Bulldogs' unbeaten '64-65 season, 2/9/97, 1A
    • MSU's Williams may talk to LSU about job, 1/18/97, 1A
    • NCAA tournament: Ole Miss vs. Temple, JSU vs. Kansas, 3/10/97, 1A
    • Ole Miss coaches past and present are lifelong friends
      • Rob Evans and Ed Murphy, 3/8/97, 1A
    • Ole Miss Rebels in top 25, 1/12/97, 1A
  • Bass, L.D.
    • Minister arrested for annoynace phone calls to Kane Ditto, 5/30/97, 1B
  • Bass, Tonya
    • 4-year old slain in bed
      • Shots fired from outside of house, 5/28/97, 1A; 5/29/97, 1B
    • Slain 4-year old's mother Gloria Tate disappears, 8/27/97, 1B; 8/29/97, 4B
  • Bassett, Eddie SEE Kinsey, Brian
  • Bassett, Eddie SEE Kinsey, Brian
  • Bath Iron Works
    • Maine
      • Ingalls competitor planning major expansion, 1/9/97, 8C
  • Battle of Raymond SEE Civil War
  • Battle of the Bands
    • 13 bands do not have permission for a Sunday performance, 9/25/97, 1A; 9/26/97, 1B
  • Baymon, Menola SEE General Motors Acceptance Corp
  • Bayou Casotte
    • Dredging of channel to Friede Goldman facility, 12/31/97, 5B
  • Bayou Casotte SEE ALSO Oil spills
  • Bayview Deli
    • Ocean Springs
      • Restaurant review, 8/14/97, 4E
  • Beanie Babies
    • Limited purple Beanies send collectors into frenzy, 12/22/97, 1A
    • Small plush toys very popular, 4/14/97, 1D
  • Beanie Babies SEE ALSO Teenie Beanie Babies
  • Beanie Bables SEE ALSO Teenie Beanie Babies
  • Beard, Crissy
    • Fundraiser for Pearl child diagnosed with brain tumor, 8/17/97, 1B
  • Beard, Josh
    • Apprentice carpenter in Gautier; mentor is Forrest Evans, 6/2/97, 2B
  • Beard, Priscilla
    • Her newborn baby dies in her jail cell
      • Beard suing city of Jackson and Sheriff McMillin, 9/20/97, 1A
  • Bearer bonds
    • Mississippi will not have to pay 156-year-old debt, 6/4/97, 1A
  • Bears
    • Black bear turns up on porch of home in Scott County, 8/8/97, 1A
    • Cooperation in Mississippi vital to bear survival, 4/17/97, 6B
    • Wilkinson County
      • Mechanical devices used to scare bears away from beehives, 5/19/97, 1A
  • Beau Rivage SEE Dockside gambling, Biloxi
  • Beauty pageants (children) SEE Child beauty pageants
  • Beauvoir
    • Grave locations at museum sought, 10/9/97, 3B
  • Beck, Jason
    • Family of Millsaps student who died in JPD custody sues force, 1/25/97, 1B
  • Beckwith, Byron De La
    • Appeal of conviction set for March 17, 1/28/97, 1A; 3/17/97, 1A
    • Claims speedy trial right was violated; asks for his freedom, 3/18/97, 1A
    • Conviction upheld by state high court, 12/23/97, 1A, 10A, 11A; 12/27/97, 1A
    • His petition for release is on court docket, 8/24/97, 5B
    • Returns to jail cell after hospital stay, 3/4/97, 1B
    • Ruling on his appeal will have effect on speedy-trial laws, 12/29/97, 1A
    • Verdict upheld: minister Emmett Burns says Mississippi has matured, 12/27/97, 1B, 3B
    • Will changes in state high court affect his appeal?, 12/8/97, 6B
  • Becoming and Outdoors-Woman
    • Workshop at the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, 5/4/97, 1E
  • Beer SEE Alcohol sales, Union County
  • Bees
    • Mechanical devices used to scare bears in Wilkinson Couty, 5/19/97, 1A
    • Mites taking toll on Mississippi bee population, 4/6/97, 4B
  • Bel Aire Shopping Center
    • Mall on Hwy 80 West is refurbished
      • Tenants sought, 6/24/97, 8C
  • Bel-Haven Bar & Grill
    • Restaurant review, 1/2/97, 4E
  • Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
    • Concert in Highland Village courtyard, 5/1/97, 10E
  • Belhaven College
    • Ballet and drama courses added, 8/23/97, 1B
    • Campus lake is drained, 7/4/97, 4B; 7/10/97, 1A
    • Exhibit of etchings at Bessie Cary Lemly Gallery, 11/2/97, 1G
    • President announces expansion plans, 2/19/97, 1B
    • School's 1st football coach is Norman Joseph, 6/27/97, 1C
  • Belhaven Heights
    • Community rezoned for single-family dwellings, 8/7/97, 2B
  • Belhaven neighborhood
    • 100 property owners will receive notice to spruce up properties, 5/10/97, 6B
    • Neighborhood association puts up money to catch 2nd robbery suspect, 4/5/97, 1B
    • Residents fear I-55 work will ruin area, 1/8/97, 4B
    • Residents waiting to decide on gates till after elections, 3/9/97, 1A
  • Belhaven neighborhood SEE ALSO Crime rate, Jackson (1997)
  • Bell, Jacob
    • Wary Jackson firefighter returns to job after April 1996 killings, 3/12/97, 1B
  • Bell, Randy
    • One of few still covering local news on radio, 5/21/97, 1D
  • BellSouth
    • 'Nobody Knows a Neighbor Like a Neighbor' ad campaign, 7/4/97, 8C
    • Class action suit brought by Shirley Swoope of Columbus, 6/30/97, 5B
    • New National Directory Assistance service
      • 150 new jobs for Jackson area, 5/7/97, 1A
    • Plans to attract 20% of long-distance business in region, 1/30/97, 10C
    • Raises pay phone charges, 10/30/97, 10C
  • Belmont Homes Inc
    • Explores possible merger with Cavalier Homes (AL), 8/6/97, 8C; 8/15/97, 10C
    • Founder Jerold Kennedy dies, 5/6/97, 10C
  • Benjamin, Ora Mae Tanner
    • Fordice honors woman who raised 48 foster children, 2/27/97, 1B
  • Benoit, Tab
    • At Blues Alley in Hattiesburg, 3/20/97, 10E
  • Berry's Seafood Restaurant
    • Restaurant review, 2/20/97, 4E
  • Berry, Dave SEE Jackson Fire Department
  • Berry, Mary Frances
    • Civil Rights commissioner meets with Gov Fordice, 6/26/97, 1A
  • Berry, Santonia SEE McGill, Pamela
  • Berry, Walter SEE UMC
  • Bethlehem Center
    • Mid-town center started by Methodist churches struggles to make comeback, 11/22/97, 1D
  • BFI SEE Garbage, Madison
  • Bible
    • Everybody owns one, but few ever read it, 7/10/97, 1D
    • Jesus Seminar calls for a fifth gospel--the Gospel of Thomas, 3/15/97, 1D
  • Bible Game
    • Developed by Benny Ohazurike, 2/22/97, 1D
  • Bible Students
    • Religious sect eschews organized churches, 9/20/97, 1D
  • Bicycles SEE Mountain bikes
  • Bids
    • City Council asks Legislature's help in keeping contracts in state, 1/24/97, 4B
    • Redtape eased for contractors seeking business with city, 4/26/97, 6B
  • Big 10 Tires and Accessories Super Center
    • Opens in Pearl, 9/3/97, 8C
  • Big Black River
    • Dam to provide water to Madison County is opposed, 12/7/97, 1B
  • Big Black River casino site
    • SEE Riverboat gambling, Warren County
  • Big Brothers-Big Sisters of the Tri-County Area
    • Funds shortfall, 2/1/97, 4B
  • Big Creek Rodeo Company
    • Byram
      • Annual bull ride, 5/18/97, 1E
  • Biggert, Bobby SEE Davis, Kenneth
  • Bike trails SEE Natchez Trace
  • Bilbo, Theodore
    • 50th anniversary of his death is hardly noted, 9/7/97, 3H (Minor column)
  • Bill's Dollar Stores
    • Resurgent chain making a comeback, 7/9/97, 8C
  • Biloxi Family Preservation Partnership
    • Program to divert troubled youth is controversial, 7/7/97, 6B
  • Biloxi Fire Department
    • Firefighters on 1998 calendar, 12/14/97, 1B
  • Biloxi Housing Authority
    • Signs non-discrimination pact with HUD, 8/28/97, 6B
  • Biloxi Police Department
    • Community policing is working, 9/2/97, 6B
  • Biloxi Public Safety Center
    • City gets update on center, 11/19/97, 2B
  • Bingham, Alisha
    • UM instructor is Miss Black Deaf America, 3/1/97, 1B
  • Bingham, Jesse
    • Auto burglar who defended himself is convicted by jury, 10/5/97, 1B
  • Bingham, Rosie SEE School attendance
  • Bingo
    • Bingo operators have 2-hour meeting with Gaming Commission
      • Various issues discussed, 9/5/97, 10C
    • New regulations give more bingo money to charities, 2/21/97, 1A; 7/1/97, 3B
    • PEER criticizes state regulation of charitable bingo, 12/4/97, 7B
    • Tupelo veterans' group fighting state to open bingo hall, 11/30/97, 5B
  • Bingo SEE ALSO Video bingo
  • BIPEC
    • Rates legislators on their support of economic development, 8/13/97, 8C
  • Birdhouses
    • Collectors Grace and Eddie Peeples of Florence, 4/23/97, 6D
    • Phil Davis sells his handcrafted birdhouses on Mississippi 25, 4/23/97, 1D
    • What different birds are looking for, 4/23/97, 1D
  • Birth defects
    • Reducing the risk, 4/25/97, 1E
  • Bishop, Kevin
    • Trial of Simpson County justice court judge on sexual battery charges, 12/17/97, 3B; 12/18/97, 1B
  • Bison
    • Mississippi ranchers Brad and Linda Peters have small herd, 12/30/97, 4B
  • Bivins, Henry SEE Special education
  • Black bears SEE Bears
  • Black Chapel MB Church SEE First Pentecostal Church
  • Black history
    • More and more part of public school curricula, 1/20/97, 3B
  • Black History Month, 1997
    • Air National Guard 173 Airlift Wing
      • Actor Thomas Merdis speaks, 2/3/97, 1A
    • Alisha Bingham, Miss Black Deaf America, 3/1/97, 1B
    • Celebration sparks year-round learning, 2/15/97, 6B
    • Charles Chiplin reads from his book at Old Capitol, 2/24/97, 1A
    • Film festival at MSU, 2/20/97, 3B
    • Jackson clergymen were on frontline of 1960s struggle, 2/23/97, 1A
    • Myrlie Evers-Williams at Ole Miss, 2/27/97, 3B
    • Promising youths try for legacy of their own, 2/16/97, 1A
    • Regional conference in Jackson is kickoff, 2/2/97, 1A
  • Black professionals SEE First Friday
  • Black, Gretchen
    • Former Tupelo policewoman charged in husband's death, 10/6/97, 1B
  • Blackley, Ronald SEE Espy, Mike
  • Blackmon, Ed
    • State supreme court allows him to keep House seat, 4/18/97, 4B
  • Blacksmithing SEE Minton, Randall
  • Blackwell Lithographers
    • Richland printers win national award, 11/12/97, 10C
  • Blackwell, Michael SEE Promise Keepers
  • Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children SEE UMC
  • Blake, Ed SEE Parks, Pocahontas
  • Bland, Bobby
    • Malaco Records artist wins Lifetime Achievement Grammy, 1/9/97, 1B
  • Blessed be the Lord!
    • Exhibit at Brown's Fine Arts and Framing, 4/26/97, 1D
  • Blitzer, Wolf
    • CNN correspondent speaks at Mississippi College, 4/4/97, 1B; 4/5/97, 5B
  • Block scheduling SEE Public schools, Mississippi
  • Blocker, Perry
    • Andrew Jackson Insurance Co executive loses court appeal, 1/22/97, 1B
  • Blocker, Yolanda SEE Ledbetter, Jared
  • Blood supply, Jackson
    • Donors sought because of 'critical' shortage, 6/20/97, 6B
  • Blood supply, Mississippi
    • Bad weather, accidents loom ahead; supply already low, 12/21/97, 1B; 12/27/97, 1B
    • Critical shortage of 'O positive', 1/8/97, 1B; 1/9/97, 1A
    • Donors giving patients a holiday gift of life, 12/10/97, 1B
    • Double shooting in Tylertown drains supply, 1/10/97, 1A; 1/16/97, 2B
    • First lady Pat Fordice spearheads state blood drive, 1/7/97, 3B
    • Five Points of Life
      • Cycling event in support of blood donors, 6/12/97, 8B
    • Pint of blood selfless gift for new year, 12/28/97, 3B
    • State is 1 of 6 asked to return blood units
      • Possible tick-borne infection, 7/4/97, 6B
    • State is chronically short in blood supply, 1/19/97, 7B
    • Supply is low throughout state, 7/9/97, 1B
  • Blood supply, Mississippi SEE ALSO Transylvania Bowl
  • Blood supply, US
    • Scientists looking for blood substitute, 12/13/97, 1A
  • Blount, Chab SEE Courthouse racquet Club Northeast
  • Blue Cafe
    • Restaurant review, 8/7/97, 4E
  • Blue Cliff School of Therapeutic Massage
    • In Jackson, 8/11/97, 6C
    • On Coast, 12/27/97, 6B
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
    • Donates $25,000 to UMC children's hospital, 12/9/97, 1B
    • Wins state employee contract away from Centra, 6/28/97, 7B
  • Blue, Brian and Sherri
    • Meridian couple guilty of income tax evansion, 2/12/97, 5B
    • Staggered prison sentences for couple, 5/10/97, 3B
  • Blues
    • Willie Narmour and Shell Smith recorded 'Carroll County Blues' in 1950s, 11/24/97, 1B
  • Boa constrictor
    • Hattiesburg vet performs surgery on boa that had swallowed a towel, 8/20/97, 2B
  • Board for Community and Junior Colleges
    • Director Olon Ray given raise, 6/27/97, 5B
  • Board of Education
    • Accepts Burnham's resignaton, begins search for new superintendent, 10/25/97, 1A+; 12/8/97, 1B
    • Attorney General OK's classroom construction guidelines, 7/18/97, 1B
    • Board and Senate Education Committee pledge closer ties, 12/19/97, 7B
    • Interim director is Richard Boyd, 11/14/97, 1A; 12/12/97, 1B
    • Nominee Kenny Bush is Philadelphia businessman, 8/6/97, 3B
    • Search for new superintendent will be nationwide, 11/17/97, 1B
    • Successor to Supt of Ed Tom Burnham likely to come from within state, 10/24/97, 5B
    • Talmadge Portis will stay on until Musgrove fills post, 7/12/97, 3B
  • Board of Optometry
    • State association seeks policy on patient records, 12/27/97, 3B
  • Boating accidents
    • Rules for water safety same as motor vehicle laws, official says, 7/4/97, 5B
  • Bodne, Jack SEE Murder-for-hire
  • Bodron, Ellis
    • Senate veteran dies at age 73, 2/19/97, 1A
  • Body langauge
    • What to watch for, 3/21/97, 1E
  • Bodybuilding
    • 4 law enforcement officers are serious bodybuilders, 2/20/97, 1D
    • Charles Hawkins of Bay St.Louis to compete in Mr. Universe Contest, 7/28/97, 1C
    • Southern Classic Bobybuilding and Fitness Championships, 5/29/97, 10E
  • Boerner, Merrie
    • Brookhaven woman has success as potter, 9/21/97, 2B
  • Bogalusa Chemical Release SEE Hazardous chemicals, Bogalusa, La
  • Bolden, Silas
    • Fired county repair shop foreman sues, claiming harassment, 7/23/97, 4B
  • Bolivar County Correctional Center
    • 2 escapees caught, 1/3/97, 3B
  • Bolivar County Public Schools
    • Leaky roofs cause damage, 8/15/97 3B
  • Bolivar Medical Center
    • Cleveland
      • New name and new status for hospital, 9/13/97, 1A
  • Boll weevil program SEE Cotton
  • Bollinger Shipyards SEE Halter Marine
  • Bolton, Mark SEE CoverShots
  • Bomb threats
    • Bombs found for 2nd time in commercial building on Galaxie Dr, 3/8/97, 2B
    • McCoy Federal Building evacuated, 2/26/97, 3B
    • Murrah High School student arrested after prank, 8/30/97, 8B
  • Bond issues, Hinds County
    • Bond issue OK'd for Jackson Medical Mall, 12/16/97, 1B
  • Bond issues, Jackson
    • Bond issue will include Zoo upgrade, 12/23/97, 1A
    • City Council OKs $5Million bond issue, 4/2/97, 1B
    • Ditto calls for $5 Million bond issue for police and zoo, 3/14/97, 1B; 4/1/97, 1B
    • Mayor Johnson scraps Ditto's plan; composing a new one, 9/17/97, 1A
    • Stokes gathers signatures to force referendum om $5 Million measure, 5/9/97, 1B; 5/13/97, 1B
    • Stokes' petition fails to get enough verified signatures, 7/1/97, 1A; 7/2/97, 4B
  • Bond issues, Lamar County
    • Rare Saturday election held, 10/11/97, 1B; 10/12/97, 1B
    • School bond issue narrowly misses passage, 10/14/97, 4B
  • Bond issues, Madison
    • Would improve police, fire and sewer facilities, 11/19/97, 4B
  • Bond issues, Madison County
    • $49 Million school bond issue proposed, 3/15/97, 1B; 3/18/97, 2B; 5/21/97, 4B
    • Bond issue is cancelled, 4/2/97, 1B; 4/14/97, 1B
    • Construction of new high school is issue, 2/3/97, 1B
    • County faces bond issue; overcrowded schools, 12/13/97, 6B
    • District seeks PREPS program to help with planning, 11/5/97, 1B
    • East Flora parents say measure would not benefit Flora, 3/17/97, 1B
    • Fate of $49 Million school bond issue unknown, 7/15/97, 4B
    • New equity funding law may trim bond issue's needs, 5/1/97, 4B
    • School bond issue again delayed, 8/5/97, 1B
  • Bond issues, Oxford
    • Raises $8M for schools, 10/16/97, 2B
    • Voters face school bond decision, 9/29/97, 2B
  • Bond issues, Panola County
    • South Panola school bond issue passes, 11/22/97, 1B
  • Bond issues, Pass Christian
    • Voters to decide on bond issue's fate, 5/4/97, 5B; 8/2/97, 1A
  • Bond issues, Pearl
    • City gets go-ahead for district-wide school construction plans, 10/29/97, 1B
    • School bond sale scheduled for December, 11/12/97, 4B
    • School district touts $9.4 Million bond issue, 4/7/97, 1A
    • U.S. Justice Dept holding up bond vote, 8/28/97, 1B; 9/3/97, 4B; 9/13/97, 6B
  • Bond, Robbie SEE Mahned Bridge murders
  • Bonds (156 years old) SEE Bearer bonds
  • Bonds (municipal) (Hinds County) SEE U.S. Internal Revenue Service
  • Bondsmen SEE Bail bondsmen
  • Bondsmen SEE Bail bondsmen
  • Bone marrow transplants
    • Dawn Redson receives marrow from unrelated donor in Australia, 6/30/97, 1A
    • MSU student Adrienne Brown will meet her donor, 9/24/97, 2B
  • Bones
    • Human bones found at site of Vicksburg school construction reburied, 11/19/97, 5B
  • Bonge, Dusti
    • Late Biloxi painter captured coastal fishing industry, 1/5/97, 1F
  • Bonita Lakes Blues Festival
    • Alcohol will be allowed, 7/24/97, 2B
  • Bonita Lakes Mall
    • 16th section land generates school funds, 11/14/97, 7B
    • 5th largest mall in state to open in Meridian, 8/24/97, 1C
    • Merchants in downtown Meridian offer shopping alternative to new mall, 10/13/97, 1B
    • Opens in Meridian, 10/15/97, 8C
  • Boo-Boo
    • Miracle reunites Ty Byrd with his dog, 3/20/97, 1A
  • Booker, Craig
    • Charged in Belhaven, Cherokee/Fondren, South Jackson robberies, 4/3/97, 1A; 4/18/97, 4B
    • Convicted armed robber receives additional sentence for weapons possession, 10/22/97, 6B
  • Booker, John Earl
    • His 1981 death sentence tossed out by state high court, 9/7/97, 1B
  • Boomers SEE Baby boomers
  • Boone, Sam
    • Retires after 50 years with Sun-N-Sand, 5/8/97, 1D
  • Booneville Public Schools
    • Earth Systems Studies Complex, 2/2/97, 3B
  • Boothe, Vern
    • Madison's new parks and recreation director, 1/4/97, 4B
  • Boots SEE Thornton, Delwyn
  • Borg-Warner
    • 600 executives meet at company's Water Valley facility, 7/30/97, 8C
  • Boscher, Kenneth
    • Veterinarian creates Internet website, 10/14/97, 4B
  • Bosnian conflict
    • 13 reservists from Vicksburg return home, 1/7/97, 1A
    • Meridian Air National Guard unit returning, 5/3/97, 2B
  • Boteler, Kyle
    • Florence 6th-grader returns to school following brain surgery, 2/12/97, 1B
  • Bottled water
    • Water erodes soft drinks' hold on store shelves, 2/24/97, 1D
  • Bouchillonn, A.W. SEE DeSoto County
  • Bourne, Tommy SEE Jefferson Davis County Sheriff's Department
  • Bovina Elementary School
    • Parents and faculty want to open Bovina as charter school, 10/9/97, 5B; 10/16/97, 6B
  • Bow-hunting
    • Motion to allow it in Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, 1/11/97, 6B
  • Bowen, Pete
    • Columbus police chief retires, 8/10/97, 4B; 8/25/97, 1B
  • Bower, Jeff and Debbie
    • USM football coach and wife mourn daughter killed in car crash, 12/22/97, 1A
  • Bowers, Sam
    • Ku Klux Klan wizard suspected in illegal gaming operation, 12/12/97, 1A; 12/14/97, 1A; 12/28/97, 3H (Minor)
    • Notes from his friends say they will name 'real' killers of activists, 12/19/97, 1A; 12/24/97, 1A
  • Bowles, Billy
    • State representative from Houston suffers stroke, 10/26/97, 6B
  • Bowles, Victor SEE Carter, Ralph
  • Bowling
    • Pro-bowler Helen Duval teaches VA Hospital patients, 2/19/97, 1B
  • Bowling, Francis S
    • Ex-supreme court justice takes his own life, 7/15/97, 1B
  • Bowness, Bill
    • Paraplegic water skier, 9/5/97, 1E
  • Boycott, Okolona
    • Movement by black residents having little effect, 2/19/97, 2B; 5/18/97, 3B; 8/22/97, 8B
  • Boyd Gaming SEE Gambling, Choctaw Reservation
  • Boyd, John
    • His killing of stepson Terry Hanner may have been justified, 7/12/97, 1B
  • Boyd, Richard SEE Board of Education
  • Boyer, Lemuel
    • Hattiesburg man wins $25 Million in Louisiana Powerball drawing, 9/13/97, 3B
  • Boys and Girls Club
    • Trent Lott talks about drinking, 12/6/97, 1B
  • Boys and Girls Club SEE ALSO KPMG Peat Marwick
  • Boys State, 1997
    • 2 state delegates to National Conference in Washington, D.C., 6/1/97, 6B
    • Election of officers, 5/28/97, 5B; 5/29/97, 3B
  • Boyster, Suzanne
    • Young widow gives birth to son
      • Grapples with grief for husband, 1/14/97, 1D; 12/14/97, 1A
  • Boyz II Men
    • Male mentors take active role in young boys' lives, 11/22/97, 6B
  • Bozo's Seafood Market
    • Pascagoula
      • One of the last corner groceries, 6/30/97, 2B
  • BP Oil Co SEE St.John Missionary Baptist Church
  • Bradley, Jeff
    • Committed suicide over blackmail threats by Judge Robbie Taylor
      • Taylor also commits suicide, 8/20/97, 3B
  • Brady law SEE Gun control
  • Bragg, Rick
    • 'All Over But the Shoutin''
      • Book signing in Jackson, 11/15/97, 1B
  • Brain surgery
    • 3 UMC departments revamp brain surgery techniques, 12/22/97, 1A
  • Branch, Beatrice SEE NAACP, Mississippi
  • Brandon Agility Running K-9s (BARK)
    • Club runs agility trial tests for dogs, 4/7/97, 1B
  • Brandon High School
    • Band not happy with 'Candid Camera' stunt, 1/14/97, 1B
  • Brandon Police Department
    • K-9 officer donates drug dog to city, 10/9/97, 4B
  • Brandon Public Schools
    • School day traffic clogs downtown Brandon; I-20 travel disrupted, 8/14/97, 4B
  • Brandon Volunteer Fire Department
    • Acquaints citizens with latest techniques and safety devices, 7/18/97, 6B
    • New ladder truck arrives, 9/10/97, 4B
  • Brandon Youth Association
    • Conflict over concession stands a a city park, 11/5/97, 4B
  • Brandon, Mississippi
    • Aldermen approve increase in fees for city permits, 8/8/97, 4B
    • Aldermen move to protect land buyers, 10/10/97, 4B
    • Building permits delayed for property at I-20 and Greenfield Rd, 9/6/97, 6B
    • Burnham Rd area residents own lots, can't get building permits, 5/30/97, 4B
    • Mayor Roe Grubbs wants to bring city into 'new age', 10/1/97, 4B
    • Mayor vetoes aldermen's decision to change time of board meetings, 10/17/97, 4B
    • Tapes of Board of Alderman meetings destroyed, 12/15/97, 1A
  • Branton, Nancy SEE Sterne, Agee & Leach
  • Bravo!
    • Restaurant review, 9/18/97, 4E
  • Bray, Steve
    • Lawsuit claims ex-firefighter made to retire because he has cancer, 8/5/97, 1A
  • Breast cancer
    • Federal funds could aid cancer detection, 10/20/97, 1A, 1B
    • Special postage stamp with 1 penny of price going to cancer research, 5/18/97, 1A
    • Work at UMC on saliva as detector of breast cancer
      • Federal grant to expand the study, 9/17/97, 1A
  • Breast cancer SEE Home Depot
  • Breast implants
    • Leakage ends Uneeda Laitinen's career at sea
      • 1000s have sued manufacturers, 8/23/97, 1B
  • Breast-feeding
    • Women, Infants and Children campaign sponsored by USDA, 8/2/97, 1B
  • Breast-feeding SEE ALSO Baby formula
  • Breazeale, Forest SEE City Council
  • Bridal registeries
    • Moving beyond simply china and silver, 6/8/97, 1F
  • Bridgeman, Doris SEE Jackson School Board
  • BRIDGES
    • 2-day conference's goal is to unify child-care training, 9/4/97, 5B
    • Consumer education training for people with depression, 6/23/97, 1B
  • Bridges, Billy SEE Court of Appeals
  • Bridges, Jackson
    • City gets state funds for bridge repairs, 9/30/97, 5B
  • Bridges, Madison County
    • Seven substandard bridges will be replaced over next two years, 10/8/97, 3B
  • Bridges, Mississippi
    • 3 bridges in state retain racist names, 5/25/97, 1B
    • 5-year repair program ends
      • Funds inadequate to make all repairs, 11/3/97, 1B
  • Bridges, Mississippi SEE ALSO Mississippi River Bridge
  • Briggs Lincoln Ford Mercury Inc
    • Canton car dealership and nearby road construction, 7/25/97 3B
  • Bright Futures
    • Greenville program for unwed mothers is expanding, 8/5/97, 2B
  • Bright Futures SEE Teen pregnancy
  • Broadacres United Methodist Church
    • Columbus
      • Church gives members money to give to needy, 12/23/97, 1B
  • Broadbrooks, Jon SEE CLarion-Ledger
  • Broadmoor Baptist Church
    • Members vote to sell church to Wesley Biblical Seminary, 3/3/97, 1A
    • Neighborhood children will miss its programs, 2/21/97, 1B; 3/1/97, 1D
    • Some members won't move; will stay in Jackson and organize new church, 9/13/97, 1A
    • Wesley Biblical Seminary buys property, 3/14/97, 4B
    • Wesley Biblical Seminary offers to buy site, 2/20/97, 1B
  • Broderick/Bates Advertising
    • Jackson ad agency designs David Copperfield's website, 7/19/97, 8C
  • Brookhaven, Mississippi
    • Downtown area studied for historic preservation designation, 8/21/97, 3B
  • Brookhollow subdivision
    • Residents complain about rental duplexes, 6/26/97, 4B
  • Brooklyn Utility Association
    • Utility's compliance continues to be reviewed by judge, 9/20/97, 3B
  • Brooklyn, Mississippi
    • Its most famous citizen is Chopper the alligator, 12/26/97, 1A
  • Brooks Fibers Properties SEE WorldCom
  • Brooks Museum of Art
    • Memphis
      • Exhibition: Jewels of the Romanovs, 12/14/97, 1G
  • Brooks, Janice
    • Judge tosses out murder charges against Strahan and Gibson, 6/6/97, 4B
  • Brooks, Leroy
    • Lowndes County supervisor shown making obscene jesture on Xmas card, 12/25/97, 1B
  • Brooks, Melanie and James
    • Twins graduate at same time
      • Melanie at Ole Miss; James at MSU, 5/10/97, 1A
  • Brown's Fine Art & Framing
    • Children Are Our Future (exhibit), 7/6/97, 1G
    • Dual exhibit of Ellen Langford and Sophie Coors, 6/8/97, 1G
  • Brown, Aaron
    • Convicted in the October 1995 slaying of Kenneth Smith, 8/27/97, 3B
  • Brown, Adrienne SEE Bone marrow transplants
  • Brown, Ben
    • Vicksburg minister and sno-cone vendor found dead at his home, 7/27/97, 4B; 8/1/97, 3B
  • Brown, Cecia SEE Gaylor, Ronnie
  • Brown, Creeshona SEE Child restraint devices
  • Brown, Edmond and James
    • 2 brothers draw long sentences for crack cocaine convictions, 4/18/97, 5B
  • Brown, Jaton
    • Arrested in Pennsylvania for slaying of Derrick Williams, 1/14/97, 5B
  • Brown, Jator
    • Suspect brought from Pennsylvania in 1995 slaying, 2/8/97, 4B
  • Brown, Junior
    • Country guitarist at Highland Village, 9/18/97, 13E
  • Brown, Kristi
    • Named Ridgleand Tourism Commissioner's executive director, 7/11/97, 4B
  • Brown, Larry
    • Mississippi writer wins 2nd Southern Book Critics Circle award for fiction, 9/7/97, 3G
    • Ole Miss taps acclaimed novelist to teach creative writing, 10/28/97, 5B
    • Receives Southern Book Critics Circle award for his novel, Father and Son, 10/19/97, 3G
  • Brown, Tashaila Yvonne
    • 15-pound baby born in Hattiesburg, 1/27/97, 2B
  • Brown, Troy
    • MVSU dean to discuss dyslexia on 'Oprah', 1/28/97, 3B
  • Brown, William R 'Bo'
    • Newly elected Jackson councilman jumps gun on staff hiring, 7/17/97, 1A
    • Newly elected Ward 4 councilman
      • Jackson's New Leadership, 7/7/97, 1B
  • Brown, Willie
    • Family of man drowned in Town Creek awarded $1.3 Million, 1/10/97, 4B
  • Brownell, Wesley SEE Pearl High School
  • Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) SEE Garbage, Madison
  • Brucellosis
    • Cattlemen, veterinarians fight for eradication, 5/10/97, 5B
  • Bruff, Sandy SEE North Mississippi Medical Center
  • Brumfield, Mary
    • Clues few in murder of woman in Baxter (Jasper County), 5/18/97, 1B
  • Brumitt, Debbie SEE Tailgate parties
  • Bruno, Louis and Kathleen
    • Share mutual love of cooking, 1/22/97, 1E
  • Brunt, Stacy
    • 17-year old Rodney Jones is arrested in Brunt's murder, 5/6/97, 3B
    • Man bleeds to death after being shot in west Jackson, 4/28/97, 5B; 4/30/97, 3B
  • Bryan Foods
    • Company chooses Tupelo for new $25 million manufacturing facility, 10/25/97, 8C
    • May build a $25 Million plant in Tupelo, 9/21/97, 5B
  • Bryan, Steve SEE Apartments, Madison
  • Bryant, Eugene SEE NAACP, Mississippi
  • Bryant, Giles
    • Juror Nick Bullard cited for contempt, 5/25/97, 3B
    • LaTasha Stuckey and LaTarsha Brown sentenced, 7/2/97, 1B
    • Latasha Stuckey pleads guilty to robbery, 1/30/97, 5B
    • Lindsey given life sentence in slaying of Bryant, 6/1/97, 1A
    • Lindsey's lawyer asks for retrial due to witness's deal, 10/7/97, 3B
    • Lomax given 15-year sentence; apologizes to Bryant family, 6/27/97, 1B
    • Lomax recants statement that Lindsey shot Bryant, 5/20/97, 1B
    • New indictments filed against Robert Lindsey, 1/10/97, 1B; 1/11/97, 8B
    • Trial of Robert LIndsey, 5/24/97, 8B
    • Trial: Jason Lomax's testimony, 5/29/97, 1B
    • Trial: Lindsey is found guilty, 5/31/97, 1A
    • Trial: ministers and others offer an alibi for Lindsey, 5/30/97, 1B
    • Trial: woman says she witnessed Lindsey kill Bryant, 5/28/97, 1B
  • Bryant, Phil SEE Domestic violence
  • Bubba's Bar-B-Q
    • Restaurant review, 6/19/97, 4E
  • Buchanan, Calvin
    • If confirmed, to be 1st black U.S. attorney in northern district, 7/25/97, 1B; 8/2/97, 1B; 8/18/97, 1A
    • Sworn in as US Attorney, 8/23/97, 1B; 11/10/97, 4B
  • Buck's Country Playhouse
    • Vicksburg establishment provides stage for area musicians, 10/14/97, 6B
  • Buckhalter, Chris SEE Langley, Jason
  • Budget Car Rental
    • Will open dealership in Jackson to sell fleet cars, 6/28/97, 8C
  • Budget, Mississippi SEE Mississippi Budget
  • Bueche, Ronnie SEE Mrs. America
  • Buffalo SEE Bison
  • Building Recovery of Individual Dreams...SEE BRIDGES
  • Bullard, Nick SEE Bryant, Giles
  • Bullet-resistant vests SEE Brian Kinsey
  • Bullies
    • Experts disagree on best way to deal with bullies, 10/15/97, 1D
  • Bully's Restaurant
    • Restaurant review, 11/27/97, 4E
  • Bumgardner, John
    • Ceramics instructor at The Mustard Seed
      • A Day in the Life, 7/16/97, 1D
  • Bumgardner, Paul
    • Starkville man claiming to be paralegal wasn't
      • Arrested on felony charges, 12/18/97, 1A
  • Burden, Warren
    • Durant man pleads guilty to bomb hoax at McCoy Federal Bldg, 5/31/97, 6B
  • Burger King
    • Clinton Boulevard
      • 2 wounded in shooting, 7/5/97, 2B
    • Local restaurants spared E coli scare, 8/23/97, 1A; 8/24/97, 1A
    • Vows to be tops in french-fry war, 12/11/97, 10C
  • Burgess, Johnny
    • Missing man found dead in West Capitol St building, 4/29/97, 2B; 4/30/97, 1A
    • Suspect Aaron Spann is arrested, 5/1/97, 4B
  • Burglary SEE ALSO Home security
  • Burglary, Jackson
    • Give your house a lived-in look while your're away, 3/7/97, 1E
    • Homeowner on Boling St wounds 1 of 3 robbers, 9/10/97, 1B
    • Lurline St neighbors tip police to house burglary, 11/11/97, 3B
    • Presidential Hills resident wounds 2 home intruders, 8/15/97, 1B
    • South Jackson man Harry Moore routs burglar with shovel, 7/15/97, 1A
  • Burglary, Madison County
    • 3 arrested in theft of saddles and tack, 11/15/97, 8B
  • Burglary, Starkville
    • Tip helps snag burglary ring, 8/28/97, 2B
  • Burkett, Frederick SEE Williams, Nathan
  • Burkhart, Andre'
    • Meridian's only Catholic nun is a dynamo, 5/26/97, 7B
  • Burnett, Chester Arthur
    • Statue of late bluesman in West Point, 8/30/97, 2B
  • Burnham, Tom
    • Resigns as Mississippi Superintendent of Education, 10/24/97, 1A, 1B; 12/20/97, 1B; 12/31/97, 1B
    • Supt of Education may leave department, 10/23/97, 1A
  • Burns, Emmett SEE Beckwith, Byron De La
  • Burns, Ronald SEE Entergy Corp
  • Burnside, Eddie
    • JPD officer under investigation, 5/1/97, 3B
  • Burnside, Eddie Lee
    • Ex-JPD officer and another man arrested in crack cocaine deal, 9/18/97, 1B
  • Burris, Charles SEE Investment scam
  • Burros SEE U.S. Bureau of Land Management
  • Burrus Cemetery
    • Benoit
      • 6 indicted by grand jury for opening grave, 9/22/97, 2B
  • Burt, David SEE Hinds County Spelling Bee
  • Burwell's Deli
    • Looking for new location
      • WorldComm, moving to Clinton, owns building, 1/29/97, 8C
  • Bush, George
    • Governor and Mrs Fordice in Texas for Bush Library dedication, 11/5/97, 3B
  • Bush, Kenny SEE Board of Education
  • Business and Industry Political Education Committee SEE BIPEC
  • Business fires, Drew SEE Drew, Mississippi
  • Business fires, Helena, Arkansas
    • Plant explosion kills 3 firefighters
      • Clarksdale hospital treated injured, 5/10/97, 13A
  • Business fires, Jackson
    • Country Originals on W Northside Dr, 2/2/97, 2B
    • Fire at Process Engineering Company, 7/11/97, 4B
    • Office building at University Plaza burns, 10/14/97, 5B
    • Office complex on Galaxie Drive, 9/21/97, 1A, 1B
    • Suit Yur Fancy Pawn Shop partially destroyed, 2/13/97, 3B
  • Business fires, Winona
    • Fire destroys City Cafe, 10/28/97, 4B
  • Business travelers
    • City of Jackson rated as best value for travelers, 2/11/97, 8C
  • BusinessWorks, Inc
    • Office supply distributor eyes expansion
      • New CEO Jack Huguley, 8/3/97, 1C
  • Butler infants
    • Doctors still seeking cause of children's deaths, 10/28/97, 1B
    • Family facing Christmas seeking answers in children's deaths, 12/16/97, 1A
    • Laurel children succumb to mystery illness, 10/15/97, 1A; 10/16/97, 1A; 10/18/97, 1B; 10/21/97, 1A
    • Pathology tests inconclusive on children's deaths, 11/13/97, 1B
    • Tick bite blamed for children's deaths, 12/21/97, 1A
  • Butler, Letha
    • Dynamic leader at Straitway Ministries in rural Hinds County, 12/6/97, 1D
  • Butler, Marcus
    • Elected to trustee board of The Church of God in Christ, 6/21/97, 8D
  • Byars, George M
    • Appointed by Fordice to PSC; succeeding Curt Hebert, 11/19/97, 10C
  • Byers, Patsy
    • Alledged 'Natural Born Killers' victim dies of cancer, 11/20/97, 3B; 11/22/97, 8B
  • Bynum, Buddy
    • Named DECD's public affairs director, 12/31/97, 8C
  • Bypass surgery SEE Minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery
  • Byram
    • Bustling area is now hub of Hinds County's economic growth, 9/14/97, 1A
    • Residents investigate incorporation, 3/29/97, 3B
    • Traffic signal to soothe frenzy, 2/27/97, 4B
  • Byram SEE ALSO Annexation, Jackson
  • Byram Middle School
    • Fund raising for school's library, 3/20/97, 4B
  • Byram Road
    • Increased truck traffic causing concern, 7/11/97, 4B
  • Byram-Terry Junior Auxiliary
    • Davis Road Park project, 4/2/97, 4B
    • Penny drive to fight child abuse, 4/3/97, 4B
  • Byrd, Billy
    • WWII veteran was in Hiroshima shortly after A-bomb dropped, 8/8/97, 1E

C


  • C.M.&I. College
    • Religion important part of learning at 100-year old school, 12/11/97, 1B
  • Cable television
    • Partnership between Wireless One and DIRECTV
      • Improved service for renters, 9/6/97, 8C
    • PIcayune cable system sold by Time Warner Inc, 8/5/97, 8C
    • Which is better, satellite or cable?, 8/25/97, 1D
  • Cabooses SEE Guild, Cameron
  • Cadence Design Systems
    • To move to larger Ridgeland site, 12/5/97, 10C
  • Cagle, James D
    • Florence firefighter injured when his car is struck by train, 1/19/97, 3B; 1/22/97, 4B
  • Cajun's Fried Chicken
    • Ocean Springs
      • Restaurant reopens; roaches gone, 6/12/97, 3B
  • Cal-Maine Foods
    • New CEO is Adolphus Baker, 1/21/97, 8C
    • Profits drop in 1st quarter, 9/23/97, 10C
    • Profits up 36% fiscal year ending May 1997, 7/16/97, 8C
  • Caldwell, Steve SEE Magnolia Venture Capital Corp
  • Calhoun Construction Co (La)
    • Will exchange roadwork in Pearl for building permit, 9/5/97, 4B
  • Calhoun, Mark SEE Noxubee County High School
  • Calhoun, Peggy Hobson
    • Supervisor wants Hinds County to hire lobbyist, 8/30/97, 6B
  • Calhoun, Sandy SEE Flooding, Florence
  • Caller ID
    • Use by state agencies, 5/25/97, 4B
  • Caller ID (telephone service) SEE ALSO Harassing telephone calls
  • Callon Petroleum
    • Company will issue shares to fund drilling, 11/5/97, 10C
    • Quarterly revenues up, 8/8/97, 10C; 10/31/97, 12C
  • Cameras
    • New generation of cameras: future is digital, 6/2/97, 1D
  • Camp Connection & Summer Fun Expo, 3/20/97, 1D
  • Camp Dream Street
    • Camp for children with disabilities, 6/6/97, 1E
  • Camp Shelby
    • Active duty personnel of Training Support Brigade-Shelby coming in
      • Rental housing shortage, 9/8/97, 5B
    • Cadet Shana Diaz Hunter files lawsuit
      • Claims whe was beaten while at Camp Shelby, 6/22/97, 4B
    • Investigation of fatal helicopter crash, 5/22/97, 1A; 5/23/97, 3B; 6/14/97, 1A
    • M-16 mishap prompts review of training procedures
      • Kelvar helmet praised, 5/5/97, 1A
    • M-16 mishap: 3 National Guardsmen shot
      • Officer error, 4/8/97, 1A, 7A; 4/9/97, 1A; 4/11/97, 1A; 5/10/97, 1B
    • M-16 mishap: 5 guardsmen disciplined, 6/4/97, 1B
    • Needs 140 rental houses for military families
      • New active duty personnel coming in October, 8/26/97, 4B
  • Campaign Safe & Sober
    • Seat belt and child restraint device and anti-DUI program
      • Call for stiffer penalties, 1/8/97, 3B
  • Campaign signs
    • West Jackson businessman wants signs off his property, 5/3/97, 4B
  • Campaign spending
    • At Neshoba County Fair 3 officials urge state reform, 8/7/97, 1B
    • Senators Lott and Cochran split on constitutional amendment, 3/19/97, 1A; 8/19/97, 6B
  • Campbell, Clarice
    • Teacher's letters give insight into civil rights era
      • Book: 'Civil Rights Chronicle', 6/22/97, 3H
  • Campbell, Will
    • And Also with You: Duncan Gray and the American Dilemma (book review), 10/26/97, 3G
  • Camphor, Sullivan SEE Traffic accidents, Jackson---High speed...
  • Camphor, Zhukov
    • Former state Senate candidate held in Georgia slaying, 7/24/97, 1B
  • Campo Electronics
    • Files for bankruptcy; closes 9 stores, 6/6/97, 8C
    • New CEO is William Wulfers, 7/2/97, 8C
    • To close its last Jackson store, 6/5/97, 8C
  • Can Care Food Drive
    • 9th annual event, 3/18/97, 5B
  • Cancer
    • New technique cryosurgery freezes cancer cells, 6/16/97, 1A
  • Cancer SEE ALSO Chemotherapy
  • Cancer SEE ALSO Medicare
  • Cancer SEE ALSO Radiation
  • Candid Camera SEE Brandon High School
  • Candles
    • Very popular at Christmas: decoration and relaxation, 12/29/97, 1D
  • Canes (assistive device) SEE Baby boomers
  • Canfield, Yale SEE Luther Branson School
  • Canfield, Yale SEE Luther Branson school
  • Canton Alternative School SEE Canton Educational Services Center
  • Canton Caskets
    • Personal service has enabled coffin maker to thrive, 7/7/97, 8C
  • Canton Educational Services Center
    • New name for Alternative School, 9/10/97, 4B
  • Canton Fire Department
    • Work outside city limits requires funding, chief says, 11/15/97, 6B
  • Canton Flea Market
    • October event expecting usual throng, 9/28/97, 1C
    • Opens in Canton, 10/9/97, 13E; 10/10/97, 1B
    • Reaches way beyond town's borders, 5/8/97, 11E; 5/9/97, 1B; 5/10/97, 8C
    • State Supreme Court upholds city law protecting Flea Market, 4/5/97, 2B
  • Canton Industrial Development Park
    • Economic Development Authority looks at market strategy, 11/26/97, 4B
  • Canton Police Department
    • 2 officers accused of writing bad checks to Texas company, 8/21/97, 1B
    • Luckett is named interim chief, 1/1/97, 6B
    • Luckett named interim chief despite protest, 1/14/97, 1B; 11/18/97, 1A
    • Mayor Alice Scott denies McNeill's promotion, 6/3/97, 5B
    • McNeill lawsuit: jury rejects sex bias charges, 11/19/97, 1B
    • McNeill lawsuit: past chief criticizes McNeill, 11/15/97, 1A
    • McNeill trial: Mayor Scott opposed Luckett's interim appointment, 11/18/97, 1A
    • Sex discrimination suit brought by Vickie McNeill goes to trial, 11/6/97, 4B; 11/14/97, 1B
    • Vickie McNeill named co-assistant chief, 5/22/97, 4B
  • Canton Public Schools
    • Bid for construction of new high school is under budget
      • Evan Johnson & Sons, bidder, 6/6/97, 4B
    • Community aid sought to boost accreditation from level 1, 6/12/97, 4B
  • Canton, Mississippi
    • Aldermen mull upkeep of city vehicles, 12/19/7, 5B
    • Aldermen reject mayor's plan to hire interim attorney, 10/10/97, 4B
    • Children's hand-colored coloring books and postcards
      • Feature historic Canton square, 6/26/97, 4B
    • City plans stringent construction and architectural laws, 12/3/97, 4B
    • Court says Mayor Scott erred in removal of Judge Stanley Stater, 12/12/97, 1B
    • Education topic at meeting between business community and local legislators, 12/10/97, 4B
    • Officials 'get serious' about luring industry, 8/1/97, 4B
    • Ruling on who will serve as city's legal counsel, 7/31/97, 4B
    • Should law firm Montgomery Smith-Vaniz continue to handle city's business?, 9/18/97, 4B
  • Capital Area United Way SEE United Way
  • Capital Center Inc
    • 4 Hinds County judges resuse themselves from case, 10/3/97, 4B
    • Donald Shea is named director, 3/7/97, 1B
    • Hinds County payments to corporation OK'd by judge, 5/9/97, 4B; 8/5/97, 1B
    • Hires Wackenhut to help patrol downtown Jackson, 6/11/97, 1A
    • Lawsuit filed over establishing downtown improvement district
      • Racially motivated?, 9/5/97, 10C
    • Stages 'Holiday Jubilee' in downtown Jackson, 11/21/97, 1B
  • Capital Center Inc SEE ALSO Hinds County Supervisors
  • Capital City Alternative School
    • 24 students arrested for unruly behavior, 3/26/97, 2B; 3/27/97, 1A
    • For children with problems, 2/11/97, 1A, 2B
    • Its problems are deep-seated, 3/30/97, 1A
    • JPS officials question Frank Melton's tactics
      • He showed up with deputies, 3/28/97, 1A
    • Reactions mixed on Melton's visit to school, 3/30/97, 15A
  • Capital City Classic Concert
    • Honoring Bobby Rush, 11/20/97, 10E
  • Capital City Commission II
    • Issues report urging Jackson to hire city administrator, 6/27/97, 1A
    • Report finds that 30% of city's property value exempt from taxation, 6/27/97, 1A
  • Capital Club
    • Downtown site where Jackson's movers and shakers meet, 9/19/97, 14C
  • Capital punishment SEE Death penalty
  • Capitol Building
    • Ergonomic specialists show workers how to make desk jobs safer, 7/17/97, 8C
  • Capitol Cablevision
    • 3rd 20-day extension in contract talks, 4/23/97, 1B
    • Can resume upgrade
      • But Jackson won't get more channels until deal made, 10/1/97, 1A
    • City and cable company seek to end stalemate, 12/19/97, 1A
    • City Council approves 3rd delay in laying of fiber optic cables, 6/11/97, 5B; 8/21/97, 6C
    • City Council extends cable negotiations again, 5/14/97, 1B
    • City Council relaxes demand for partial minority ownership, 2/19/97, 4B; 3/1/97, 6B
    • City Council wants 16 more public access channels, 3/24/97, 4A
    • City Council/Cablevision contract deadline
      • Snag is minority bids, 9/28/97, 1A, 1C
    • City moves closer to canceling contract, 12/10/97, 1A
    • Company denies it gave election funds to City Council foes, 4/16/97, 4B
    • Customers weighing in on dispute, 12/16/97, 1A
    • Dispute inches closer to resolution, 12/20/97, 1A
    • Dispute leaving Jackson short of channels, 12/16/97, 3B; 12/23/97, 1B
    • Dispute: city wants channels for interactive shows, 12/20/97, 6B
    • May Johnson says cable ad against Council 'overkill', 12/12/97, 1A
    • Mayor will meet with cable official Steve McMahon, 12/13/97, 1A
    • New deal near, mayor says, 12/31/97, 1A
    • Some in Jackson concerned over increase in cable bills, 10/1/97, 7A
    • Talks hint of hike in basic rates, 12/25/97, 1B
    • To upgrade, depending on new contract with city, 3/24/97, 1A, 4A
  • Capitol Cablevision SEE ALSO Cable television
  • Capitol Complex
    • Complex would cut building leases by 25%, 3/4/97, 1A
    • Legislative committee OKs proposed Complex, 2/21/97, 1A
    • New consolidation plan in Jackson includes King Edward Hotel, 2/9/97, 1A, 23A; 2/11/97, 1A
    • SEE ALSO Mississippi Legislature, 1997---Capitol Complex...
    • Underground offices still part of plan, 3/2/97, 3G (Minor column)
  • Car chases SEE Automobile chases
  • Car tags SEE Automobile tags
  • Car titles
    • Cash for titles for quick cash: high-interest borrowing, 3/3/97, 8C
  • Caracci, Joyce
    • Neshoba County woman sues, says International Paper ruined her pond, 8/17/97, 3B
  • Carbon monoxide
    • Colorless, odorless gas can kill, 11/25/97, 1A
    • Man dies in Jackson apartment
      • Ditto part owner of complex, 1/31/97, 1A; 2/1/97, 1A, 6B
  • Carey, Jaramic
    • Pearl seek man in shooting, 12/3/97, 3B
  • Caring for the AIDS/HIV Patient and Family
    • Conference in Jackson, 4/15/97, 5B
  • Carjacking
    • 2 men impersonating police take Ford pickup on Medgar Evers Blvd, 5/12/97, 6B; 5/15/97, 5B
    • 3 arrested after holdup on West Northside Dr, 4/12/97, 3B