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Clarion-Ledger Indexes
 YEAR 1998 A-Z 


A
  • Aaron E. Henry Community Health Center
    • Mobile unit provides health care to state's poorest children, 9/6/98, 1B
  • Abandoned babies
    • Baby found in Amory; mother is sought, 3/11/98, 1B
    • Project Cuddle hotline helps save unwanted babies, 2/22/98, 1A, 11A
  • Abbott, John Richard SEE Pipe bomb
  • Abernethy, Tom
    • Ex-Congressman dies at age 95, 6/13/98, 1B
  • ABMB Engineers Inc
    • White male John McKee heads Jackson office of minority owned firm, 9/8/98, 1B
  • Abortion
    • Anti-abortion advocate Roy McMillan praises Alabama clinc bombing, 1/30/98, 1A
    • Foes call on state to study financial impact of abortion complications, 9/4/98, 3B
    • Local prayer initiative by Right to Life, 1/6/98, 1B
    • Right to Life holds rally in Jackson, 5/3/98, 1B
    • Roy McMillan ends 40-day vigil, 3/2/98, 1B
    • State high court rules women have right to end pregnancy, 6/26/98, 1A
    • Strict state laws cited as reason for low rate of abortions, 7/4/98, 1A
    • Temple Baptist Church buys neighboring abortion clinic, 3/6/98, 1A
  • Absentee ballots
    • Secretary of State Eric Clark wants rules to battle fraud, 11/11/98, 1A
  • Absolutely Incredible Kid Day, 3/13/98, 1E
  • Abstinence Conference
    • For youth: 'Abstinence Means More than Sex', 5/29/98, 2B
  • Accelerated Reader program
    • At state elementary schools, 12/17/98, 1E
  • Accutane
    • Acne drug linked to depression, 2/25/98, 1A
  • ACT SEE American College Testing
  • Action Industries
    • Belden plant will expand, adding 325 jobs, 2/1/98, 7B
  • Adams, Gary Wayne and Gary Douglas
    • Accused killer in '96 slayings in New Mexico may be tried as adult, 1/29/98, 2B
  • Adams, Jesse
    • Moss Point police searching for escapee and missing local woman, 1/11/98, 1B
  • Adams, Jon SEE Topless bars, Jackson---Stardust...
  • Adams, Joseph C
    • Brandon man charged with killing his mother in parking lot, 2/14/98, 1B; 2/18/98, 2B
  • Adcock, Eudeen
    • Late Brandon police chief called fair-minded, 9/25/98, 2B
  • ADDY awards
    • Advertising awards honor those behind slogans, 2/23/98, 6C
  • Adeleke, Tunde
    • Loyola professor lectures at UM
      • Issues common to black Americans and Africans, 9/27/98, 2B
  • Adoption
    • Health and Human Services gets federal grant to boost adoptions, 11/4/98, 1B
    • Mississippi families look abroad to Russia for children to adopt, 3/4/98, 1B; 3/9/98, 1B
    • Overseas adoptions a blessing for Mississippi couples, 11/23/98, 1A
  • Adoption Ministries of Mississippi Inc
    • Works with hard-to-place children, 9/21/98, 1B
  • Adult day care
    • Area churches see growing need; centers to open, 8/22/98, 1E
  • Adult entertainment centers
    • Gulfport nixes downtown novelty store, 12/20/98, 3B
  • Adult entertainment centers SEE ALSO Topless bars
  • Advanced classes
    • Vital for raising math and science scores, educators say, 4/6/98, 1A
  • Advanced Supplement Testing Systems
    • Corinth
      • Study finds most diet supplements don't contain what labels say, 4/21/98, 1A
  • Advent (religious observation)
    • Begins 4 weeks before Christmas, 12/6/98, 1F
  • Aerial Images Inc
    • Satellite photos of Jackson available on Internet, 12/7/98, 1A
  • Aerial mapping
    • Hinds County must update its maps
      • Used to determine tax base, 5/25/98, 1B; 8/22/98, 2B
  • Affirmative action
    • Younger people value policy more than rest of society, 5/24/98, 1H
  • Affordable Home Ownership Auction
    • 2nd annual event in Jackson, 7/27/98, 1B; 8/2/98, 1B
  • Affordable Housing Auction
    • 2nd annual event aids home buyers, 10/24/98, 1B
    • Workshop by the Jackson Home Buyers Club, 6/13/98, 1B
  • Afghanistan/Sudan bombings
    • State military bases put on alert following USA strikes on terrorists, 8/29/98, 4B
  • Aflatoxin SEE Corn crop
  • African Americans, US
    • Black districts in American cities thriving again, 10/11/98, 1H
    • Blacks returning to the South, and to Mississippi, in record numbers, 1/29/98, 1A; 3/29/98, 1A
    • Health disparities evident for blcks, 11/30/98, 1A
  • African Creole Presence in Mississippi and Louisiana
    • At Smith Robertson Museum, 5/26/98, 1D; 8/9/98, 1G; 8/28/98, 1E
  • African-American Business Alliance Computers
    • Selling low-cost computers to black community, 4/23/98, 1A
  • Afro-American Sons & Daughters
    • Book by Joseph C Thomas, 2/11/98, 1E
  • Agho, Monte
    • Benin native is chef at his restaurant Monte's Seafood and Pasta, 8/26/98, 1F
  • Agriculture and Forestry Museum
    • Its General Store features Mississippi products, 10/10/98, 1C
  • AID, US
    • Study shows with new drugs for HIV-positive men, they are taking sexual risks, 11/28/98, 1A
  • AIDS SEE ALSO Grace House
  • AIDS SEE ALSO Mississippi Episcopal AIDS Committee
  • AIDS & Hope
    • Mississippi's Despair
      • Patients hang hopes on Medicaid, 2/15/98, 1A; 5/9/98, 1A; 5/10/98, 1A
  • AIDS, Mississippi
    • Dept of Health seeks clergy's help in HIV/AIDS education, 10/17/98, 1E
    • Mandatory reporting has been done in state for years, 12/21/98, 1B
    • Medication fund for HIV-positive critically low, 11/28/98, 1A
    • New drugs completely alter outlook
      • Access is now the issue, 2/14/98, 1A; 4/26/98, 1A; 5/9/98, 1A
    • UMC physician Hannah Gay helping babies born with AIDS, 4/26/98, 17A
  • Ainsworth, Ralph
    • Pearl man charged with attempted kindapping of 11-year old girl, 5/7/98, 1B; 5/22/98, 2B; 6/7/98, 1B
  • Ainsworth, Ralph SEE ALSO Sex offenders
  • Air bags
    • Drivers may apply to NHTA for on-off switch, 1/4/98, 1B
  • Air Liquide
    • Gluckstadt
      • Plant makes liquid carbon dioxide used in soda pop, 6/20/98, 1C
  • Air National Guard
    • Out-of-state members may get tuition break at community colleges, 8/26/98, 4B
  • Air National Guard Combat Readiness Training Center
    • Gulfport
      • New commander is Lt.Col.Benjamin Spraggins, 9/27/98, 1B
  • Air pollution
    • Chemical fallout found in Mississippi air, 9/13/98, 1A
    • New business development in DeSoto County threatened: high ozone levels, 10/11/98, 1B
  • Airbags SEE Traffic accidents, Madison
  • Aircraft accidents, Clinton
    • Texas man Allen Schindell is killed in small plane, 2/23/98, 1B; 2/24/98, 2B
  • Aircraft accidents, Fort Walton Beach
    • 2 state teenagers and pilot pulled from sightseeing helicopter, 5/11/98, 6B
  • Aircraft accidents, Madison
    • 2 injured near Tidewater subdivision, 12/6/98, 1B; 12/7/98, 3B
  • Aircraft accidents, Nova Scotia
    • Hattiesburg native Julie Ann Cook Sperber among Swissair fatalities, 9/4/98, 1A
  • Aircraft accidents, Pisgah
    • Pilot David Boswell of Madison is killed, 11/2/98, 1B; 11/3/98, 1B
  • Aircraft accidents, Raymond
    • 3 injured in crash of small plane, 2/28/98, 1B
  • Airpark Special Assessment Project
    • Pearl land being developed for commercial use, 8/21/98, 2B
  • Airports, Madison County SEE Madison County Airport
  • Airports, Mississippi
    • Small airports say survival depends on community, 2/15/98, 1C
  • Airways Medical Complex
    • New medical facility in DeSoto County, 8/25/98, 3B
  • Alabama Dixie Nationals
    • Brandon police officer David Ruth wins shooting competition awards, 8/25/98, 2B
  • Alabama sturgeon
    • May be listed as 'endangered'
      • Economic threat to Tenn/Tom Waterway?, Port of Mobile?, 9/1/98, 1B
  • Albertson's
    • Again seeking OK for northeast Jackson store, 3/24/98, 1B; 4/9/98, 1C; 6/3/98, 1C; 6/4/98, 3B
    • Now nation's top grocery store chain, 8/4/98, 1C
  • Alcohol consumption
    • $500,000 federal grant to combat underage drinking in state, 7/17/98, 5B
  • Alcohol sales, Flora
    • Beer, wine sales statute altered, 6/16/98, 2B
  • Alcohol sales, Jackson
    • Beer ordinance snags Mt.Moriah church's request for rezoning, 10/29/98, 1B
  • Alcoholic beverages
    • City of Jackson to vote on extended drinking hours, 7/28/96, 1B; 7/29/98, 4B
  • Alcoholic beverages SEE ALSO Binge drinking
  • Alcorn County Sheriff's Department
    • Sheriff and deputy cleared on all charges, 3/29/98, 8B
  • Alcorn State University
    • Campus renaissance, 11/16/98, 1B
    • Education program's certification restored, 2/7/98, 1B
    • President Bristow touts school's renovations, 1/10/98, 5B
    • President moves into $740,797 home, 8/10/98, 1B
    • Student Kesha Lewis lost 13 friends in traffic accidents
      • Forms CRASH, 4/19/98, 1A
    • Traceway Community Development Corp spearheads home renovations, 8/4/98, 1B
  • Alderman, Theodore
    • Jackson firefighter placed on leave after arrests on domestic violence, 11/12/98, 1B
  • Alexander, Johnny
    • 16-year old charged in slaying of elderly Vicksburg resident, 11/11/98, 5B
  • Alexander, Margaret Walker
    • Mississippi writer dies at age 83, 12/1/98, 1A; 12/5/98, 1A; 12/11/98, 1B
  • Alford, Geraldine
    • Vardaman woman gets life sentence: engineered 1997 death of husband, 6/30/98, 5B
  • Algae
    • Samples expected to show 'blooming' algae off Coast are safe, 5/28/98, 1B
  • Algebra Project
    • At Brinkley Middle school, 2/10/98, 1B
  • All American Selections
    • Judges choose the best and the brightest vegetables and flowers, 4/5/98, 1F
  • All Saints Episcopal Church
    • Rainbow Program: being a good neighbor, 6/27/98, 1E
  • All-Mississippi Academic Team
    • Community colleges' best, 3/15/98, 1B; 3/19/98, 3B
  • All-terrain vehicles
    • Banned from Jackson streets, 9/9/98, 1B
  • Allain, Bill
    • Says he may run for governor again, 4/1/98, 1A
  • Allen, Dawn
    • Alabama woman's body found; believed to be 3rd victim of William Rodgers, 11/24/98, 1A
  • Allen, Marvel
    • African American country singers not so rare, 8/7/98, 1B; 9/18/98, 1E
  • Allen, Richard Earl
    • Pearl man pleads guilty in fatal DUI that killed Barbara Sutton
      • 20-year sentence, 10/14/98, 1A
    • Suspect in 1996 DUI that killed Barbara Sutton cannot be found, 6/24/98, 1B
  • Alliant Techsystems
    • Gets $1Billion contract to build rocket parts for Boeing Co, 7/7/98, 1C; 7/9/98, 5B
  • Allin, John Maury
    • Episcopal bishop dies of cancer, 3/7/98, 1A
  • Alsace to America: Discovering a Southern Jewish Heritage
    • A cultural corridor, 4/5/98, 1G; 5/24/98, 1G; 6/16/98, 1E
    • Exhibit opens today, 5/29/98, 1C; 5/30/98, 1B; 8/28/98, 1E
    • Group tours being booked, 3/15/98, 1F
  • Alsace To America: Discovering a Southern Jewish Heritage
    • Temple B'nai Israel in Natchez is satellite site, 3/6/98, 1E
  • Alsace to America: Discovering a Southern Jewish Heritage
    • Volunteers bridge gap between faiths, 5/9/98, 1E
  • Altars SEE Home altars
  • Alternate class configuration SEE Block scheduling
  • Alvis, Lester and Minnie
    • Jackson couple gives their miniature Christmas village to ag museum, 12/23/98, 1B
  • Amacker, Billy
    • Snake-bite victim's long and traumatic recovery
      • May lead to study at UMC, 1/2/98, 1B
  • America Online
    • Mississippi among 44 states reaching settlement with AOL, 5/29/98, 1C
  • America Reads
    • College students tutoring children, 6/18/98, 1E
  • American Cancer Society
    • Relay for Life, 6/17/98, 3B
  • American College Testing
    • Clinton High and School for Mathematics and Science lead state in scores, 8/31/98, 4B
    • Extra attention by teachers vital for strong test scores, 8/31/98, 1A, 4B
  • American College Testing (ACT)
    • 2 categories used to judge school district performance may be eliminated, 2/14/98, 1A
    • Hattiesburg student Christine Varnado achieves perfect ACT score, 3/30/98, 1A
    • Number of seniors taking test is up; scores rise slightly, 8/19/98, 1B
  • American Crafts Fair
    • At Mississippi Museum of Art, 6/16/98, 1E
  • American Deputy Sheriffs' Association
    • Hinds dept does not endorse group, 8/11/98, 1B; 12/9/98, 4B
  • American Eagle Airlines
    • Service from Jackson to DFW, 12/15/98, 1A
  • American Exotic Shopping Mall
    • Fancy leathergoods sold over the Internet, 2/12/98, 1C
  • American Family Publishers
    • State gets $50,000 due to misleading sweepstakes tactics, 3/17/98, 1B
  • American Heart Association
    • Jump Rope for Heart, 4/23/98, 1E
  • AmeriCan Medical Plans
    • State's 5th largest HMO closed down following complaints, 7/17/98, 1B
  • American Poultry International
    • Major player in chicken exporting, 2/16/98, 8C
  • AmericasMart
    • Atlanta
      • DECD wants a permanent booth at expo, 6/7/98, 1C
  • AmeriCorps
    • 600 volunteers sworn in, 10/24/98, 1B
    • Mississippi volunteers honored, 8/29/98, 1B
  • Amite County Public Schools
    • Deficiencies in buildings will be rectified, 10/17/98, 1B
  • Ammonium nitrate SEE Hazardous materials
  • Amory Garment Inc
    • 170 people lose jobs in plant closing, 4/24/98, 1C
  • Amos Network
    • Religious body convenes on JSU campus, 11/14/98, 1E; 11/16/98, 1A
  • Ancient Gold Jewelry from the Dallas Museum of Art
    • At Birmingham museum, 2/1/98, 1G
  • Anderson, Bettie
    • Slain childs grandmother hopes child's father does not post bond, 1/14/98, 2B
  • Anderson, James
    • Senate confirmation vote on new prisons chief, 3/25/98, 3B
  • Anderson, James V
    • Interview with Commissioner of Corrections, 8/23/98, 2H
  • Anderson, Walter O
    • Meridian psychiatrist charged in Medicaid fraud case, 11/6/98, 1A; 11/13/98, 1A
  • Anderson-Tully Inc
    • Vicksburg plant will not lose jobs after merger with Potlatch, 2/14/98, 1C
  • Andre's At Cedar Grove
    • Vicksburg
      • Restaurant review, 6/11/98, 4F
  • Animal abuse
    • Intensely hot weather increases abuse calls, 7/19/98, 1B
    • Jackson County woman facing 60 counts of abuse, 11/21/98, 6B
  • Animal control
    • Officials request funds to enforce new Hinds County ordinance, 9/12/98, 2B
  • Animal shelter
    • Group wants to manage city's shelter, 12/27/98, 1B
  • Animal shelter SEE ALSO Mississippi Animal Rescue League
  • Annabelle the Calf
    • Bringing Christmas cheer to local children, 11/7/98, 2B; 11/8/98, 1B
  • Annexation, Bolton
    • City takes land around I-20 to spur business development, 8/28/98, 2B
  • Annexation, Brandon
    • Zoning proposal expected to meet OK, 1/23/98, 2B
  • Annexation, Brandon SEE ALSO Annexation, Pearl
  • Annexation, Flora
    • City taking in acreage along Highway 49
      • Preparing for huge growth, 5/1/98, 2B
  • Annexation, Flowood
    • Reservoir area annexation
      • Zoning for Lakeland Drive, 10/20/98, 2B; 12/2/98, 2B
  • Annexation, Jackson
    • City Council OKs paying legal costs for annexation case, 12/30/98, 1B
    • City presents case in bid to reclaim part of Madison County, 2/10/98, 2B; 4/9/98, 1B
  • Annexation, Madison
    • Annandale residents oppose annexation, 1/8/98, 2B
  • Annexation, Mississippi
    • Justice Dept ruling says school districts don't automatically change, 5/13/98, 1B
  • Annexation, Pearl
    • City renews effort to annex acreage in Greenfield Rd area, 5/26/98, 1B
    • Dispute between Pearl and Brandon over Grenfield Rd area, 6/4/98, 2B
    • Greenfield Rd area: Brandon requests extension in proceedings, 8/28/98, 2B
    • Greenfield Rd area: Hearing is delayed, 5/13/98, 2B
    • Judge denies annexation of Greenfield Rd area
      • Larry Johnson, Developer, 2/12/98, 2B; 4/7/98, 2B
    • Larry Johnson granted water line; city officials upset, 4/16/98, 2B; 4/18/98, 2B; 4/22/98, 2B
    • Mississippi Code debated in Greenfield Rd land battle, 6/18/98, 2B
    • No end in sight in dispute over Greenfield Road area, 7/3/98, 2B
  • Annexation, Richland
    • Move will benefit city and residents, report says, 2/28/98, 2B; 12/29/98, 2B
    • Richland and Pearl settle land dispute, 5/20/98, 2B; 8/25/98, 2B
  • Antioch House
    • Interracial community in Jackson
      • Spencer Perkins died; Chris Rice to attend seminary, 9/12/98, 1E
  • Antique appraisers
    • Help owners with value of family pieces, 9/30/98, 1E
  • Antique Flea Market
    • 2 Jackson realtors will restore Flea Market building, 8/6/98, 1B
    • Arson suspected in blaze; many vendors lose everything, 7/15/98, 1A; 7/16/98, 1A; 7/21/98, 1A
    • Vendor Mary Cox's inventory replace by donations, 8/9/98, 1B
  • Antiques
    • More and more shops spring up to serve growing popularity, 5/4/98, 1D
  • Antonov cargo plane
    • Huge Russian-made jumbo jet visits Jackson, 2/17/98, 6C
  • Anxiety disorders
    • 23 Million Americans suffer, 5/5/98, 1E
  • AOL SEE America Online
  • Apartment fire, Jackson
    • Metro Manor fire displaces tenants, 6/24/98, 1A
  • Apartment fires, Jackson
    • Annie Coleman killed on Jefferson St, 12/25/98, 3B
  • Apology
    • Teaching children to apologize is continuous effort, 3/27/98, 1E
  • Appalachain Regional Commission
    • Team City Conference in Jackson, 10/15/98, 1C
  • Appalachian highway
    • Mississippi will get funding for highway link, 3/28/98, 4B
  • Arbuthnot, BR
    • Clinton painter has show 'Horse Whisperers'
      • Her paintings were in movie, 6/14/98, 1G
  • Archaeology
    • Dig investigates primitive inhabitants of Mississippi hill country, 6/16/98, 1B
  • Area codes
    • North Mississippi's area code will change to 662 in April 1999, 10/15/98, 1A; 10/21/98, 1E
  • Arinder, Max
    • Interview with director of the PEER Committee, 12/20/98, 2H
  • Arizona Boys Ranch
    • Teenager dies at boot camp where Mississippi youth died in 1994, 7/2/98, 7A
  • Armstrong, Louis and Artie
    • 'I am not afraid,' Armstrong says, 10/21/98, 1A
    • Another extortion trial on agenda for March 1999
      • Stardust Cabaret, 12/13/98, 1A
    • Armstrong lawyers attack Adams' credibility, 10/26/98, 1A
    • Armstrong Sr. doesn't let troubles kill holiday spirit, 12/24/98, 1A
    • Armstrongs are indicted on bribery and extortion charges, 10/22/98, 1A, 5A
    • Armstrongs enter pleas of innocent, 10/28/98, 1A
    • Artie Armstrong looks to heroes, 10/23/98, 1A
    • Bo Brown testifies before grand jury, 10/21/98, 1A
    • Charges alone cannot force Armstrong off City Council, 10/22/98, 1A; 10/26/98, 1A
    • City Council finds probe distracting, 11/5/98, 1B
    • FBI probing City Councilman and his son: Stardust Caberet zoning, 9/9/98, 1A; 9/10/98, 1A
    • Federal prosecutor cautions Armstrongs' attorneys, 10/27/98, 1A
    • House search: sting links Armstrong to Stardust cash, 10/20/98, 1A
    • Indictments may hurt black leaders, 10/25/98, 1A
    • Louis Armstrong says son hired man to make extorting phone call, 12/22/98, 1A
    • They say spectre of trial won't alter their lives, 12/31/98, 1B
  • Armstrong, Louis and Artie SEE ALSO Time Warner Cable
  • Armstrong, Louis SEE ALSO City Council
  • Army National Guard
    • 134th Combat Support Hospital to be disbanded, 8/8/98, 1B
    • Out-of-state members may get tuition break at community colleges, 8/26/98, 4B
  • Arnold, Lionel
    • 15-year old slaying suspect released
      • Prosecutors had failed to seek indictment, 11/6/98, 1B
  • Arson, Greenville
    • Suspected in blaze at office of county district attorney, 4/23/98, 1B
  • Arson, Mississippi
    • Swift justice uncommon in arson investigations, 7/27/98, 1B
  • Arts Alliance of Jackson and Hinds County
    • $100,000 grant from city of Jackson, 11/1/98, 1A
    • Holiday Studio Tours, 9/27/98, 1G
    • Task force looking at arts district in Jackson, 9/30/98, 1A
  • Arts education
    • Officials urge more focus in Mississippi, 9/27/98, 1B
  • Arts, Jackson
    • Groups woo young to performances, 10/4/98, 1F
  • Arts, Mississippi
    • Visual arts in Mississippi a strong heritage, 10/11/98, 1G
  • Asbestos
    • Jefferson County jury awards plaintiffs $48.5 Million
      • Compensatory damages, 6/13/98, 1A
  • Asemani, Billy
    • 'Dentist' with no degree is jailed, 9/23/98, 1A; 9/24/98, 1A
    • Ex-patients of 'dentist' with no degree are worried, 9/25/98, 1B
    • Jackson dentist agrees to surrender license, 1/24/98, 1B; 1/25/98, 1B; 1/27/98, 1B; 2/28/98, 4B
    • Jackson dentist surrenders license, 3/21/98, 1B
    • Loophole in voting laws: nonresidents can register with no ID needed, 10/3/98, 1A
    • Voting application, deposition revealed discrepancy, 10/3/98, 1A
  • Ashcraft, Carey SEE Memorial Day, 1998
  • Ashcroft, John
    • Missouri Senator to speak at GOP event, 8/15/98, 3B; 8/19/98, 1B
  • Ashley, Scott
    • Exhumation group undaunted by gruesome task in Guatemala, 2/11/98, 1B
    • UMC student in Guatemala to study civil war deaths, 1/4/98, 1B; 1/11/98, 1B; 2/9/98, 1A; 2/10/98, 1A
  • Asian ecomomy
    • Mississippi firms feeling pinch due to area's economic problems, 1/13/98, 1C
  • ASICS Tiger Corp
    • Tax breaks lure distribution center to DeSoto County, 8/18/98, 1C
  • Associated General Contractors
    • Governor's trip to Memphis meeting costs state $1074, 8/29/98, 3B
  • Association of Community College Trustees
    • Regional meeting on Coast, 5/29/98, 3B; 6/12/98, 4B; 6/13/98, 3B
  • Asthma
    • Asthma and children, 5/22/98, 1E
    • Asthma Super Saturday at Briarwood Presbyterian Church, 5/22/98, 1E
  • Astronomers
    • Amateur astronomers; astronomy websites, 11/9/98, 1D
  • Athletes
    • Use of high-carbohydrate energy products such as Gu, 1/12/98, 1D
  • Athletes SEE ALSO Sports agents
  • Athletics
    • Rankin County and Brandon athletic officials clamor for funding, 4/30/98, 2B
  • Athletics SEE ALSO Commission on School Accreditation
  • Attention deficit disorder
    • Brain scan may identify ADD children, 11/24/98, 1A
  • Audi SEE East-Holman Motorcars
  • Audiobooks
    • Growing number of people listen while they're on the road, 2/23/98, 1D
  • Austin, Andrew
    • Accidental eletrocution of TV production manager
      • His mother vows to educate TV crews, 1/3/98, 1B, 4B
  • Authorship
    • Selp-publishing authors, 9/18/98, 1E
  • Automated external defribrillators
    • Mississippians need better access, AHA says, 12/3/98, 1B
  • Automated Fingerprint Identification System
    • City of Jackson interested in state system, 5/10/98, 1B
  • Automobile chases, Jackson
    • Burglary ends in chase and crash in north Jackson, 2/17/98, 1B
  • Automobile insurance
    • Uninsured drivers dodging state law, 10/19/98, 1B
  • Automobile tags
    • Uniform tag prices will be enforced on vans and SUVs, 5/18/98, 1B
  • Automobile theft, Jackson
    • Man dies trying to keep vehicle he stole from being stolen, 8/10/98, 1A; 8/31/98, 1B
    • Precautionary advice is given, 12/21/98, 1B
    • Thefts down in city, study claims, 5/10/98, 1B
  • Automobile theft, Madison County
    • 5 suspected car thieves sought in chop shop operation, 2/27/98, 1B
  • Automobiles
    • Parents must decide whether to buy newly-licensed teenagers a car, 3/1/198, 1E
    • Proposed federal legislation would require disclosure of rebuilt autos, 10/6/98, 1C
  • Autrey, Tyres
    • USM student overcame much to get education
      • Given university's 'Mississippian' award, 4/12/98, 1A
  • Avignon Office Park
    • New development on Lake Harbour Drive, 3/14/98, 2B
  • AvquaPro Corp
    • Tennessee catfish company operating in Delta will trade on Nasdaq, 3/20/98, 1c
  • Ayers suit
    • Adviser to Ayers case judge tours schools, 12/8/98, 1B; 12/12/98, 1B
    • Black colleges seek Ayers case funding, 3/23/98, 1A
    • Case results in slight increase of whites in historically black colleges, 5/27/98, 1A
    • Chambliss wants hearing, 1/24/98, 1B
    • College Board continues Ayers talks, 1/7/98, 1B'1/21/98, 3B
    • Judge Neal Biggers names Jerry Boone as his assistant in case, 8/25/98, 1B
    • Lawyers to hear final issues, 11/18/98, 1B
    • Meeting set in Oxford to assess developments, 4/11/98, 1A
    • Ruling cited as cause for falling enrollment on black campuses, 5/12/98, 1A; 6/7/98, 1B
  • Ayrix Technologies SEE Meta3 Inc
  • Azalea Christian Manor
    • Church service for home-bound residents, 10/24/98, 1E

B
  • B-2 bomber
    • Spirit of Mississippi unveiled at Air National Guard base, 5/24/98, 1B
  • Babcock & Wilcox
    • Plant in West Point will remain open, 3/18/98, 1C
  • Babski, Kari
    • Miss Mississippi USA, 9/27/98, 1B
  • Bacchus Ball
    • Benefit for Diabetes Association, 2/4/98, 1E
  • Back Porch Ceramics
    • Loleta Kelly expands home business, 1/10/98, 1C
  • Backpacks
    • School childre's backpacks these days are heavy, 12/31/98, 1E
  • Bacterial meningitis
    • Peeples Middle School student dies; case no risk to general public, 5/19/98, 1A; 5/20/98,3B
  • Bad checks
    • State high court rules against Laurel judge's bad check fine, 6/13/98, 1B
  • Baer Media
    • Southaven outdoorsman Max Bear Sr. builds media empire, 8/24/98, 5B
  • Bailey Avenue Garden Society
    • Vegetable garden in the inner city
      • Operation Shoestring provides assistance, 6/13/98, 1E
  • Bailey Avenue Renewal Caolition
    • Inner-city residents helping themselves, 10/17/98, 1A
  • Bailey Cable Co
    • Port Gibson
      • Under fire for poor service to 15 Rankin County customers, 6/17/98, 2B; 8/5/98, 2B
  • Bailey, Douglas
    • 13-year old says he was abducted by a man on Treehaven Dr, 12/3/98, 1B
  • Bain, Kay
    • Surviving half of Tupelo talk-show team carries on, 2/18/98, 1E
  • Baker, Dee Dee
    • Watercolors at Dueringer Galleries, 11/15/98, 1F
  • Baker, Glenn SEE Child abuse
  • Baker-Carr, Janet
    • Resigns from PRM; moving to Memphis
      • 'Profiles' will keep airing, 7/13/98, 1D
  • Baldwin Piano and Organ Co
    • To expand Greenwood plant, 5/29/98, 1C
  • Baldwin, Bruce and Marion
    • California couple find dream home in Vicksburg, 11/29/98, 5B
  • Ballet Magnificat!
    • Brings 2 new ballets to Jackson, 4/26/98, 1G; 5/3/98, 8B
    • Summer Dance Intensive, 7/25/98, 1E
  • Ballet Mississippi
    • Football player Daryle Heidelberg tries his hand at pirouettes, 6/14/98, 1F
    • Spring Gala: An Evening of French Ballet, 4/19/98, 1G
  • Ballot initiatives SEE Initiative and referendum
  • Ballroom dancing
    • Catches on with dancers of all ages, 3/23/98, 1D
  • Bancorp South SEE Bank of Mississippi
  • BancorpSouth Bank
    • New name for Bank of Mississippi, 12/5/98, 1C
  • Band robberies, Jackson
    • Lakeland Dr suspect Clinton Moses turns himself in to JPD, 8/5/98, 4B
  • Bank fraud
    • 2 men suspected with counterfeiting checks, then withdrawing funds
      • Thuc Minh Vu and Huan Doan, 6/24/98, 1B
  • Bank of Edwards SEE Blackmore, Richard
  • Bank of Mississippi
    • Buys Alabama Bancorp of Birmingham, 6/23/98, 1C; 8/28/98, 1C
    • Changes name to BancorpSouth Bank, 12/5/98, 1C
    • Merger with Merchants Bank of Vicksburg, 5/5/98, 1C
    • New building at East Capitol St site, 9/4/98, 1C
    • Stock split shows confidence
      • Helped by DGB buyout, 3/31/98, 1C
  • Bank of Yazoo City
    • Firebombing of bank branch, 10/27/98, 1B
  • Bank robberies, Brandon
    • 30 minutes into job new police chief seeks Trustmark robbers, 10/13/98, 2B
  • Bank robberies, Durant
    • 2 suspects nabbed after car chase, 5/20/98, 6B; 5/27/98, 5B
  • Bank robberies, Edwards
    • Merchants Bank robbed, 1/28/98, 1B
  • Bank robberies, Jackson
    • Deposit Guaranty on North State St latest bank to be hit, 8/20/98, 1A
    • DGB branch on North State: robber unable to get away with any money, 4/30/98, 1B
    • James Cupstid arrested for robbery of Trustmark on Hwy 18, 1/1/98, 3B
    • Jury acquits Leemarkus Haggard and Shawncory Evans, 10/27/98, 4B
    • Man robs Omni Bank on US 80 West without showing weapon, 8/6/98, 6B
    • Masked men rob Trustmark on I-55 North, 3/13/98, 1B
    • Number increase: ten in city since October 1997, 2/6/98, 1A
    • OmniBank on Hwy 80, 1/24/98, 1B
    • Police arrest 15-year old Mario Moore in DGB robbery, 7/17/98, 1A; 7/18/98, 1B
    • Robert Pugh arrested for twice robbing Union Planters Bank, 8/2/98, 1B
    • Teenagers flee robbery, ram stolen car into school bus, 10/17/98, 1A; 11/4/98, 1B
    • Trustmark at Highland Village; city's 12 heist this year, 10/9/98, 1B
    • Trustmark at Metrocenter robbed for 2nd time in 2 days, 7/15/98, 1B
    • Trustmark on I-55 North robbed, 1/6/98, 5B
    • Union Planters on Lakeland held up for 2nd time in 10 days, 7/25/98, 1B
    • Widespread manhunt snags 2 men in robbery of DGB on W Northside Dr, 9/25/98, 1A
  • Bank robberies, Mississippi
    • Drugs cited in rise of robberies, 11/10/98, 1A
  • Bank robberies, Okolona
    • Grenada man charged in robbery, 2/1/98, 3B
    • Ishmael Petty convicted in December 1997 robbery, 5/28/98, 3B
  • Bank robberies, Richland
    • Jerry Hobson of Brandon arrested on Old US 49, 2/6/98, 1A
  • Bank robberies, Ridgeland
    • Union Planters Bank, 1/24/98, 1B
  • Bank robberies, Tupelo
    • Drake Standifer convicted of robbery attempt, 5/28/98, 3B
  • Bank robbieries, Biloxi
    • 86-year old Texas man charged, 12/12/98, 3B
  • BankPlus
    • Yazoo City bank opens 3 branches in reservoir area, Clinton, 10/13/98, 1C
  • Banks SEE ALSO Community banks
  • Banks, Carl
    • New president of Madison County Board of Supervisors, 1/3/98, 6B
  • Banks, Danny
    • Ex-Carroll County sheriff's embezzlement charges, 6/9/98, 1B; 6/13/98, 1B
    • Former Carroll County sheriff gets 33 months sentence, 8/15/98, 1B
  • Banks, Mississippi
    • 12-hour service at drive-through windows, 11/16/98, 6C
    • Community banking concept growing in state, 7/16/98, 1C
    • State banks rate highly in Bauer Finanacial Report, 12/18/98, 1C
    • State sees dwindling in number of banks statewide, 6/18/98, 1C
  • Banner Hall
    • Jackson retail complex in renovated, 12/12/98, 1C
    • With new owners, facility undergoing major transformation, 9/20/98, 1C
  • Baptist Health Systems
    • Cancer Survivors Day celebration, 6/8/98, 1B
    • Construction of $30 million retirement complex in Clinton, 1/30/98, 2B
    • Early Start to a Healthy Heart program, 3/5/98, 1B
    • Hospital using PEACOCK cancer treatment, 8/2/98, 1B
    • OSHA fines hospital in worker's death, 5/16/98, 1B
    • Proposed retirement community in Brandon, 6/9/98, 1B; 7/9/98, 2B; 7/24/98, 2B
  • Baptist Medical Systems
    • Water babies at the Fitness Center, 7/7/98, 1B
  • Barbie dolls
    • Barbie's pushing 40, 12/30/98, 1E
  • Barbour, Haley
    • Democrats claim he solicited foreign moey, 2/11/98, 1B
    • Resigns as chairman of Republican National Committee, 8/27/98, 1A
  • Bardwell, Will
    • Brandon high school student co-hosts sports talk show on WJDS, 9/17/98, 1E
  • Barnes, Jill
    • Wingfield senior is best junior ROTC shooter in JPS, 1/30/98, 2B
  • Barnes, Rod
    • New head basketball coach at Ole Miss, 4/10/98, 1A, 1D
  • Barnes, Werlein
    • D'Lo postmaster retires after 33 years, 4/6/98, 1B
  • Barnett, John
    • Former assistant city prosecutor fighting 1996 DUI charge, 8/19/98, 3B
  • Barnett, Zachary SEE Drownings
  • Barq's Root Beer
    • Still on top after 100 years
      • First made in Biloxi, 5/25/98, 6C
  • Barq's Rootbeer
    • City of Biloxi and Coca-Cola join in anniversary celebration, 3/25/98, 1C
  • Barr, Percy
    • Greenwood securities dealer sanctioned and fined, 12/31/98, 1C
  • Barr, Percy SEE Primerica Financial Services
  • Barras, Gregory
    • Remains of Mississippi pilot downed in Vietnam come home for burial, 12/8/98, 1B; 12/12/98, 1B
  • Barrett Refinery
    • Vicksburg facility faces felony charges of polluting, 8/28/98, 1A
  • Barrett's Landing
    • House on Lake Caroline was designed and built by Barrett family, 11/13/98, 1E
  • Barrett, Bucky
    • Former Jackson resident has played lead guitar from top groups, 11/26/98, 6F
  • Barrett, Paul
    • Begins federal prison term in Florida, 1/28/98, 3B
    • Ex-Warren County sheriff at Jackson halfway house
      • Following release from prison, 9/24/98, 3B; 12/19/98, 5B
    • Ex-Warren County sheriff awaits call to prison, 1/10/98, 1B
  • Barrett, Richard
    • Petitions Fordice to pardon Beckwith, 1/19/98, 1B
  • Bartee, Tobey
    • State high court hears case against Clarke County justice court judge, 8/28/98, 3B
  • Bartley, Julian SEE Embassy bombings, Africa
  • Barton, Lea
    • Her 'Brooklyn Days' on display at Millsaps College, 9/6/98, 1G
  • Baseball
    • 9 new baseball parks opened in Brandon, 3/27/98, 2B
    • MSU wins College World Series trip, 5/25/98, 1A
  • Baskeball SEE ALSO Barnes, Rod
  • Basketball
    • Buzzer-beating 3-point shot eliminates Ole Miss at NCAA, 3/14/98, 1A, 1D
    • NCAA invites Ole Miss but not USM, 3/9/98, 1A
  • Basketball SEE ALSO Evans, Rob
  • Bass, Lance
    • Jackson man in act 'N Sync that opens for Janet Jackson on US tour, 10/14/98, 1F
  • Bass, Rick
    • Where the Sea Used to Be (book reviewed), 6/28/98, 3G
  • Bassett, Barbie
    • Judge lifts restraining order keeping her off WLBT-TV, 6/23/98, 1C
    • Weathercaster leaves WAPT-TV; legal battle looms, 6/16/98, 1C; 6/17/98, 1C; 8/30/98, 1C
  • Bates, Christian
    • Hattiesburg man charged in deaths of 2 men found in torched car, 4/21/98, 1B
  • Battle of Raymond
    • Re-enactment should draw 20,000, 4/16/98, 2B
  • Bauer, Gary SEE House Conservative Coalition
  • Baughman, Mitchell SEE Tattoos
  • Bay Springs High School
    • Federal program provides older, but not outdated, computers to school, 8/15/98, 1V
  • Bay St.Louis High School
    • 4 brothers charged in brawl, 12/10/98, 6B
  • Beaches
    • State's beaches found safe fro swimming, 9/16/98, 3B
    • Volunteers conduct survey of debris found on Gulf Coast beaches, 6/21/98, 1B
  • Beadle, Gene
    • Chiropractor from Bruce also fills in as cake decorator and county coroner, 6/22/98, 4B
  • Bean, Jim
    • State Senator from Hattiesburg announces retirement, 8/11/98, 1B
  • Beanie babies
    • Collecting stuffed animals fun hobby, but not sound investment, 9/28/98, 4B
  • Beard, Gerald
    • Jackson Public Works director resigns; takes new job, 7/18/98, 1B
  • Beard, Priscilla
    • City settles lawsuit in her baby's death in jail, 1/21/98, 1B
  • Bears
    • Black bear injured by car near Liberty
      • Treated at LSU veterinary school, 6/26/98, 1B
    • Workshops on plight of black bears in Delta, 1/25/98, 1B
  • Beasley, Tom
    • Jackson man killed in offshore oil rig accident, 3/21/98, 4B
  • Beau Rivage SEE Dockside gambling, Biloxi
  • Beaver of Jackson SEE Business fires. Jackson
  • Beckwith, Byron De La
    • Appeal goes to US Supreme Court, 6/30/98, 1B
    • High Court's decision to uphold his conviction 'puzzling', 1/4/98, 3H (Minor column)
    • Moved from Hinds County Jail to Central Correctional Facility, 4/8/98, 1B
    • Richard Barrett petitions governor to pardon Beckwith, 1/19/98, 1B; 1/20/98, 1B; 1/21/98, 1B
    • State Supreme Court turns down his appeal without comment, 3/27/98, 3B
    • US Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal, 10/6/98, 1A
  • Bed & breakfast inns
    • Number of cozy inns growing in Mississippi, 1/5/98, 1D
  • Beechwood
    • Vicksburg
      • Restaurant review, 11/26/98, 4F
  • Beef prices SEE Cattle industry
  • Beer
    • Beers with higher-alcohol content become available in state, 6/15/98, 1B
    • Plastic beer bottles to be introduced, 10/31/98, 1C
    • Richland OK's sale of higher-alcohol beers, 6/23/98, 1B
  • Beer SEE ALSO Alcohol sales
  • Bees
    • Bee mites invading hives; major problem for state beekeeping industry, 9/6/98, 6B
  • Begley, Sam
    • Jackson attorney faces DUI, drug charges, 7/10/98, 3B
  • Belew, Joseph
    • Jackson stockbroker faces charges of securities fraud and embezzlement, 8/25/98, 1B; 8/27/98, 5B
  • Belhaven College
    • Football, other sports-related programs
      • Mass communications and theater majors, 6/12/98, 1B
    • New projects, additions bring excitement to campus, 4/13/98, 1B
  • Belhaven Heights
    • City Council again postpones vote, 9/2/98, 1A
    • Community could become historic district, 8/12/98, 1B; 8/26/98, 1A; 8/27/98, 1A; 9/1/98, 1A
  • Bell, Chris
    • Former gang member, blinded in shooting, now leads youth ministry, 2/7/98, 1E
  • Bell, Kevin
    • Police say 11-year old boy's hanging death was accidental, 11/6/98, 2B
  • BellSouth
    • BellSouth workers may be next to strike, 8/1/98, 1C; 8/8/98, 1c
    • Jackson data center to be moved to Birmingham and Charlotte
      • 31 jobs lossed, 12/22/98, 1C
    • Lowers basic telephone charges, 1/1/98, 8C
    • To enter Mississippi long distance market, 10/31/98, 1C; 12/6/98, 1C
  • BellSouth Mobility Gospel Music Awards
    • Roy Wooten recognized for his work, 7/13/98, 4B
  • Belzoni, Mississippi
    • 3 city employees, including city clerk, fired in fund probe, 5/29/98, 1B
  • Bender, Dana
    • Make-A Wish Foundation brings Disney World to terminally ill child, 4/9/98, 1B
  • Bennett family
    • Life in a large family: hard work, discipline, love, faith, 10/20/98, 1E
  • Bennett, Marshall
    • Interview with state treasurer, 5/24/98, 2H; 10/11/98, 2H
  • Better Business Bureau of Mississippi
    • Developes web site, 7/10/98, 1C
  • Betting SEE Sports betting
  • Bevilaqua, Steve SEE KLLM Transport Services
  • Biagi, Tony
    • Hazlehurst artist, 8/12/98, 1E
  • Bible study
    • Precept Ministries at First Baptist church in Jackson, 9/5/98, 1E
  • Bicycle safety
    • Bike-safety posters stress importance of helmets, 4/7/98, 3B
  • Bien, Herman
    • Grave of rabbi is in Vicksburg National Military Park
      • Southern Jewish experience, 4/19/98, 4B
  • Big Black River
    • Funds OK'd to stabilize river bank in Madison County, 8/19/98, 2B
  • Big Sunflower River
    • Bid rejected for start of dredging/flood control project, 10/6/98, 1B
    • Change of venue in lawsuit is sought, 12/8/98, 1B
    • Commission on Environmental Quality reaffirms dredging plans, 10/9/98, 3B
    • National Wildlife Federaltion sues to block dredging, 11/6/98, 1A
    • Opinions on dredging vary widely, 4/12/98, 1B; 5/29/98, 1B
    • Sierra Club challenges dredging plan, 5/1/98, 1B; 8/24/98, 1A
  • Bilal's Trading Post
    • Store offers Afrocentric, Islamic products, 3/8/98, 8C
  • Bill Gaither's Christmas Homecoming
    • At Coliseum, 12/5/98, 1E
  • Bill's Dollar Stores
    • Timothy McAlear named CEO, 3/3/98, 1c
  • Billingsley, Gladstone
    • Columbus Alzheimer's patient missing 3 weeks, 5/15/98, 5B; 12/1/98, 6B
  • Billiot, James
    • Appeal denied in 1981 death penalty sentence, 2/19/98, 1B
  • Billy Brumfield House SEE Brumfield House
  • Biloxi Bay Resort Group
    • SEE Dockside gambling, Biloxi
  • Biloxi Public Schools
    • Legal dispute over enrollment puts North Biloxi building plan on hold, 8/31/98, 3B; 9/5/98, 8B
  • Biloxi, Mississippi
    • Kicks off 300th birthday celebration, 12/31/98, 2B
  • Binge drinking
    • Alcohol abuse targeted at University of Mississippi, 10/12/98, 1A
  • Bingo
    • Charity bingo operations ruled by the '60-40 split', 11/1/98, 1C
    • Judge upholds revocation of licenses of 2 Tupelo bingo parlors, 2/9/98, 2B
    • State Gaming Commission probing the spending of 5 bingo charities, 10/16/98, 1A; 10/17/98, 1A
    • State may tighten laws, 12/19/98, 1C
  • Bird feeders
    • From simple to exotic, popularity of feeders is soaring, 5/18/98, 1D
  • Bishop, Michael SEE Wild Success Institute
  • Bivens, Louis
    • 18-year old man found shot to death on street, 8/23/98, 1B
  • Black bears SEE Bears
  • Black Business Journal
    • New annual magazine in Jackson, 8/13/98, 1C
  • Black Caucus SEE Legislative Black Caucus
  • Black farmers SEE Farmers
  • Black Rose Theatre Company
    • Winner of 'best play' at theater conference, 3/18/98, 2B
  • Black, Patti Carr
    • Her book 'Art in Mississippi, 1720-1980, 10/11/98, 1G; 11/11/98, 5B
  • Blackberry Records SEE Williams Brothers
  • Blackmore, Richard
    • Edwards man guilty of bank fraud; jury deadlocked on additional charges, 10/24/98, 1B
    • Ex-official of Edwards bank Larry McNair testifies at fraud trial, 10/21/98, 1B
    • Indicted on conspiring to defraud Bank of Edwards, 3/27/98, 1B
  • Blackwell Lithographers
    • Its parent Master Graphics Inc goes public, 6/18/98, 1C
  • Blain, Tom
    • Interview with Burea of narcotics director, 12/13/98, 2H
  • Blair, Jerome
    • Mother of Madison man slain in 1996 hopes his killer is found, 8/22/98, 2B
  • Blakenstein, Vidal
    • Paintings and monotypes at Pearl River Glass Studio Gallery, 11/1/98, 1G
  • Block grants
    • Mississippi educators like proposed federal program, 7/14/98, 1B
  • Block scheduling
    • Board of Education OKs daily sports at block schedule schools, 5/16/98, 1A
    • Clash concerning athletic block scheduling, 5/15/98, 1B
    • Madison County school personnel meets with parents to discuss concept, 2/14/98, 2B; 4/7/98, 2B
    • New methods give schools more time on task, 2/12/98, 1E
    • Students can earn credits quickly on block scheduling, 8/27/98, 1E
  • Blocker, Yolanda SEE Ledbetter, Jared
  • Blood supply, Mississippi
    • Blood drives cancelled because of weather sap supplies, 12/27/98, 1B
    • Blood supply is perilously low, 1/30/98, 1B; 1/31/98, 1A; 6/25/98, 4B
    • Campaigns have helped boost blood banks, 8/15/98, 1B; 11/25/98, 5B; 11/27/98, 3B
    • Supply is low and summer is rolling in, 5/23/98, 1B; 5/26/98, 2B; 6/12/98, 2B; 7/26/98, 1F
  • Blough, John Wayne
    • His program Wrestling for Christ, 9/26/98, 1E
  • Blue Country Kitchen
    • LeAnn Rimes' grandfather Thad Butler opens eatery in Pearl, 5/25/98, 6C
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
    • Buys old KLLM headquarters, 4/22/98, 1C
  • Blue Oyster Cult
    • At Hal & Mal's, 3/26/98, 8F
  • Blue Ribbon Schools
    • 7 in Mississippi compete for awards, 11/24/98, 5B
  • Blue Sky Inc
    • Company provides temporary office spaces, 4/29/98, 1C
  • Blue, Brian and Sherri
    • State high court upholds tax evasion charges, 6/12/98, 1B
  • Blueberry crop
    • Cold weather hits crop hard, 3/13/98, 1B
  • Blues
    • Fertile, flat Mississippi Delta provides fascinating pilgrimage, 8/30/98, 1G
  • Board of Animal Health
    • Asking for increase in funding, 9/23/98, 4B
    • James Watson named state veterinarian, 6/4/98, 1B
    • Lawmaker says state veterinarian Dr. Frank Rogers should leave, 5/22/98, 1A
    • New staff: Dr. Jim Watson and Dr. Waylon Vorhies, 7/12/98, 1B
    • PEER blasts agency: many reports were faked, 5/20/98, 1B; 5/21/98, 1A
    • Rogers denies firing of Theresa Love was retaliation, 5/28/98, 1A
    • Rogers is ousted; 4 replacement candidates named, 6/3/98, 1A
    • Second probe: payments to agency not deposited, 6/2/98, 1A
  • Board of Education
    • 48 applications for superintendent post, 3/5/98, 1B; 3/18/98, 3B; 4/2/98, 1B; 4/9/98, 3B; 4/12/98, 1B
    • Final superintendent applicant interviewed, 4/17/98, 1B, 3B
    • Looking into new tracking system to improve school districts, 12/17/98, 3B
    • New member is attorney Kenny Bush of Philadelphia, 1/16/98, 1B; 1/17/98, 1B
    • Nominee A.M. Zeidman clears senate, 4/3/98, 3B
    • Ocean Springs school official Dewey Herring wants superintendent post, 2/5/98, 1B
    • Richard Boyd comes on as interim superintendent, 1/6/98, 1A
    • Richard Thompson again chosen state superintendent, 5/1/98, 1A; 5/3/98, 1A, 1B; 7/19/98, 1A
    • Superintendent list winnowed to 3, 4/18/98, 1B; 4/21/98, 1A; 4/28/98, 1B
    • Superintendent Thompson on statewide telecast, 9/15/98, 1B; 9/22/98, 1B
    • Superintendent Thompson will hold statewide teacher conference on ETV, 8/27/98, 1B
  • Board of Education SEE ALSO School districts
  • Board of Medical Licensure
    • Board feels loss following death of well-like member Dr. Richard Peden, 8/18/98, 5B
  • Board of Optometry
    • PEER report calls for board changes, 8/11/98, 3B
  • Boating accidents
    • Florence woman Sherry Harvey charged with BUI on Pearl River, 6/15/98, 3B
  • Boaz Military Boot Camp
    • Actor Morgan Freeman employed Bobby Sanford at one time
      • Freeman talks to deputies, 6/18/98, 1A
  • Boaz Military Boot camp
    • Bill-paying not a priority, former employees say, 6/24/98, 1A
  • Boaz Military Boot Camp
    • Camp is raided amid abuse allegations, 5/9/98, 1B; 5/13/98, 1B; 5/15/98, 1A
    • DHS lets judge decide fate of boot camp youths, 6/5/98, 1B
    • Director Bobby Sanford arrested
      • Solicitations are alleged to be a scam, 6/16/98, 1A
    • Do homework on nonprofits before making donations, officials say, 7/12/98, 1B
    • FBI joins in investigation of Sanford, 7/31/98, 1B
    • Hinds County grand jury to hear case, 5/21/98, 1A
    • Its 2 directors Bobby Sanford and Buster Caldwell have rape convictions, 6/9/98, 1A
    • More Texas children taken form Camp, 6/4/98, 1A
    • Ordered closed for 10 days, 6/6/98, 1A
    • Sanford charged with embezzlement, 9/3/98, 5B
    • Sanford facing more charges, 8/4/98, 3B
    • Sanford may face embezzlement charges, 7/28/98, 1A
    • Sanford may have duped actor Morgan Freeman, 6/20/98, 1A
    • Sanford received $250,000 from nonprofit organizations, 6/19/98, 1A
    • Sanford showed expensive tastes, flair for persuasion, 7/26/98, 1A
    • Sanford's parole revoked, 9/17/98, 1A
    • Texas youth disputes reports of abuse, 6/14/98, 1B
    • Worker Sandra Willis facing embezzlement charges, 7/16/98, 1A
  • Bogue Chitto Water Park
    • 3 from Jackson arrested for gunplay, 5/29/98, 4B
  • Boleware, Yvonne
    • Jackson woman harbors memories of Japanese prison camp in WWII, 1/20/98, 1E
  • Boll weevils
    • Massive aerial attack with pesticides, 6/1/98, 1B; 6/5/98, 3B; 12/10/98, 1B
  • Bomar, Eddie SEE Gleaners, Inc
  • Bombs SEE Leflore County Sheriff's Department
  • Bombs SEE Pipe bomb
  • Bond hearings
    • Max Robertson wants mandatory hearings for all Hinds County prisoners, 6/8/98, 1B
  • Bond issues, Greenwood
    • Voters defeat $11.2 Million school bond issue, 4/29/98, 1B
  • Bond issues, Hinds County
    • Scheduled despite protest by Jackson officials over funds split, 2/11/98, 2B
  • Bond issues, Jackson
    • Church leaders vote in support of bond issue, 7/8/98, 1B
    • Citizens will soon see $35Million in bonds at work, 12/22/98, 1B
    • Drainage, building projects with with tax increase?, 6/9/98, 1A; 6/10/98, 1B, 6/15/98, 1A
    • Ex-mayor Ditto says Council strife prevented bond issue in his term, 6/15/98, 5A
    • Leaders want $500,000 bond issue
      • Money for youth detention center, 9/22/98, 2B
    • No protest lodged on bond issue passage: projects can begin, 8/20/98, 1B
    • Unanimous City Council OKs proposal, 7/22/98, 1B
    • Zoo and drainage top mayor's priorities, 4/7/98, 1B; 7/8/98, 1B
  • Bond issues, Madison County
    • Board approves $68.3 Million bond issue, 3/6/98, 2B
    • Bond issue passes by thin margin, 5/14/98, 1A, 2B
    • Committee plans media blitz, 4/28/98, 2B
    • Disparities in income throughout county could hurt vote, 5/4/98, 1B
    • Flora schools to hold forum, 2/19/98, 2B; 2/20/98, 2B
    • History of low voter turnout, 4/18/98, 2B
    • If bond issue fails, school crowding inevitable, 4/18/98, 2B
    • Lawsuit against school board settled, 9/10/98, 2B
    • Lawsuit contests bond-approval election, 6/2/98, 2B; 6/3/98, 2B; 6/18/98, 2B; 7/11/98, 2B
    • New proposal almost ready, 3/5/98, 2B
    • Offers 'something for everybody', 4/13/98, 1A; 4/15/98, 2B; 5/11/98, 1B
    • School Board delays discussion, 3/3/98, 2B
    • School Board seeks input, 1/31/98, 2B; 2/3/98, 2B; 2/12/98, 2B; 2/13/98, 2B; 2/18/98, 2B
    • SEE ALSO Madison County Public Schools
    • So far vote too close to call, 5/13/98, 1A, 2B
    • Success of vote depends on volunteers, 4/17/98, 2B
    • Survey shows business community favors bond issue, 4/29/98, 2B
  • Bond issues, Philadelphia
    • Passing of school bond issue proves racial healing, 3/23/98, 1A
  • Bond issues, Rankin County
    • Repayment of 1978 bond issues is tax break for citizens, 6/25/98, 2B
  • Bond rating
    • Change in Hinds County bond ratings possible, 8/29/98, 2B
  • Bondurant, Sidney
    • Grenada physician is also a reserve deputy sheriff, 8/9/98, 1B
  • Booker Street Day Care Center
    • Owner wants city to clear away dilapidated house next door, 10/13/98, 4B
  • Bookies SEE Sports betting
  • Bookmaking SEE Joseph, Donald and Marilyn
  • Books-A-Million
    • Woman sues shopping center over abduction and rape
      • Michael Poole convicted, 9/24/98, 1B
  • Books-A-Million SEE ALSO Poole, Michael
  • Bookstores
    • It's prices vs. personality as small stores battle chains, 3/10/98, 1E; 3/19/98, 1c
  • Boomtown Casino SEE Dockside gambling, Biloxi
  • Boone, Pete SEE University of Mississippi
  • Booneville, Mississippi
    • Kidstown playground adds to town's livability, 7/9/98, 1C
  • Boot camp SEE Boaz Military Boot Camp
  • Booth, Natasha
    • Lee County woman tried to sell her baby, police say, 1/9/98, 1A
  • Booth, Todd
    • Mendenhall alderman blames legal woes on his ex-wife's enmity, 4/10/98, 7B; 11/7/98, 1B
  • Boswell, David SEE Aircraft accidents, Pisgah
  • Bouie River
    • Rare Gulf of Mexico sturgeon spawns in Hattiesburg area, 5/11/98, 1A; 7/5/98, 1B
  • Bouie River SEE Water supply, Hattiesburg
  • Bounds, Sam SEE Brookhaven Public Schools
  • Bowers, Sam
    • 'Free Bowers' pamphlets turning up in driveways, 7/22/98, 1A
    • 400 potential jurors picked for trial, 7/21/98, 1A
    • Admits Klan membership, 6/2/98, 1A
    • Authorities begin study of transcripts, 3/31/98, 1B
    • Calls Mickey Mouse the 'first militant', 7/26/98, 1A
    • His lawyer is Travis Buckley, also originally charged in Dahmer case, 6/15/98, 1A
    • His trial may expose KKK 'Identity Philosophy', 8/11/98, 1A
    • KKK leader's interview tapes subpoenaed, 1/2/98, 1A; 1/9/98, 1A; 1/30/98, 1A
    • Klan leader arrested; will stand trial again for Dahmer murder
      • Dahmer's widow in tears, 5/29/98, 1A, 5A
    • Ku Klux Klansman makes court appearance, 5/21/98, 1A
    • Prosecution will call up to a dozen witnesses in trial, 8/9/98, 1A
    • Says he is ready to stand trial in Dahmer case, 7/14/98, 1A; 7/20/98, 1A
    • Set up as a pawn in Dahmer case, friend says, 6/12/98, 1B
    • Taped conversation: he thwarted the system, he says, 12/27/98, 1A
    • Trial: appeal of guilty verdict likely; few see him going free, 8/23/98, 1A
    • Trial: believability of witness Billy Roy Pitts key to prosecution, 8/19/98, 6A
    • Trial: Billy Roy Pitts may go free after testifying, 8/18/98, 1A
    • Trial: Bowers finally admits Klan membership, 8/22/98, 13A
    • Trial: Bowers found guilty, 8/22/98, 1A
    • Trial: case goes to the jury, 8/21/98, 1A
    • Trial: Dahmer family recalls deadly attack, 8/19/98, 1A
    • Trial: guilty verdict: state image is patched, but not repaired, 8/22/98, 12A
    • Trial: juror-screening phase, 8/17/98, 1A; 8/18/98, 1A
    • Trial: new unnamed witness expected to link Bowers to Dahmer killing, 8/12/98, 1A
    • Trial: security will be tight, 8/13/98, 1A
    • Trial: trial has reuninted civil rights activists, 8/21/98, 1A
    • Trial: witnesses ID Bowers as ringleader, 8/20/98, 1A
    • White supremacists calling Bowers 'hero' before trial, 8/14/98, 1A
  • Bowers, Sam SEE ALSO Dahmer, Vernon
  • Bowie, Dwayne SEE Jackson Police Department
  • Boy Scouts of America
    • Troop 81 in Mendenhall retires flag, 12/6/98, 1B
  • Boyd, Richard
    • Has reunion with students who were in pilot kindergarten in 1984, 6/20/98, 1B
  • Boyette, Grant SEE Pearl High School
  • Boys and Girls Club of Metropolitan Jackson
    • Remodeled club reopens, 12/11/98, 5B
  • Boys of the South
    • Art show at Madison Gallery in Madison, 10/25/98, 1G
  • Boys State
    • 58th session under way at Copiah-Lincoln Community College, 5/26/98, 4B; 5/27/98, 3B; 5/30/98, 6B
    • Talk by Mike Moore becomes impromptu rally, 5/28/98, 1B
  • Boyz II Men
    • In concert at Tupelo Coliseum, 4/29/98, 1E
  • Braces
    • No longer an ordeal for children
      • Now a sought-after fashion accessory, 3/2/98, 1D
  • Bracey, Zachary
    • Man found with crack cocaine dies in custody, 7/9/98, 1B
  • Brachytherapy
    • Jackson man Boyd Thompson hopes cancer treatment will help him, 9/13/98, 1B
  • Bradberry, Kim and David
    • Daughter is student, father is coach at Clinton High school, 7/23/98, 1E
  • Braddy, Levertis SEE Hooks, Maurice
  • Bradley Method (childbirth) SEE Rowland, Roger and Ann
  • Bradley, Betsy
    • Interview with director of Mississippi Arts Commission, 10/25/98, 2H
  • Bradley, Joyce
    • Hattiesburg artist's work on display at The Arbor, DGB Plaza, 1/11/98, 1G
  • Brady Law SEE Gun control
  • Bragg, Charles
    • Artist has show at Bryant Galleries, 2/1/98, 1G
  • Brain drain
    • Report finds Mississippi retains too few of its college graduates, 6/7/98, 1C
  • Brain Research Development
    • Workshop in Raymond, 7/2/98, 1B
  • Branch, Taylor
    • At Lemuria for signing 'Pillar of Fire'
      • Comments on President Clinton, 3/19/98, 1B
  • Brandon Fire Department
    • Husband and wife firefighting team, 11/5/98, 2B
  • Brandon High School
    • Band wins Fiesta-Val contest in Tampa, 4/28/98, 2B
  • Brandon Middle School
    • Board upholds suspension of 3 students carrying knives, 12/10/98, 2B
    • Coping with loss of 19 teachers, 7/6/98, 1A
    • First-day classroom confusion upsets parents, 8/8/98, 1B
  • Brandon Police Department
    • 4 officers promoted, 12/17/98, 2B
    • City seeking new chief after death of Eudeen Adcock, 9/25/98, 2B; 10/1/98 2B
    • Contract employee Kirby was fired from Bureau of Narcotics: alleged brutality, 9/21/98, 1A
    • File on Bruce Kirby provides no details on firing, 9/15/98, 2B
    • Fired officer Bruce Kirby faces civil trial in 1995 beating case, 9/5/98, 1A; 9/14/98, 1A
    • Fired officers may find out reason, 9/3/98, 2B
    • Firings of 2 veteran police officers examined, 8/28/98, 2B; 8/29/98, 2B; 9/1/98, 2B
    • Force is beefed up, 11/19/98, 2B
    • No action taken on firing of 2 officers, 9/2/98, 1B
    • Richard Peden is new chief, 10/7/98, 2B
    • Woman Jean Hill charges harassment; opposed firing of 2 officers, 9/16/98, 2B
  • Brandon Police Department SEE ALSO Adcock, Eudeen
  • Brandon Volunteer Fire Department
    • City's first fire marshall is Dustin Bairfield, 3/20/98, 2B; 3/26/98, 2B
    • Emergency rescue truck put into quick use, 5/29/98, 2B
    • Merger with Crossgates force, 3/17/98, 2B; 4/1/98, 2B; 6/20/98, 2B; 8/6/98, 2B
    • New chief Byron McDaniel is also emergency coordinator, 4/29/98, 2B
    • SEE ALSO Brandon Fire Department
  • Brandon Youth Association
    • Has 1st claim on Shiloh Park
      • But baseball league will be accommodated, 2/18/98, 2B
  • Brandon, Mississippi
    • City approves plat plan offered by owners of commercial land
      • I-20 and Greenfield Rd, 8/27/98, 2B
    • Improvements help boost city's fire rating to 6, 10/10/98, 2B
    • Mary Anne Denney is new city clerk/administrator, 8/6/98, 2B
    • Mayor Roe Grubbs hires secretary after straw poll, 10/31/98, 2B
  • Breakfast
    • Readers tell the best places to eat-out for breakfast, 5/8/98, 1E
  • Breast implants SEE Silicone breast implants
  • Breastfeeding
    • More Mississippi babies now being breastfed, 8/4/98, 1B
  • Breat Cancer Prevention Trial
    • 40 Mississippi women take part in study
      • Use of tamoxifen, 5/4/98, 1A
  • Brewer, Herbert
    • Plantersville mayor dies during a meeting, 2/5/98, 4B
  • Brewer, Kennedy
    • His sentence upheld for rape and murder of girlfriend's 3-year-old, 7/24/98, 5B
  • Brewer, Lucille
    • Columbus woman housed and fed civil rights workers, 2/8/98, 1F
  • Brick Oven Cafe
    • Restaurant review, 1/22/98, 4E
  • Brick Street Barbershop Quartet, 2/14/98, 2B
  • Brick Streets Festival
    • In Clinton, 4/24/98, 2B
  • Brides SEE Wedding rings
  • Bridges
    • Many state spans still rated unsafe, 7/9/98, 1B
    • Old Highwaay 80 bridge in Vicksburg closed to passenger traffic, 9/13/98, 2B
    • Old Highway 18 bridge over Yalobusha River blown up as Corps exercise, 9/3/98, 1B
  • Brilla Soccer Team
    • Using popular sport to spread Christian faith, 8/1/98, 1E
  • Brinkley Middle School
    • Angry mother fires shot toward son in school building, 3/5/98, 1A
  • Brinkley, Ben Paul
    • State board reinstates psychiatrist's license, 2/20/98, 1B
  • Britt, Richard Keith
    • Biloxi resdients is state's 'Cosmo' man, 7/14/98, 1E
  • Britton & Kootz First National Bank
    • Natchez
      • Small bank lets customers access accounts via Internet, 5/29/98, 1C
  • Britton, Maxcine and Albert SEE Mediciad
  • Brocato, Maria SEE Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
  • Bromoxynil SEE Roundup Ready Cotton
  • Brookhaven Public Schools
    • Superintendent Sam Bounds reprimanded for 'serious indiscretion', 1/16/98, 2B; 2/14/98, 1B
  • Brooks, Owen
    • Native New Yorker has dedicated his life to civil rights struggle
      • Lives in Mississippi Delta, 3/15/98, 1H
  • Brooks, Porshe
    • Young girl with sickle cell anemia honored by Make-A-Wish Foundation, 6/3/98, 2B
  • Broome, Laverna
    • Long-time Terry city clerk retires, 7/22/98, 2B
  • Broome, Matt
    • Clinton High senior wins Blue Cross/Blue Shield poster contest, 4/9/98, 2B
  • Brown, Ben
    • His 1967 death near JSU is being reinvestigated, 12/6/98, 1A
  • Brown, Bob
    • Police promise to look into his 1967 slaying, 5/13/98, 1B
  • Brown, Caroline
    • Daughter of Natchez mayor killed in car crash, 1/20/98, 1B; 1/21/98, 6B
  • Brown, Michael W
    • Parolee arrested, charged in string of south Jackson robberies, 12/16/98, 1B
  • Brown, Wilbert
    • Jackson man captured after police chase through Brandon
      • Officer Ronald Stratham, 10/21/98, 2B
  • Browning-Ferris Industries SEE Garbage, Jackson
  • Bruce Campbell Field
    • Madison
      • 28-acre tract to be used for city recreation facility, 7/25/98, 2B
  • Bruce Furniture Industries
    • City's promise of new facility will bring in 400 jobs, 2/25/98, 1C
  • Bruff, Sandra SEE North Mississippi Medical Center
  • Brumfield House
    • Homeless shelter to be closed; building to be used by fire dept, 6/19/98, 1A; 6/25/98, 1A; 6/26/98, 1A
    • Signs 5-year informal lease agreement with city
      • Can stay in same location, 9/24/98, 1A
  • Brumfield, Wilda
    • Long-time female pharmacist in Tylertown, 12/27/98, 1A
  • Brummett, Paul
    • Madison inventor patents TV transmission improvement device, 10/20/98, 1C
  • Brunner, Jonas
    • Robbery leaves Jackson man penniless, 2/5/98, 1B; 2/6/98, 1B
  • Bryan Tours
    • Merges with Pennsylvania-based agency, 7/30/98, 1C
  • Bryant, Phil
    • Interview with State Auditor, 11/15/98, 2H
  • Bryant, Ruby
    • Director of special education Sunday school class at Calvary Baptist, 8/29/98, 1E
  • Buckhalter, Chris
    • Former USM football player surrenders in 1997 slaying
      • Jason Langley killed, 1/27/98, 1A; 1/29/98, 1B
    • Langley's mother relives past as Buckhalter surrenders, 1/31/98, 1B
    • Placed at scene of Langley slaying, 2/6/98, 2B
  • Buctril SEE Roundup Ready cotton
  • Buford-Yerger Retirement Center
    • Residents face termination of HUD assistance, 11/6/98, 1B; 12/25/98, 1B
  • Building Better Community Through Better Race Relations
    • Free workshop, 3/6/98, 1C
  • Bull Bash Tour 98
    • At Mississippi Coliseum, 8/6/98, 8F
  • Bulldogs SEE Jackson Police Department
  • Bullet Computers
    • Computer retail outlet in Ridgeland
      • Bullet's 1st retail store nationwide, 10/12/98, 6C
  • Bureau of Narcotics
    • Increased funding for war on drugs throughout state, 7/21/98, 1B
  • Burglaries, Jackson
    • Alarm leads to arrests in robbery of Big 10 Tire Store on Lynch St, 10/2/98, 1B
  • Burglary, Florence
    • Rash of burglaries a concern to citizens, 12/17/98, 2B
  • Burglary, Jackson
    • 6 men implicated in torture and robbery of burglary suspects
      • Items stolen from stepmother, 12/4/98, 1A
    • Burglaries on rise in city; police offer explanations, 2/20/98, 1A; 3/19/98, 1A
    • Businesses on Northtown Dr ransacked, 4/16/98, 1B
  • Burglary, Rankin County
    • Rash of auto burglaries in Crossgates subdivision, 8/18/98, 2B
  • Burglary, Starkville
    • Suspects range from age 3 to 11 in school burglary ring, 7/31/98, 4B
  • Burkes, Wayne
    • Nominated for term on US Surface Transportation Board, 9/26/98, 1A
  • Burkett, Chris SEE HighLites Fine Foods and Drinks
  • Burlington Industries
    • Stonewall plant's well-baby program is nationwide model, 7/13/98, 1A
  • Burnham, Sheila
    • Miss Wheelchair Mississippi, 7/29/98, 2B
  • Burns, Georgia Lee
    • Body found in creek might be that of missing Jackson woman, 6/28/98, 4B; 7/1/98, 2B
  • Burris, Charles SEE Securities scam
  • Burrows Paper Corp
    • NLRB says company not acting in good faith with Union local, 12/24/98, 1C
  • Burt, David
    • Peeples Middle School student sets eyes on spelling bee in Washington, DC, 2/27/98, 2B
  • Burton, Otha
    • Named by Mayor Johnson as director of administration, 6/6/98, 1B
  • Bus tours
    • Coming to state's attractions by the busload, 7/19/98, 1F
  • Busby, Ken and Sonia
    • Parents of 1st quadruplets born at UMC in 17 years, 10/2/98, 2B
  • Bush, Bill
    • Flowood fire chief retires, 12/5/98, 2B
  • Bush, Kenny SEE Board of Education
  • Bush, Nadine
    • Teacher for 20 years, she now finishes med school, 5/23/98, 1B
  • Business and Industry Political Education Committee (BIPEC)
    • Fake legislator 'hit list', 8/30/98, 3H (Minor column)
  • Business construction SEE Commercial construction
  • Business enterprises
    • Business permits on rise in Madison County, 4/21/98, 2B
  • Business fires, Biloxi
    • Blaze at Biloxi service station kills 3, 8/10/98, 1B; 8/11/98, 3B; 8/16/98, 5B; 9/6/98, 5B
    • Sole survivor of gas station fire James Forbes, 11/29/98, 6B
    • Texaco station reopens 1 month after fatal fire, 9/19/98, 2B
  • Business fires, Byram
    • Blaze at Apache Products: no toxic chemicals involved, 7/22/98, 2B; 7/23/98, 3B
  • Business fires, Farmhaven
    • Faulty wiring blamed in store fire, 7/30/98, 2B
  • Business fires, Gautier
    • Flea market destroyed, 7/8/98, 5B
  • Business fires, Jackson
    • 2 northwest Jackson home furnishing businesses burn, 9/24/98, 1B
    • Fire at chemical plant Beaver of Jackson forces evacuations, 9/23/98, 1A; 9/24/98, 5B
    • Fire destroys storage facility at Jackson Ready Mix, 6/11/98, 1B
    • Recovery Consultations, torched last month, burns again, 9/25/98, 1B
  • Business fires, Marks
    • 2 firemen killed, 4 stores destroyed, 8/30/98, 1A; 8/31/98, 1A
    • National officials will look into fire, 9/7/98, 1A
    • Teenager Avery Robbins charge in deadly blaze, 9/22/98, 1B
    • Youth charged in fire that killed 2 firefighters, 9/1/98, 1A
  • Business fires, Morton
    • Lightning strike sparks large downtown fire, 5/30/98, 1A; 6/11/98, 1c; 8/14/98, 3B
  • Business fires, Terry
    • 19th-century businesses burn, 12/8/98, 1A, 9A; 12/11/98, 2B; 12/12/98, 2B
  • Business mergers
    • Mississippi did not escape nation's merger mania in 1997, 1/11/98, 1C
  • Butler enfants
    • Parents file $20Million lawsuit over deaths
      • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, 10/7/98, 1B
  • Butler, Leroy
    • At trial claims self-defense in slaying of William Stiff, 7/22/98, 5B
  • Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada
    • Law firm donates $5000 to AIDS/HIV fund, 12/4/98, 1B
  • Butler, Thad SEE Blue Country Kitchen
  • Buttahatchee River
    • State legislative committee views river's degradation, 10/12/98, 1B
  • Buttons (horse)
    • Reward offered in mare's brutal death
      • Jacky and Terry Mims, owners, 6/17/98, 1B; 8/12/98, 3B
  • Butts, Calvin
    • Minister from Harlem pushes for jobs, housing in Tunica County, 10/9/98, 1B
  • Bye Bye Birdie
    • Troy Donahue appears in production at Thalia Mara Hall, 1/29/98, 8F; 1/31/98, 4B
  • Byers, Clark
    • The man who painted 900 'See Rock City' barns, 6/15/98, 8C
  • Byers, Shirley
    • Washington County circuit judge should be ousted, panel says, 12/17/98, 1B
  • Byhalia, Mississippi
    • Citizens turn out to resore historic bank building, 1/20/98, 3B
  • Bynum, Jennifer
    • JPD seeking missing 30-year old woman, 8/27/98, 3B
  • Byram
    • Local citizens' group discusses incorporation, 1/1/98, 1B
    • New apartment construction to boost economy, 12/9/98, 2B
    • Officials chosen to pave way for possible incorporation, 6/20/98, 1B; 7/16/98, 2B
    • Planned entertainment projects include miniature golf, rodeo, skating, 9/23/98, 2B
    • Ruptured gas line forces traffic detour, 11/14/98, 2B
  • Byram Volunteer Fire Department
    • Donation of defibrillator, 10/21/98, 2b
  • Byrd Scholarships SEE Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarships
  • Byrd, Isaac
    • Jackson lawyer gives out of generosity, not to buy influence, he says, 3/13/98, 1A; 3/29/98, 1A

C

  • Cabana, Don
    • Ex-Parchman warden on CNBC talk show
      • Carla Faye Tucker execution, 2/3/98, 3B
  • Cable television
    • LeRoy Walker makes bid for contract thru Americom CSS Corp, 3/25/98, 1A; 3/26/98, 1B; 3/28/98, 1A
    • LeRoy Walker to submit detailed cable proposal, 4/2/98, 4B; 4/3/98, 4B; 4/30/98, 1A
    • Should rates be frozen? (pro and con), 7/5/98, 1H
  • Cadence Design Systems Inc
    • Ridgeland office unaffected by national cutback, 11/7/98, 1C
  • Cafe Azteca
    • Brandon
      • Restaurant review, 5/21/98, 4F
  • Cain, Candy
    • Local batik artist, 12/20/98, 3G
  • Caio Italia!
    • Show at old Dickie building, 3/15/98, 1G
  • Cal-Maine Foods
    • Joint venture to open egg production facility in Utah, 6/27/98, 1C
    • To close Jackson plant; 83 jobs lost, 3/28/98, 1C
  • Calendars
    • Local stores see rush to buy calendars, 1/1/98, 8C; 12/28/98, 1D
  • Calhoun County Public Schools
    • Discontent over high schools' consolidation, 2/3/98, 3B; 5/28/98, 6B; 10/25/98, 2B
  • Callaway High School
    • Custodians charged with theft of computers and VCRs, 4/3/98, 1A; 4/4/98, 1B
    • Shots fired near school, 4/21/98, 5B
  • Callaway, L.W. SEE Coroners, Mississippi
  • Camp Connection
    • Free event for parents looking for right summer camp, 3/27/98, 1E
  • Camp McCain
    • Grenada
      • World War II howitzer shell found in search, 4/24/98, 1B
  • Camp Pioneer
    • City of Pearl OKs loans for sewer service, 10/23/98, 2B
  • Camp Shelby
    • PEER critical of construction contract expenses, 1/15/98, 1A; 8/15/98, 3B
  • Camp Van Dorn SEE Case, Carroll
  • Campaign finance reform
    • Most voters want Trent Lott to take national leadership role, 9/4/98, 1B
  • Campaign finance reform SEE ALSO Mississippi Legislature, 1998
  • Campaign funds
    • Fordice can take all campaign contribution money with him when he retires, 8/23/98, 1B
  • Campbell, BeBe Moore
    • Signs book 'Singing in the Comeback Choir' at Lemuria, 3/24/98, 1E
  • Canada, Rita
    • Jackson woman may have acted in self-defense in slaying of her husband, 12/1/98, 1B
  • Cancer
    • Cancer not as dire today
      • Focus is on living with the disease, 2/1/98, 1F
    • UMC 1st hospital in US to test cryoablation cancer therapy, 7/29/98, 1B
  • Cancer SEE ALSO Brachytherapy
  • Canebrake at the Refuge
    • Flowood office park, 5/6/98, 2B
  • Cannon Ridge subdivision
    • Developer says Brandon's building ordinances too costly, 5/27/98, 2B
  • Cannon, Jim
    • Booneville veteran had wide variety of WWII adventures, 7/5/98, 2B
  • Canp Sister Spirit
    • Lesbian camp in Ovett enjoys less attention, 5/17/98, 1B
  • Canton Flea Market
    • Fall Market: great weather, large crowds, 10/9/98, 2B
  • Canton Municipal Utilities
    • Eric Dean hired as director, 1/22/98, 2B
  • Canton Police Department
    • Narcotics unit office firebombed, 5/22/98, 1B; 5/27/98, 2B; 7/2/98, 2B; 8/4/98, 2B
    • New precinct building opened, 6/19/98, 2B
  • Canton Public Schools
    • 1000 students absent on 1st day of classes, 8/15/98, 2Bshow
  • Canton Spirituals
    • Local gospel group wins worldwide fans, 1/19/98, 1A
  • Canton, Mississippi
    • City may pattern redevelopment plan after Dallas, 2/26/98, 2B
    • Legal counsel: 2 law firms will handle city work, 2/19/98, 2B
    • Town is billing itself as antiques mecca, 8/29/98, 1C
  • Canton-Madison County Multi-Purpose Complex
    • Groundbreaking, 12/5/98, 2B
  • Capital Center Inc
    • Annual meeting: Jackson's downtown is healthy, but lacks amenities, 10/27/98, 1C
    • Lawsuit over loan from Hinds County supervisors stalled, 9/24/98, 2B
  • Capital City Alternative School
    • Board asked to give $258,000 to school, 6/9/98, 5B
    • Students help family of deceased classmate Eric Horn, 12/18/98, 1B
  • Capital City Classic
    • JSU vs Alcorn, 11/19/98, 10F; 11/21/98, 1V
  • Capital investment
    • Investment in Mississippi tops $4 Billion during 1997, 2/6/98, 1C
  • Capital punishment SEE Death penalty
  • Capitol Building
    • Old photographs of legislators need restoring, 9/6/98, 1B
    • Piece of metal falls from dome onto first floor, 8/13/98, 3B
  • Capitol Cablevision
    • 3rd-party negotiator sought in rift, 1/31/98, 1A
    • Armstrong offers a settlement, 2/10/98, 1A
    • Cable company wants city documents by April 1st, 3/10/98, 1B
    • Cable dispute could be settled in days, 4/27/98, 1A
    • City Council delays vote, 2/17/98, 1A; 2/18/98, 1B; 2/19/98, 1A
    • City Council hands president a 10-day ultimatum, 1/30/98, 1B
    • City Council may delay vote again, 2/23/98, 1A
    • City officials have cause to mistrust FBI, Bennie Thompson says, 4/18/98, 13A
    • Consultant Peter Epstein outlines hearing process, 3/19/98, 1B
    • Contract OK'd by City Council, ending 4-year struggle, 4/29/98, 1A
    • Council president cuts off mayor in heated session, 3/17/98, 1A
    • Council rejects cable contract, 3/4/98, 1A, 5A
    • Deal hinges on vote of Council Robert Williams, 3/3/98, 1A
    • Dilday says impasse not his fault, 3/2/98, 1A
    • Dispute battle reflects on whole state, Time Warner president says, 4/18/98, 1A
    • Dispute is delaying cable upgrade in Jackson, 2/24/98, 1A
    • Dispute: Cablevision officials plan administrative hearing, 2/8/98, 1A
    • Doors open for other cable providers, 3/5/98, 1A
    • Experts say local minority ownership not likely, 2/11/98, 1A
    • Hearing offers city and cable company a chance to compromise, 3/20/98, 1A
    • Lawyer Chokwe Lumumba tells Robert Williams not to talk to FBI, 3/26/98, 1A
    • Legal bills will skyrocket as dispute goes to 3rd party, 3/4/98, 1A
    • Mayor reaches deal with Cablevision, 1/24/98, 1A; 2/13/98, 1A
    • Minority business issue kills accord; talks planned, 1/28/98, 1A
    • More channels for Clinton subscribers, 4/8/98, 1A; 4/16/98, 1B
    • Negotiations continue in private, 1/9/98, 1B; 1/10/98, 3B
    • Proposal offers more, but may not sway City Council, 2/25/98, 1A
    • Standing firm against City Council demands, 2/3/98, 1B; 2/4/98, 7A
    • Stokes wants vote postponed until after FBI finishes investigation, 4/10/98, 1A
    • Swing vote belongs to Robert Williams
      • Says he will support contract, 4/7/98, 1A
    • Switch by Council Robert Williams could end dispute, 2/27/98, 1A, 1B
    • Their lawyer says deal is near, 1/15/98, 1B
    • Time Warner may be FBI target, Stokes says, 4/11/98, 1B
    • Time Warner official says Cablevision will prevail, 2/12/98, 1A
  • Capitol Cablevision SEE ALSO Cable television
  • Capitol Cablevision SEE ALSO Time Warner Cable
  • Capitol Complex
    • Old and New Capitols and other state buildings crumbling, 9/29/98, 1A
  • Capitol Street
    • 2-way traffic studied: an anchor of revitalization, 5/27/98, 1A
  • Car tags SEE Automobile tags
  • Carbon monoxide
    • Risk of poisoning in homes has increased, 12/29/98, 1B
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning
    • Death of elderly couple in camper on Terry Rd accidental, 7/21/98, 3B
  • CARE ministries
    • Starkville
      • Bobby and B.J. LeJeune, 5/18/98, 5B
  • Care3 Inc
    • Gulport HMO taken over by Insurance Commission until buyer found, 8/8/98, 6B
  • Carjacking, Jackson
    • 2 suspects caught: Eric McKinney was assaulted and robbed, 2/14/98, 5B
    • At funeral home in July: suspect dies, 10/10/98, 3B
    • Incident ends in firey crash on Valley Street
      • Suspect seriously injured, 1/2/98, 1A; 1/3/8, 1B
    • Suspect takes woman's car at funeral home
      • Later wounded by Ridgeland police, 7/3/98, 1B; 7/4/98, 1A
    • Trial of suspect Melvin Russell
      • Accused of kidnapping Billy Ray McDaniel, 11/28/98, 5B
    • Women survives assault with hammer
      • 2 Pearl men arrested, 2/13/98, 2B
  • Carjacking, Kentwood
    • Manhunt on for suspect who kidnapped Louisiana woman
      • Car horn saved her life, 7/7/98, 1B
  • Carjacking, Memphis
    • Suspect Timoth McDonald leads JPD on police chase; is captured, 8/6/98, 4B
  • Carmelite Monastery
    • Its chapel is hidden jewel in Jackson, 11/7/98, 1E
  • Carmical, James Richard
    • Convicted in child porn case
      • Investigation helped by CyberAngles, 5/23/98, 1B
    • Jackson man enters innocent plea in child pornography case, 5/2/98, 1B
  • Carmody, Vic
    • Jackson attorney is only one in state whose sole practice is DUI defense, 8/3/98, 6C
  • Carols by Candlelight
    • At First Baptist Church in Jackson, 12/12/98, 1E
  • Carson, Herman
    • Goff denies stomping Carson to death, 2/5/98, 2B
    • Goff found guilty in Carson's death, 2/6/98, 1A
    • Goff given life term in slaying of Oogie Carson, 2/14/98 1A
    • Goff on trial for Carson's murder, 2/2/98, 1B; 2/3/98, 1B
    • Ridgeland police officer testifies in Goff trial, 2/4/98, 2B
  • Carter, Adrian
    • Ex-band director appeals conviction
      • Seduced 15-year old student, 11/2/98, 1B
  • Carter, Jimmy
    • Former president gives elders hope, 11/22/98, 3H (Minor coolumn)
  • Carter, Phillip
    • HIV-Positive Columbus man sentenced to prison
      • Did not tell sex partners of his status, 9/3/98, 5B
  • Carthage, Mississippi
    • Town's teamwork, vision add to its livability, 7/10/98, 1C
  • Cartlidge, Jacob
    • Sharkey County sheriff's felony past haunts him, 3/16/98, 1B
  • Carville, Bill
    • Brother of Clinton adviser James Carville also a political consultant, 2/17/98, 1C
  • Case, Carroll
    • Author claims black soldiers slain at Camp Van Dorn in WWII, 10/24/98, 1A
    • Rep. Thompson says Pentagon investigation should put story to rest, 11/14/98, 11A
  • Casey Elementary School
    • Teacher Kathleen McBride is city's teacher of the year, 12/15/98, 1B
  • Castilla, Carmen
    • Named by Mayor Johnson as a municipal court judge, 6/18/98, 1B
  • Castlewoods Country Club
    • Members don't want Club to go semi-private, 2/24/98, 2B
  • Castlewoods subdivision
    • Residents against sale of tennis courts, 8/7/98, 2B
  • Castro, Fidel
    • Oxford dealer Milly Moorhead receives threats over photograph, 12/13/98, 1B
  • Catfish Capitol Museum
    • In Belzoni, 3/4/98, 1E
  • Catfish grabbling
    • Aberdeen men take to the water to hand-grab catfish, 7/26/98, 3B
  • Catfish Haven
    • Pocahontas
      • Restaurant review, 7/2/98, 4F
  • Catfish industry
    • 11% growth nationwide, 1/28/98, 1C
    • Ag officials test catfish farms and processing plants
      • Possibility of pesticide misuse, 7/29/98, 1A
    • Farmers want to expand war against cormorants, 2/2/98, 1A; 3/5/98, 1B; 6/6/98, 1B
    • No trace of malathion detected in catfish, 8/13/98, 1A
    • Processing is at 10 million pounds per week, 1 million more than last year, 8/17/98, 2B
    • State cites 8 catfish farmers for pesticide use, 10/21/98, 1B; 10/29/98, 6B
    • State will continue testing for malathion, 8/18/98, 1B
  • Catfish pate SEE Crown Restaurant
  • Cathedral African Methodist Episcopal Church
    • Northside Drive church expands, has new name, 3/10/98, 1B
  • Cato Institute SEE Fordice, Kirk
  • Cattle industry
    • Beef prices finally rise after hot summer: lower calf yield, 11/1/98, 1B
  • Cattle thefts
    • 3 Mendenhall men arrested, 1/18/98, 4B
  • Cecil's Barn
    • Oakvale
      • Meeting place for country, gospel and bluegrass musicians, 7/4/98, 9B
  • Cedar Grove
    • 2 inns, 1 in Natchez, 1 in Vicksburg, same name, different owners
      • Suit is filed, 11/21/98, 1C
  • Celebration of the Family
    • Fest draws crowd of 2000, 8/23/98, 3B
  • Cellular South
    • Will offer Internet service in Mississippi, 11/12/98, 1C
  • Cellular telephones
    • BellSouth tower in Madison designed to look like pine tree, 6/19/98, 2B
    • Cellular South seeking compromise on tower off Hoy Rd, 8/18/98, 2B
    • Coast phones reprogramed for new area code, 9/13/98, 1C
    • Now so common some families have more than one, 2/2/98, 1D
    • Olde Towne Middle School teachers have school-issued phones, 11/5/98, 1E
    • Phone theft, cloning of cellular phone numbers, 2/2/98, 1A
  • Cemeteries
    • Northwest Jackson cemetery OK'd by City Council, 10/8/98, 1B
    • Northwest Jackson subdivisions don't want proposed cemetery nearby
      • Peoples Funeral Home builder, 5/12/98, 1B
  • Census 2000
    • Court ruling on counting methods could cost state a Congressional seat, 8/25/98, 1A
    • Don't expect redistricting to eliminate Shows' district, 11/15/98, 3H (Minor column)
    • Funds sought to promote benefits of census in Mississippi, 9/18/98, 5B
    • Low immigration into Mississippi may cost state US House seat, 10/7/98, 1A
  • Centenarians SEE Elderly, Mississippi
  • Center for the Study of Southern Culture
    • Charles Wilson named director, 6/3/98, 5B
  • Centobie, Mario
    • Alabama offers $10,000 in search for Centobie, 10/14/98, 1A
    • Court refuses to hear appeal involving assault on his son and former wife, 11/12/98, 1B
    • Escapes from Alabama jail, 10/10/98, 1A; 10/11/98, 1B
    • Fugitive was once lauded as hero in Mobile train crash, 10/12/98, 1A; 10/13/98, 1A
    • His lawyers win change of venue, 12/11/98, 1B
    • Recaptured in Atlanta suburb, 10/22/98, 1A
    • Widow of slain Alabama officer sues state and Jones County, 11/24/98, 1B
  • Centobie, Mario SEE ALSO Hooks, Maurice
  • Central Mississippi Correctional Facility
    • Field trips by Vicksburg schoolchildren, 3/3/98, 6B
    • Prison's mission has changed with its growth, 7/28/98, 1A
    • Sam Bowers and Byron De La Beckwith at same prison, 8/28/98, 1A
    • Superintendent Jack Donnelly fired, 7/24/98, 1A; 7/25/98, 1A
  • Central Mississippi Library System
    • Alderwoman goes to bat for new library in Brandon, 6/6/98, 2B
  • Central Mississippi Red Cross
    • Disaster Action Team, 6/16/98, 6B
    • Elizabeth Dole is speaker, 4/21/98, 3B; 4/26/98, 1B
    • Joins with Jitney Jungle in fund raising, 6/30/98, 1B
    • Local chapter in need of volunteers, 2/16/98, 1B
    • Volunteers honored, 8/9/98, 1B
  • Central Mississippi Regional Library System
    • New automated services, 12/19/98, 2B
    • Plans for new library in Brandon, 11/10/98, 2B; 11/12/98, 2B
    • Proposed new library for Brandon, 12/22/98, 2B
  • Central United Methodist Church
    • Closed Farish Street Y donates building to church, 1/17/98, 1E
    • Inner-city day camp, 7/4/98, 1D
  • Century Cellunet
    • Domates phones and service to women's shelters statewide, 5/7/98, 1B
  • CEOs
    • What books do they read?, 12/20/98, 1C
  • Cerebral Palsy Parent Support Group
    • Banquet boosts awareness of disabilities, 2/22/98, 1B
  • Challenger Electric
    • Building at Hawkins Field sold for $1.5 million, 1/7/98, 1B
  • Chamberlain-Hunt Academy
    • French Camp Academy will take over school, 5/5/98, 1B
  • Champion of the Year Award
    • Phillip Griffin honored by Hillary Clinton
      • He faces his chronic health problems, 5/29/98, 1B
  • Chapel of the Cross
    • Day in the Country celebration, 10/1/98, 9F; 10/4/98, 1B
  • Chapman, David
    • State Supreme Court orders release of Newton County man convicted of burglary, 4/24/98, 1B
  • Charanjit, Aujla SEE N.S. Food Mart
  • Charities
    • Documents provided by Jeff Johns are alleged forgeries, 10/21/98, 1A
    • Grand jury will probe charities' funds, 10/23/98, 1B
    • Mississippi VOICES places Sue Hathorn on leave pending review, 11/7/98, 1A
    • Mississippians among most generous, IRS returns show, 1/12/98, 1A; 9/4/98, 1A
    • Secretary of State reports on how much money actually reaches needy, 10/17/98, 1C
    • VOICES for Children and Youth will conduct its own internal audit, 10/20/98, 1A
    • VOICES paid private school tuition of Hathorn's foster son's son, 10/30/98, 1A
  • Charities SEE ALSO Hathorn, Sue
  • Charity bingo SEE Bingo
  • Charles, Ray
    • In performance at USM, 10/11/98, 1G
  • Charter schools
    • Slow to catch on in Mississippi, 3/2/98, 1B
  • Check-cashing businesses
    • New rules limit fees charged to customers, 7/12/98, 1C
  • Checks Cashed Inc
    • Burglar gets away, but leaves $100,000 behind, 3/21/98, 1A
  • Cheerleading
    • Now considered a sport of its own
      • More boys participating on high school level, 3/5/98, 1E
  • ChemFirst Inc
    • Will relocate to new offices in Meadowbrook Park, 7/4/98, 6C
  • Chesterfield's
    • Hattiesburg
      • Restaurant review, 9/3/98, 4F
  • Chickasaw County Supervisors
    • Agree to construct voting precinct
      • To end voting in church building, 7/7/98, 1B
  • Child abuse
    • 8 counties participate in pilot prevention program, 9/19/98, 1B
    • Abuse is suspected in Clay County case
      • Curtis Bradford of Tchula arrested, 1/23/98, 1B
    • Biological father wants custody of child Glenn Baker, 6/30/98, 1A
    • Doctor certification of abuse no longer mandated
      • New law permits other professionals to testify, 5/26/98, 2B
    • Holmes County authorities question babysitter in infant's death, 1/29/98, 1B; 1/30/98, 1B
    • Walthall County: Glenn Baker to have home with family member, 11/26/98, 1B
    • Walthall County: mother's boyfriend charged with abusing Glenn Baker, 5/13/98, 1B; 5/14/98, 1B
    • Walthall County: Wheat given 20 years for abusing young Glenn Baker, 9/19/98, 2B
  • Child abuse SEE ALSO Fordice, Pat
  • Child abuse SEE ALSO Resource Center Network
  • Child care centers SEE Day care centers
  • Child discipline
    • Alternatives to spanking, 4/21/98, 1E
  • Child pornography SEE Carmical, James Richard
  • Child pornography SEE LeBlanc, Ronald
  • Child pornography SEE McCranie, Phillip
  • Child pornography SEE Mercurio, Norman
  • Child pornography SEE Moulder, Donald
  • Child pornography SEE Stewart, Janice
  • Child safety devices
    • Variety of products to keep children safe in the house, 3/9/98, 1D
  • Child support
    • Being unemployed no longer excuse in state for not making payments, 12/11/98, 1A
    • DHS has collected $129 Million in 1997/98 period, 7/15/98, 1A; 9/16/98, 4B
    • DHS says it needs 52 new staffers for collection efforts, 2/19/98, 1B
    • Douglas Barfield ordered to pay $85,000, 1/21/98, 1B
    • Fordice complies with request from Virginia, arrests Michael Mahoney, 7/8/98, 1A; 7/21/98, 3B, 8/30/98, 1B
    • In Mississippi child support withheld from unemployment pay, 10/18/98, 3B
    • Michael Mahoneny given 10-month sentence in Virginia, 11/19/98, 1B
    • New Federal Case Registry is a national listing, 10/18/98, 1B
    • State making progress in collections, 1/25/98, 1A
    • Texas man Earl Hosey found guilty, will be sentenced, 6/18/98, 1B; 9/5/98, 1B
  • Child Support Recovery Act
    • Federal law comes through for Deborah Madden and her son, 6/17/98, 1B
  • Child-restraints
    • Law protecting children in vehicles toughened; will be enforced, 6/26/98, 1B
  • Children
    • It's up to parents to teach values and morals, 4/5/98, 1F
  • Children in poverty SEE Poverty
  • Children's Health Insurance Program
    • SEE Mississippi Children's Health Insurance Program
  • Children's injuries
    • First aid, 4/17/98, 1E
  • Children's Law Reference Book
    • Legal desk reference updated, 7/2/98, 1B
  • Children's Rights Council
    • Report puts Mississippi near bottom of list in raising of children, 7/30/98, 1A
  • Children, Mississippi
    • State's children among nation'a poorest
      • Kids Count Data Book, 1998, 5/5/98, 1A
  • Chili's
    • Restaurant review, 4/23/98, 4F
  • Chimneyville Crafts Festival
    • Has grown in size and prestige over its 22 years, 11/29/98, 1G
  • CHIP SEE Mississippi Children's Health Insurance Program
  • Choctaw Indian Fair
    • African Americans drawn to fair
      • Seek links to their heritage, 7/19/98, 3B
    • Celebrating heritage
      • John Schneider featured, 7/16/98, 8F; 7/19/98, 1B
  • Choctaw Indians
    • Mississippi tribe spent $1.1 Million in national lobbying effort, 7/20/98, 1A
    • More members of diabetes-prone community seeking medical checkups, 5/8/98, 1A
    • Their economic success lauded in book, 9/17/98, 1C
    • With casino revenues, band looks to education for turnaround, 5/10/98, 9B
  • Chop shops
    • 5 suspected car thieves sought in Madison County operation, 2/27/98, 1B
  • Chores SEE Household tasks
  • Christ Temple Church of Christ Holiness USA
    • LIghtning bolt topples steeple, 8/13/98, 1B
  • Christian, Spencer SEE Splendors of Versailles
  • Christian, Stanley Earl
    • Stepfather arrested in death of 2-year old, 2/7/98, 1B
  • Christians in Action Inc
    • City Council's ban on children's emergency shelter may be illegal, 9/3/98, 1B
    • Relocation of its children's shelter opposed by Siwell Rd residents,