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A-One Food Market SEE Crime rate, Jackson (2000)
Abandoned infants
6-months old child found in vacant house in Brookhollow subdivision, 1B, 1B; 9/6/00, 9/5/00
ABCs of Safety
Tape for children featuring, Sheriff Malcolm McMillin, 2B, 9/3/00
Abdominoplasty
Operation done by Dr. Phil Blevins featured on Discovery Channel program, 1D, 10/23/00
Aberdeen Police Department
Chief says residency rule hurting police recruitment, 1/25/00, 3B
Abortion SEE ALSO Chandler, Irby Lewis
Abortion, Gulf Coast
Fetuses in storage unit traced to Dr. Joseph Booker, 1/8/00, 1B, 1B; 10/6/00
Abortion, Mississippi
ACLU files suit against state over Medicaid policy, 1A, 3/29/00
Medicaid abortion policy case conference set
12-year old rape victim, 1A, 6/6/00
Study shows Mississippi woman leave state for procedure, 1B, 3/25/00
Abortion, US
Gore vs. Bush on issue, 1H, 6/4/00
Supreme Court strikes down a ban on 'partial-birth' abortions, 1A, 1B, 6/29/00
Abused children
City Council to reconsider denied shelter on North Siwell Rd, 1B, 1B; 11/1/00, 1B; 11/8/00, 10/25/00
Academy Awards
Who will win?, 1E; 3/27/00, 3/24/00, 6D
Willie Fulgear, man who found Oscars, was born in Hazlehurst, 1E, 3/31/00
Access Family Health Clinic
Clinic is lifeline for small town of Tremont
Dr. Geraldine Tan, 3B, 5/20/00
Accreditation SEE School districts
ACHIEVE
$8.5 Million teacher education improvement project, 3B, 4/7/00
ACT
More state seniors than ever taking ACT, 1B, 8/17/00
Murrah High School students take practice ACT on computers, 2B, 12/10/00
Preparation programs in high schools pay off, 1A, 8/22/00
Sign-up deadline nearing, 2B, 10/29/00
Statewide scores by school district, 7A, 8/22/00
Adams County Jail
17-year old man files suit, claiming he was raped, 3B, 4/3/00
Adams, Angela
Mother charged in injury to her small son, 3B, 4B; 7/27/00, 7/6/00, (manslaughter charge); 8/26/00
Adams, Edward
Hearing set for accused slasher-thief who attack a Pearl woman in her apartment, 2B, 10/12/00
Adams, Freddie
Escapee and his girlfriend captured in Batesville, 1/6/00, 1A; 1/8/00, 4B
Escapee has record of arrests, 1/5/00, 1A; 1/8/00, 4B
JPD prisoner slips out of shackles, steals patrol car, flees, 1/2/00, 1A; 1/3/00, 1B, 1B; 1/4/00
Adams, Giovanni
Murrah High School student doing cancer research at UMC, 2B, 2B; 5/21/00, 4/2/00
Adams, Jon SEE Topless bars, Jackson
Adams, Joseph
Toddler in critical condition; mother Angela may be charged, 1B, 1B; 7/8/00, 7/7/00
Adams, Steve
Canton teenager drowns while swimming in Reservoir, 2B, 2B; 5/12/00, 2B; 5/24/00, 5/8/00, 5B; 5/9/00
Drowning victim had no drugs or alcohol in his system, 2B, 7/7/00
Addy Awards SEE Advertising
Aden, Marky
Former newspaper woman and press secretary graduates from medical school, 1B, 5/21/00
Adopt-A-Road
Hinds County will rejoin national program, 2B, 3/22/00
Miss Madison County Heather Russell joins effort, 2B, 6/13/00
Adopt-A-School program
Brown Bottling Co a leader, 2B, 7/30/00
Adoption by same-sex couples. SEE Mississippi Legislature (2000)
Adult bookstores
3 Jackson bookstores must reduce sex-oriented stock 50%
Or go to court, 1B, 5/27/00
Adult/child care facility
Residents oppose proposed center off Highway 18 in south Jackson, 1B, 3/25/00
Advanced Health Systems of Jackson
Proposed health plan for state employees, 3B, 4/8/00
Advantage Apartments SEE Langley, Jason
Advantage Job Program
Musgrove's job plan criticized
Incentives could prove ineffective, costly, some say, 1C, 8/16/00
Advantage Mississippi Initiative. SEE ALSO Taxes, Mississippi---Musgrove proposal
Does it offer hope to places like Holmes County?, 1A, 8/27/00
Guide to the plan, 1A, 1H, 2H, 2H; 9/3/00, 8/27/00
Musgrove tours state to tout economic plan, 1C, 8/23/00
Musgrove's economic plan, 1A; 8/8/00, 1A; 8/9/00, 1A; 8/18/00, 1C, 1C; 8/21/00, 8/6/00
Tax incentives vary from county to county, 1C, 8/27/00
Adventure Speedway
Go-cart racing in Raymond, 2B, 11/27/00
Advertising
Ramey Agency wins 21 ADDY awards, 1C, 3/3/00
Aetna Health Care
SEE Hinds County employees
Affordable Housing Opportunity
First American Bank provides financing for 13 families, 1A; 8/2/00, 1B, 6/27/00
Affordable Housing Opportunity Auction
Walker family of Canton finally gets a home, 1A, 12/25/00
African-American Arts Festival
At Tougaloo College, 2B, 4/6/00
African-American towns
Mississippi municipalities focus of workshop, 5B, 10/20/00
After-school programs
AG Mike Moore says they help parents who can't do it all, 1/26/00, 1B
Agape Fellowship Church
Congregation gets new church, 1E, 3/4/00
Age discrimination
US Supreme Court rules bias evident in case of Roger Reeves of Columbus, 1A, 6/13/00
Ageless Heroes
Elderly Mississippians honored by Blue Cross, 1/24/00, 1B, 1D; 7/11/00
AgrAbility
USDA program helps disabled farmers, 3B, 12/4/00
Agribusiness
Only slight improvement projected in 2000 crops, 7/5/00, 8C
State's agricultural economy down, 1/18/00, 12C
Agriculture and Forestry Museum
Easter worship and egg hunt, 1B, 1E; 4/23/00, 4/20/00
Escapee from work site captured by police, 4B, 6/20/00
Workshops on gardening in the South, 2B, 4/28/00
AgriGulf
Recycled shrimp and crab shells turned into organic plant food
Sold as EcoLogic, 1A, 6/25/00
AIDS/HIV
ACLU wants prisoner advocate Ron Welch off lawsuit, 1A; 6/6/00, 1B, 6/4/00
African-American cultural barriers against AIDS fight, 1B, 5/5/00
Disease began in remote Africa as a simian virus, circa 1931, 6/9/00, 11A
Isolation of prisoners with HIV criticized, 1B, 9/9/00
JSU awarded CDC grant to educate the black community, 1A, 5/11/00
Prisoners: state says its care exceeds demands of 1999 federal court order, 1B, 7/26/00
Risk of disease up in rural South, 1B, 10/2/00
Ron Welch to appeal ruling removing him as lawyer, 1B, 11/16/00
State doing much better in providing access to drugs, 1A, 6/4/00
Ainsworth, John
Flowood man suspected in burglary at Central Freight Lines, 2B, 10/19/00
Air National Guard
Funds OK'd for construction at Rankin County facility, 2B, 5/5/00
Air pollution
Musgrove withholds citations on violation of EPA standards until court ruling, 5B, 7/16/00
Air2Lan
Jackson-based Internet company announces partnership with Cisco Systems, 1C, 7/12/00
New company owned by Jai Bhagat, formerly of SkyTel
High-speed wireless Internet service, 1C, 5/18/00
Aircraft accidents, Guatemala
3 Columbus residents killed, 1A, 2/27/00
Aircraft accidents, Hernando
AirNet courier plane crashes into Arkabutla Lake; pilot killed, 2B; 7/20/00, 3B, 7/19/00
AirNet courier: electrical fire behind crash, 3B, 7/29/00
Aircraft accidents, Meridian
May flying homemade helicopter crashes into utility pole
He survives, 3B, 6/5/00
Aircraft accidents, Ocean Springs
Pilot unharmed in crash of small plane, 3/23/00, 3B
Aircraft accidents, Oxford
Instructor and his student killed at Oxford airport, 3B, 6/9/00, 7B; 6/10/00
Airports, Madison County
Madison County authorities seek site for regional airport, 2B, 2B; 10/21/00, 9/8/00
Need for a county facility topic of study, 1/25/00, 2B
Akin-Lynch, Susan
Miss America 1986, Meridian native, has fought substance abuse, depression, 1A, 10/14/00
Alabama Sturgeon SEE Tenn/Tom Waterway
Albright, Robert
15-year old Braxton boy accused in slaying of his mother, 1A, 4/15/00
Alcohol sales, Mississippi
College town bars selling beer to minors, 1A, 9/13/00
Alcorn State University
$270,000 grant to help students buy school supplies, 3B, 7/20/00
Alumnus David Wilson Wilburn gives $100,000 to school, 2/24/00, 3B
Groundbreaking for new honors dorm, 3/16/00, 3B
Alderman, Theodore
Jackson firefighter found guilty of domestic violence, 1B, 2/24/00
Aldermen, Canton
Residency requirement change, 2B, 10/16/00
Alegria. SEE Dockside gambling, Biloxi (Bear Rivage)
Alexander, Margaret Walker
Poetry festival in her name at JSU
Opening of her personal papers, 1F, 7/2/00
Alexander, Norris
Retrial denied Panola County man who killed his mother-in-law in 1993, 3B, 4/29/00
Alfresco dining
If you can avoid the mosquitoes, 1E, 5/12/00
Algebra Project
Actor Danny Glover honors Bob Moses, 1A; 5/5/00, 1B; 5/4/00, 1B; 5/14/00, 3H (Bill Minor), 5/2/00
Actor Danny Glover visits Jackson, 1B, 7/20/00
Founder Bob Moses receives $250,000 Heinz award, 1A, 2/3/00
Alienation of affection
Jury awards $350,000 to Vanessa Bolin, 1B, 4/1/00
All That Jazz
Family Fun Concert at Thalia Mara Hall, 1/30/00, 5G
Allen, Corey
Old Towne sixth-grader is published poet, 2B, 9/3/00
Allen, Mark
Natchez man who killed his father in 1999 found competent to stand trial, 3B, 5/20/00
Allen, Marshan
Jackson boy in critical condition after falling in pool, 1B; 6/1/00, 4B, 4B; 6/4/00, 5/31/00, 5B; 6/6/00
Allen, Michelle
8th-grader at Jackson Academy has stellar resume, 2/6/00, 2B
Alligators
Alligator killed at Percy Quinn State Park after it ate a dog, 3B; 6/26/00, 5B, 6/8/00
Gator being relocated in Vicksburg swats officer with its tail, 3B, 6/30/00
Allman, Gregg
Benefit show for Peavey Electronics employee Jeff Fountain, 1A, 1E; 8/20/00, 8/11/00
Allstate Insurance
Recognized for its role in adopt-a-school program, 4/14/00, 4B
Allstate Insurance Co
Layoffs at Jackson site begin, 1C, 3/15/00
Target of $250 million lawsuit, 1A, 3/20/00
Alston, Alyce
Jackson native leaves 'Oprah Magazine' to be publisher of 'W,' 1C, 8/11/00
Alston, Alyce SEE ALSO Winfrey, Oprah
Alternative exercises
Plenty of other options besides the conventional workouts, 1D, 3/27/00
Alternative schools
Many children find another way to learn, 1A, 2/13/00
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
At Thalia Mara Hall, 3/5/00, 6B, 10G; 3/8/00
Ambrose, Stephen
Noted writer lives in Bay St. Louis, 1A, 3/11/00
American Chambers Life Insurance Co
Company in liquidation; policy holders in limbo, 1C, 7/20/00
American College Testing (ACT) SEE ACT
American Family Association
Mississippi Gay Lobby says letter about Congressman calls for probe, 1B, 8/5/00
Tupelo organization not happy with CBS miniseries 'Jesus,' 1E, 5/13/00
American Home Products SEE Fen-phen
American Institute of Architects
At Mississippi Chapter's convention design awards announced, 1F, 7/2/00
American Landscapes...
Show at Mississippi Museum of Art, 6/25/00, 12G
American Management Systems Inc. SEE Tax Commission
American Medical Response (AMR)
SEE Emergency medical response
American Realism: A Tradition
Brookhaven show features Andrew Wyeth and Stephen Scott Young, 4/23/00, 8G
American West: Out of the Myth.... SEE Museum of Art
Americans With Disabilities Act
ADA 10-year anniversary celebrated, 1A, 1B; 7/16/00, 1C; 7/14/00, 7/13/00
AmeriCorps
Hinds County's efforts to recruit members, 2B, 6/12/00
Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck praises graduates, 1B, 7/15/00
AmeriCorps Promise Fellowship Program
Motivating group of volunteers, 4/9/00, 5B
Amish
New community in Pontotoc County, 1A, 4/9/00
Amite County High School
Richard Field, founder of Centreville Academy, is graduation speaker, 1A, 5/26/00
Amory School District
Woman who was fired sues district
Claiming fired because of her race, 4B, 8/10/00
Amos Network
Impoverished neighborhoods in Canton area surveyed, 1B; 3/30/00, 2B, 2B; 6/6/00, 3/26/00
Madison County mayors receive good grades in organization's survey, 2B, 10/3/00
Volunteer organization says Musgrove and Tuck must keep promises, 1B, 3/24/00
AmSouth Bank
2nd quarter earnings up; lack of real revenue growth a concern, 1C, 1C; 10/18/00, 7/19/00
500 jobs to be cut in Birmingham and Nashville; none in Jackson, 1C, 6/2/00
Branch in Caledonia is closed, 3B, 7/8/00
Computer system transition completed, 1C, 3/11/00
Decline in 1999 earnings no surprise
DG merger, loan losses, 1/19/00, 1C
DGB/AmSouth merger complete, 1C, 1C; 3/22/00, 3/21/00
Earnings report yields cautious optimism, 1C, 4/19/00
Mistake in 1999 tax return: overpaid Hinds County by $1.4 Million
Wants money back, 1A; 8/22/00, 1B, 8/9/00
Mistake in 1999 taxes...judge to supervisors: make a decision, 1B, 1B; 9/7/00, 1B; 10/25/00, 2B; 8/26/00, 8/25/00
Popcorn stand to reopen in its downtown plaza arcade, 1C, 8/26/00
AmSouth Economic Symposium
At Thalia Mara Hall, 1/11/00, 1C, 1C; 1/13/00
Amtrak
Passenger service to Dallas perhaps, 1C, 1C; 4/5/00, 2/28/00, 3B; 4/23/00, 8C; 2/29/00
Recreating image to attract more travelers, 3B, 7/13/00
Amusement parks
Major park planned for Hernando area, 3B, 6/30/00
Anderson, Gary
Q&A with Dept. of Finance and Administration director, 2B, 9/3/00
Anderson, Jolivette
Reading poetry of WPRM's 'Mississippi Cipher' show, 1E, 6/9/00
Anderson, Walter
His daughter and grandson exhibit their works in Vicksburg, 1E, 3/23/00
His priceless murals in Ocean Springs Community Center way underinsured, 3B; 9/22/00, 5B, 7/17/00
Anderson, Walter O
New trial for former Meridian doctor indicted on 6 counts of fraud, 6/4/00, 6B
Andrew Wyeth: Close Friends
Show at Museum of Art, 1F, 12/3/00
Andrews, Benny
Georgia-born New York artist has show at Southside Gallery in Oxford, 5/7/00, 8G
Andrews, Nan Watkins
Capitol hostess to retire, 3B, 6/18/00
Andy Griffith Show
Churches using TV show in classes, 3B, 11/6/00
Aneurysms
Stent-grafts procedure: more patients, less risk, 1D, 2/28/00
Angel Afghan Project
Greenville man James Farmer started program
Cross stitch for children in intensive care, 1F, 9/24/00
Angel Trails
Ridgeland-based nonprofit His Way Home Inc's program for helping youth, 1B, 10/22/00
Anhydrous ammonia SEE Methamphetamine
Animal cruelty
12 dog carcasses discovered in Moss Point man's house, 3B, 3B; 9/21/00, 9/12/00
53 cats removed from filthy house in Gulfport, 3B, 9/9/00
Rankin County personnel given more authority, 2B, 4/5/00
Animal Rescue League
League plans $1.5 Million shelter, 2/23/00, 2B
Annandale
Subdivision residents plan increase in security
Vandalism incidents, 3B, 7/3/00
Annandale Golf Club
Crew putting 18-hour days to get course in shape, 1B, 11/5/00
Annexation, Clinton
City looking at north, south, west expansions, 2B, 11/20/00
Annexation, Florence
Mayor wants to avoid conflict with Richland, 1/7/00, 2B, 2B; 3/3/00
Richland and Florence officials set meeting, 1/18/00, 2B, 2B; 4/17/00, 2B; 4/22/00, 2B; 11/6/00
Annexation, Grenada
Annexation plan called discriminatory, 3/27/00, 3B
Annexation, Jackson County
Ocean Springs eyeing St. Martin; Latimer residents act, 3B, 4/24/00
Annexation, Madison
City and county draw battle lines over proposed annexation, 2B, 2B; 7/10/00, 6/27/00
Some county residents want city to annex their areas
Better property protection, 3B, 7/4/00
Annexation, Madison County
Land grab: cities scrambling to annex unincorporated areas, 1/10/00, 1A; 6/15/00, 2B
Annexation, Mississippi
Citizens want voice in annexation efforts, 1B, 2/7/00
Annexation, Pearl
City eyeing area north of Old Brandon Rd to Flowood city limits, 1B, 2B; 8/28/00, 8/18/00
Annexation, Richland SEE Annexation, Florence
Annexation, Ridgeland
Battle with Jackson: area facing forced annexation, 1B, 1B; 11/1/00, 1B; 11/3/00, 10/30/00
Court battle: widening of West County Line Rd is focus, 2B, 4/19/00
Dispute with Jackson: views heard, 1B, 1B; 11/22/00, 11/10/00
Highland Colony Pky: Mayor Johnson testifies, 2B, 2B; 4/13/00, 4/12/00
Jackson and Ridgeland in final week of trial, 1B, 11/13/00
Jackson-Ridgeland battle goes to court
Land along Highland Colony Pky, 1A; 4/11/00, 2B, 4/10/00
Jackson/Ridgeland court battle won't resume until Fall, 4/23/00, 7B
Mayor Gene McGee of Ridgeland says town needs to annex for growth, 1B, 11/2/00
Trial: Lawyer questions Jackson growth-rate figures, 2B, 4/14/00
Annie
Kessler production at Thalia Mara Hall, 1E; 4/20/00, 4/14/00, 5B
Annie M's Cafe and Catering
Flora
Restaurant review, 2/10/00, 4F
Antiques
3 charged in Vicksburg with theft of antiques, 3B, 9/14/00
AOL/Time Warner
Mississippi native Bob Pittman 'heir apparent' as CEO, 1/12/00, 1A; 1/16/00, 1C
Proposed merger a plus for MCI/Sprint merger chances, 1/11/00, 1A, 1C
Apartments, Jackson
Demand fueling construction, 1C, 3/31/00
Metro-Jackson apartment occupancy, 7/31/00, 10C
Apartments, Madison
Developer Steve Bryan wants court to rehear his case, 2B, 2B; 12/4/00, 7/7/00
Applause Dance Factory
Ballroom dancing classes for senior citizens in Ridgeland, 6/25/00, 22G
Apple Tree Project
Along with State Farm, distributing free school supplies, 6B, 8/22/00
Applebee's
Restaurant review, 2/24/00, 4F
AquaPro Corp
Catfish farming company makes strong rebound, 1C, 7/25/00
Arab-Salahudeen, Nazek
Ridgeland woman helps others adjust to US family life, 1E, 8/15/00
Arcadia Subdivision
Its exemption from Cleary sewage system is challenged, 2B, 10/13/00
Archusa Lake
Lake near Quitman is restored; dam broke in heavy rains in 1998, 3B, 5/23/00
Area Agency on Aging
Expo at Jackson Medical Mall, 1B, 8/27/00
Area codes
Dialing 662 for north Mississippi mandatory after May 1, 1C; 5/3/00, 3B, 3B; 4/27/00, 4/20/00
Arinder, Max
Q&A with PEER Committee director, 2H, 8/13/00
Ark of Safety Ministry
Canton
Burglars injured exiting thru small broken window, 2B, 2B; 7/28/00, 6/29/00
Arkansas Delta
State leaders have formed coalition to improve impoverished region, 1/9/00, 1A
Armed Forces Museum
At Camp Shelby, 5B, 12/4/00
Armistead, Rex
Judge likely to throw out his defamation suit against Bill Minor, 1A, 8/12/00
Armstrong, Andy
Retired Newton school teacher is bicycling across America, 1B, 5/16/00
Armstrong, Artie
Renee Elmore's peace bond against Armstrong dismissed, 1/6/00, 1B
Armstrong, Louis
Former City Council member freed after 13 months, 1A, 4/12/00
Armstrong, Louis SEE Roberts, Richard T
Army National Guard
'Guard Blast' open house, 1B, 3/5/00
185th Aviation Group returns from Kuwait, 1B, 8/19/00
College financial aid attractive recruiting point, 1B, 10/7/00
Guard Day at Terry High School, 2B, 4/8/00
Arnold, Lionel
Defendant may plea bargain in 1998 death of Myko Pickett, 1/8/00, 1B, 1B; 1/12/00
Arnold, William
Ex-Pickens police chief and JPD officer murdered at Yazoo County lake, 5B, 7/31/00
Arrington, Clarence
Shaw resident arrested for 1999 murder of Janesha Hall yet to be indicted, 1A, 5/22/00
Arsenal Select Soccer Team
Tryouts in Clinton, 2B, 6/27/00
Arson, Jackson
Fire Dept. laxity: figures too low, some say, 1A, 8/20/00
Art
Companies using art to put clients at ease, set image, 1C, 10/15/00
Holiday art gallery hop in Jackson, 8G, 11/12/00
Art At Work
Junior Auxiliary of Rankin County exposes students to arts, 1/26/00, 2B
Art Therapists as Artists
Show at Nunnery's Gallery, 2/27/00, 12G
Arthritis
Arthritis in children, 1D, 5/22/00
Arthritis Awareness Health Fair
Questions and answers, 1E, 5/5/00
Arts Mean Business
Artists bringing fame, fortune to state, study shows, 1A, 3/14/00
Asbestos, Mississippi
1051 state plaintiffs get $263,000 each from asbestos companies, 1/25/00, 1A; 10/6/00, 1C
Asbridge, Leonard
94-year old is Santa Claus for children at deaf school, 1B, 12/21/00
Asbury Lane Retirement Village
New gated community for seniors in Pearl, 2B, 11/23/00
Asemani, Billy
Fugitive dentist arrested in Virginia, 1A, 10/13/00
Fugitive dentist offers plea deal to prosecutors, 1A; 8/15/00, 1B, 4/21/00
Fugitive dentist takes plea bargain, 1A; 11/28/00, 1B, 11/18/00
Fugitive dentist's property sold at auction, 1B, 2/3/00
Asphalt
Mississippi part of testing of variety of road materials, 3B, 6/9/00
Assaf, Ruby
Girl Scout leader in the 1960s honored by her troop, 1B, 11/15/0
Asset Verification Inc. of Mississippi
Lists people's valuables on CD-ROM, 4/3/00, 8C
Assistant district attorneys
Law group seeks pay raise, 3B, 9/22/00
At Home
New shop in Belhaven neighborhood, 1C, 11/28/00
Attache
Clinton Public Schools group to produce 'Grease,' 2B, 6/12/00
Attention Deficit Disorder
Workshop for parents sponsored by Rankin public schools, 2/1/00, 2B
Attic Gallery
Vicksburg
Blues-themed exhibit, 1E, 2/10/00
Attorneys general
State AGs band together to fight large corporations, 1A, 3/13/00
Auto World Weekly
New magazine started by William Jeanes of Pass Christian, 1C, 7/15/00
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Making it easier to save heart attack victims, 1B, 2B; 11/18/00, 3/3/00
Automobile insurance. SEE Mississippi Legislature (2000)---Mandatory...
Automobile tags
Cost of tags rising statewide, 1B, 6/17/00
Hinds County to accept online payments, 1B, 10/5/00
Madison County residents will be able to buy tags online, 2B, 6/9/00
Automobile theft, Jackson
9 arrested in thefts from lots of auto dealers, 1B, 7/12/00
Impound Lot Garage on Michael Avalon St, 1/25/00, 1A
JPD taking steps to reduce theft, 1A, 2/10/00
JPD's Precinct 4 focuses on auto burglary, 1B, 8/28/00
Man given 15 years for stealing car with salesman inside, 5B, 8/19/00
Numbers are down, problem remains, 1A, 4/24/00
Plight of Hal White, 1/19/00, 1B
Autrey, Tyres
Man seeks justice, convinced his mother was murdered 25 years ago by her boyfriend, 1B, 12/29/00
Avants, Ernest
Defense wants charge in 1966 murder dropped, 1B, 1B; 9/2/00, 8/2/00
Suspect held in 1966 slaying of Ben Chester White, 1A; 6/9/00, 1A; 6/10/00, 1B; 6/18/00, 3H, 6/8/00
Suspected killer linked to 2 beatings, 1B, 6/13/00
Avery Property
Christ United Methodist Church completes purchase, 4/9/00, 6B
Ayers suit
3rd round of settlement talks approaching, 6A, 7/24/00
AG Mike Moore says offer is ready, 1B, 11/21/00
Alcorn State University holds fast to dreams, 1A, 7/24/00
All sides to meet in October to hammer out final settlement, 1A, 9/8/00
ASU president Clinton Bristow wants case settled, 4B, 6/2/00
Deal is long way off, Mike Moore says, 1A, 9/27/00
Guarded optimism for settlement of suit, 1B, 12/24/00
How did other states settle similar cases?, 1A, 6/19/00
Is new College Board ready to end case?, 1A, 5/27/00
Jackson State University's goal is 'Big 4' status, 1A, 7/24/00
Judge Biggers halts funds: money not being spent as he ordered, 1A, 1A; 7/11/00, 1A; 7/23/00, 7/8/00
Judge Biggers seeking input from both sides, 3B, 11/15/00
Judge Biggers to step down as chief judge, Northern District of Mississippi, 1B, 8/27/00
Judge criticizes College Board for funding failures, 1A, 3/30/00
Judge issues fund guidelines: black schools must recruit white students, 1A, 6/20/00
Judge waits to see proposals from Alcorn and MVSU, 1B, 8/18/00
Lawmakers scoff at plaintiffs' $1billion offer, 1A, 1A; 9/30/00, 9/29/00
Legal fees continue to mount, 1B, 12/6/00
Meetings planned to respond to plaintiffs' proposals, 10/11/00. 1A
Musgrove optimistic about talks: aims for settlement in Fall, 1A, 6/6/00
Musgrove seeking settlement, 1A; 3/20/00, 1A; 6/6/00, 1B; 5/31/00, 3/4/00, 5B
MVSU 'has gotten very little,' 1A, 7/23/00
Open negotiation meetings to public, critics urge, 1A, 9/20/00
Plaintiff Louis Armstrong "out of the loop" in discussions, 1A, 9/26/00
Plaintiff says settlement offer falls short, 1A, 11/23/00
Salaries of professors is a sticking point, 1A, 12/2/00
School of law at JSU a long shot, 1A; 10/10/00, 1A; 11/7/00, 1B, 10/3/00
Talks will remain behind closed doors, 1A, 6/7/00
Ayrix Technologies
Merges with Big Net Holdings (Mi), 1/6/00, 1C
Azalea Christian Manor
HUD ranks federally-funded complex high, 1B, 8/3/00
Baby boomers
Caught between generations
Many taking care of parents while paying for children's education, 1E, 2/29/00
Back flow (water system device). SEE Water supply, Jackson
Back flow (water system device) SEE Water supply, Mississippi
Back-to-School Day
Legislators visit schools, 1B, 9/14/00
Badenhorst, Antoinette
Award-winning Saltillo potter is native of South Africa, 1B, 7/4/00
Baggett, Alvaline
JPD detective facing charges resigns, 1B, 6/6/00
JPD detective place on leave; alleged misconduct, 1A; 4/21/00, 1B, 1B; 2/20/00, 2/12/00, 6B; 4/20/00
JPD officer enters plea of innocence to bribery charges, 1B; 5/11/00, 4/25/00, 5B
Trial: 2 testify officer sought payoffs, 1B, 9/27/00
Trial: Baggett calls bribe talk a 'game,' 1B, 9/29/00
Trial: former detective discussed payoffs
Ed Peters angry his name has come up, 1B, 9/28/00
Trial: former JPD 'top cop' found guilty of bribery, 1A, 9/30/00
Trial: racial makeup of jury questioned, 1B, 9/26/00
Baker Elementary School
Officially adopted by law firm Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, 1B, 8/11/00
Balancing the Coast's Future
Gaming Commission fines Grand Casino for participation, 1C, 7/15/00
Grand Casinos executive quits group
Casinos fined for subterfuge, 1C, 7/21/00
Some question motives of new group
Casino development is issue, 1C, 1C; 6/27/00, 5/21/00
Bald eagles
Making dramatic comeback on Horn Island, 3B, 12/25/00
Balint, Mildred
Richard Green who reported her murder is charged in that murder, 1B, 7/30/00
Woman found slain in her apartment on Ridgewood Rd (Oaks Apts.), 4/17/00, 5B
Ballenger, Vernice
Man convicted in 1993 Leake County slaying given new trial, 3B, 6/23/00
Balloonfest 2000
In Greenwood, 6/15/00, 10F
Ballooning
Flying the friendly skies, 1E, 6/30/00
Ballroom dancing
Senior citizens dance for pleasure, exercise, 5G, 12/17/00
BancorpSouth
3rd quarter earnings drop, 1C, 10/19/00
Acquiring Pittman, Seay and Turner Insurance Agency, 1C, 1011/00
Announces merger with First United Bancshares (Ark), 1C; 4/22/00, 4/18/00, 8C
Earnings see rise in 2nd quarter 2000, 1C, 7/14/00
Financial services package for small businesses, 1C, 2/5/00
Net income in 1999 sets record: up 54%, 1/19/00, 1C, 1C; 4/14/00
Bank of Edwards SEE Wilson, Keith and Eddie Lee
Bank of Falkner
Failed Tippah County bank reopens, 1C, 10/3/00
Bank robberies, Byram
AmSouth Bank is robbed; one suspect caught, 2B, 2B; 5/3/00, 2B; 5/12/00, 5/2/00
Woman making deposit robbed of $5,000, 2/27/00, 5B
Bank robberies, Canton
Man sought in morning robbery, 5B, 11/12/00
Bank robberies, Clinton
Number 19: 2 men rob AmSouth, 2B, 7/29/00
Bank robberies, Florence
Trustmark suspect still at large, 4/6/00, 4B
Bank robberies, Flowood
AmSouth Bank on Grants Ferry Rd hit, 2B, 5/18/00
Bank robberies, Jackson
2 south Jackson heists; 18 total in city so far this year, 5B, 7/25/00
2 Trustmark branches hit by midday robbers, 1B; 3/23/00, 2B, 3/21/00
AmSouth Bank on North State St, 1B, 7/11/00
AmSouth Bank on North State St robbed, 1B, 4/8/00
AmSouth Bank on Woodrow Wilson robbed, 5B, 7/6/00
AmSouth robbery on US 80 West is 15th in metro area this year
Suspect apprehended, 1A, 7/15/00
BancorpSouth Bank on Lakeland Dr, 1B, 4/12/00
Bike-riding robber of South State St bank in 1999 judged insane, 1B, 4/7/00
Consumer National Bank in downtown Jackson, 1B, 4/25/00
Flora man David Spicer is sought, 1B, 7/28/00
Rash of robberies: 16 so far this year, 1A, 7/19/00
Robbery of Trustmark on Old Canton Rd foiled by retired ABC agent, 1B, 11/17/00
Trustmark Bank on Lakeland, 1B, 10/26/00
Trustmark heist 21st of year: 'This is pathetic,' 5B, 9/20/00
Trustmark on Old Canton Rd: warrant issued for Eddie Dantra Cain, 6B, 6B; 7/27/00, 7/26/00
Union Planters on Terry Rd, 4/14/00, 6B
Bank robberies, Mississippi
Embezzlers hit banks harder than robbers, 1A, 8/18/00
Bank robberies, Pearl
AmSouth branch in US 80 East robbed, 2B, 4/27/00
Bank robberies, Pelahatchie
Citizens Bank robbed; 23rd this year in metro Jackson area, 2B, 11/10/00
Bank robberies, Richland
AmSouth on US 49 hit, 2B, 7/13/00
Bank robberies, Ridgeland
Suspect held in robbery of Merchants & Farmers Bank, 2B, 12/20/00
Union Planters on County Line Rd held up, 2B, 3/1/00
Bank robberies, Ruleville
Police arrest 2 of 3 suspects, 3B, 4/21/00
Bankhead, Robert
Transcripts tying Dwight Brown to supervisor's murder questioned, 1B, 1B; 12/30/00, 12/12/00
Banks, Jackson
Television sets, local art work cater to customers waiting in line, 1/10/00, 6C
Banks, Mississippi
Customer service, online access provide 'round-the-clock convenience, 1C, 4/30/00
Top state banks' leads slipping as others vie for depositors, 1C, 3/3/00
Weiss Ratings Inc. of Florida ranks state banks, 1C, 1C; 5/19/00, 5/13/00
Baptist Medical Center
Sleep Disorders Center, 1D, 12/18/00
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto
Proposed expansion, 3B, 3B; 7/19/00, 3B; 8/16/00, 7/14/00
Baptists
SEE Southern Baptist Convention
Baptists SEE Southern Baptist Convention
Barber, Judy and Rims
Couple honored for civil rights advocacy, 1B, 11/29/00
Barbour, Charles
Hinds County supervisor's 1st month tests his mettle, 1B, 2/13/00
Barhanovich, Kenny
Pioneer charter boat captain in Biloxi, 4B, 12/26/00
Barksdale Reading Institute
$100M gift from Jim and Sally Barksdale targets literacy, 1/20/00, 1A, 1A; 1/21/00, 1B
20 target schools named, 1A; 8/23/00, 4B, 7/7/00
3 finalists named for directorship, 1B, 1B; 5/25/00, 1B; 6/22/00, 5/8/00
Claiborne Barksdale named by his brother as director, 1A, 7/6/00
Director looking at early childhood program Parents as Teachers, 3B, 11/7/00
Expansion: early childhood may be included in literacy effort, 1B, 10/24/00
Gift will benefit 20 target schools, 1B, 1B; 5/12/00, 1C; 5/28/00, 3/10/00
May double number of schools funded, 1B, 12/4/00
Meeting set in Jackson, 3/4/00, 3B
Officials puzzled over lack of grant applications, 1B, 1B; 8/23/00, 8/22/00
Oxford last of town-hall Internet talk, 1C, 10/24/000
To be featured in CNN story, 2/24/00, 3B
Barksdale, Jim
Former Netscape CEO speaks at annual MEC luncheon, 5/15/00, 6C
Barksdale, Renee
Former Clinton school teacher killed in car wreck, 2/29/00, 2B
Barnes, Johnny
ex-Mendenhall police officer faces assault charges
Beat Gray Runnels, 3/22/00, 3B
Barnyard Opry
A success story in Brandon, 2B, 8/31/00
Barr, Nevada
Author now living in Clinton
Her novel 'Deep South' reviewed, 3/19/00, 11G
Barrilleaux, Edward
Jackson man, part owner of Medi-Staff, convicted of bankruptcy fraud, 4B, 9/21/00
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
3 winners in Mississippi, 3B, 4/6/00
Barthleme, Frederick
Mississippi writer finds beauty in parking lots and at Wal-Mart, 1F, 11/5/00
Barton, Janet Lee
Christian romance writer from Picayune, 3B, 8/15/00
Basa
Importation of catfish grown in the Mekong Delta
Worrying state catfish farmers, 1C, 8/22/00
Baseball
Jackson's Diamond Kats debut against Greenville Bluesmen, 1A, 5/6/00
MSU defeats Notre Dame in NCCA final in Starkville, 1A, 5/29/00
Vintage Base Ball game at Jefferson College, 1E, 11/2/00
Basketball
Alcorn falls to Louisiana Tech in NCAAs, 1A, 3/19/00
JSU Tigers are SWAC champions, 1A, 1A; 3/17/00, 3/12/00
Lady Bulldogs fall to UAB in NCAA upset, 1A, 3/20/00
Mississippi team slots: 3 in NCAA, 1 in NIT, 1 in WNIT, 1A, 3/13/00
MSU women off to good start in NCAA, 1A, 3/18/00
Racial color line erased at game in Noxubee County game, 1A, 6/24/00
Batson challenge SEE Jury trials
Batte, Clay
Mt. Olive 12-year old creates fishing lures, 3B, 10/2/00
Battle of Raymond
New law will help with construction of Civil War battlefield park, 2B, 5/6/00
Baugh, Flora
Brandon widow spends 1st Valentine's day without husband Henry
'A true love story,' 1F, 2/13/00
Beaches, Gulfport
Bacteria force closing in Tegarten Rd area, 3B, 3B; 7/15/00, 3B; 8/4/00, 7/1/00
Beaches, Jackson County
Project to add 75,000 cubic feet of sand to beaches, 3B, 4/24/00
Beads SEE Power beads
Beagle Bagel
Restaurant review, 4F, 11/9/00
Bean, Brad
Amite County dairyman named state Farmer of the Year, 1C, 4/27/00
Bear
15-foot carved wooden bear is Highway 49 attraction in Florence; gift of David Singletary, 1E, 12/28/00
Bear Creek
Survey of flood plains in Madison County, 2/7/00, 2B
Bear Creek Water Association
Madison County supervisors oppose it sewage expansion plan, 2B, 2B; 6/10/00, 2B; 9/20/00, 5/18/00
Beard, Ronnie
Memphis man held on murder charge in Marshall County
Also 4 rape charges, 3B, 4/25/00
Beau Rivage Casino SEE Dockside gambling, Biloxi
Beauvoir
Funds sought for botanical gardens, 1B, 2/27/00
Beaver Creek
Ridgeland
Flooding plan addressed, 2B, 7/18/00
Beck, Jason
$2 Million verdict against city of Jackson upheld in his 1996 death, 1B, 1B; 7/26/00, 1B; 10/3/00, 7/21/00
Jackson City Council OKs $2.1 Million payoff in student's 1996 death, 1A, 10/4/00
Beckwith, Byron De La
His appeal for release rejected by judge, 1B, 2/26/00
Bed Bath and Beyond
NJ firm to open store in Jackson, 7/10/00, 8C
Beer
City of Ridgeland may relax beer ordinance, 2B, 10/19/00
Sale to minors targeted, 1A, 6/9/00
Beer sales. SEE Alcohol sales
Beggerly, Carlisle
Florence High School junior to study in Japan, 2B, 6/4/00
Belhaven College
Enrollment up 15%, 1B, 9/11/00
Sculpture 'The Lady of Belhaven' by Michael McAuley, 5/14/00, 15G
Student art exhibit, 2B, 3/26/00
Bell Avon
Defense contractor agrees to make good on false test results, 1B, 4/18/00
Bell peppers
No matter what color all peppers start out green, 1E, 6/7/00
Bell, David
Bond stands for accused killer of Charity Ishman
of Raymond; mother of his 2 children, 1B, 9/16/00
Bell, Joshua
Violinist performs at Thalia Mara Hall, 2/13/00, 10G
Bellman, Rachel
Joshua Brink and Michael Balle' held in her strangulation death
In Ocean Springs, 3B, 4/28/00
Michael Balle and Joshua Brink admit to rape and strangulation
In Pascagoula, 3B, 6/22/00
BellSouth
24 cables cut on Lynch St and on Hanging Moss Rd, 1B; 7/1/00, 4/27/00, 4B
Cutting 2100 positions at various locations, 1C, 2/5/00
Developing online site for buying and selling telecom products, 1C, 2/25/00
Introduces Internet Call Waiting, 1C, 3/16/00
J. Kelly Allgood to retire as CEO of Mississippi operations, 1C, 3/2/00
Media blitz to highlight its Internet and wireless offerings
Aimed at executives, 1C, 3/9/00
Wireless service assets linked with SBC Communications (TX), 1C, 4/6/00
Belzoni Police Department
Chief disputes story of man shot by Officer Deion Battle, 3B, 8/10/00
Bender, Richard
Veterans Hospital patient gives impromptu gospel concerts, 1B, 7/19/00
Bengal tiger
Malnourished tiger taken from Pearl business owner will be shipped to Oregon, 2B, 12/2/00
Benjamin, W.O.
Funeral services for ex-president of Itawamba Community College, 3B, 4/28/00, 4B
Bennett, Devin
Richland man charged in death of his 9-week-old son, 2B, 2B; 9/7/00, 3B; 8/30/00, 8/27/00
Bennett, Henry
Retired preacher in Byram has a faithful mule named Jim, 1E, 8/10/00
Bennett, Marshall
Q&A with state treasurer, 2H, 6/25/00, 10/29/00
Bentley, Michael SEE Well, Lauren Rabb
Berry, Lula
Black woman married to white man in 1934
Her illustrated diary, 1F, 2/20/00
Best Buy
Store to open in Fall in Ridgeland Court in Jackson, 1C, 1C; 11/8/00, 5/19/00
Betta fish gardens
Yes, that's a fish plant, 1E, 6/2/00
Better Business Bureau of Mississippi
Congo management professor is intern, 1C, 3/22/00
Bettis Brooke Mirrors
Vicksburg company will craft The Forbes Line
(Forbes Magazine family), 1C, 5/4/00
Beverly Drive-in
Hattiesburg theater to reopen for 1 weekend only, 1E, 5/5/00
Bible Belt buckle
Created by Malcolm White, 1E, 8/3/00
Bibles
Choosing the right Bible for your children, 1E, 9/16/00
Bicycle trails
New trails could link neighborhoods in Ridgeland, 2B, 5/16/00
Big Black River casino. SEE Riverboat gambling, Warren County
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Initiative to match students with mentors gets funding boost, 1B; 11/26/00, 2B, 10/26/00
Mentors sought for children, 1B, 2B; 8/24/00, 5/25/00
Metro organization reopens with new leadership, 2B, 9/27/00
Big K
Pantry Inc, a North Carolina convenience store chain, buys 18 Jackson sites, 1C, 9/19/00
Big River Shipbuilders
Vicksburg barge repair company, 1C, 11/30/00
Big Sunflower River
Dredging plan stirs health debate: DDT legacy, 1A, 1A; 4/30/00, 4/23/00
Dredging project called wasteful by environmental groups, 1A, 1A; 4/17/00, 1A; 10/1/00, 3/3/00
Biggers, Neal
To step down as chief judge, Northern District of Mississippi, 1B, 8/27/00
Billboards
DeSoto County exploring options along new Mississippi 304, 2/8/00, 3B
Jackson City Council allows taller billboards, 6B, 8/23/00
Billingslea, Arthur
Canton robber says 'Never mind' when clerk aims gun at him, 2/23/00, 2B
Billy Brumfield Shelter
Senior AIDES Program volunteers feed inhabitants, 1B, 11/24/00
Biloxi Shrimp Festival and Blessing of the Fleet
Set for May 6-7, 3/15/00, 3B
Biloxi, Mississippi
City to sue for possession of beach front acreage, 3B, 5/4/00
Parks, schools, street projects increase city's bond debt, 3B, 6/20/00
Bingo
Fraud in Corinth and Gulfport leads to arrests, 3B, 7/17/00
Gaming Commission denies license to Inner Man Church of the Future, 1C, 2/27/00
Monies a 'real blessing' to charities, 1C, 2/27/00
Tupelo lawyer says he and his son innocent of charges involving defunct bingo parlor, 3B, 10/7/00
Biological warfare
State to get funding to detect, combat public safety threats, 1A; 6/17/00, 1B, 6/12/00
Birmingham church bombing, 1963
Bobby Cherry says he is innocent, 1A, 8/28/00
Cherry now facing sex charges, 1B, 4/27/00
Thomas Blanton and Bobby Cherry face indictment, 1A, 1A; 5/19/00, 5/18/00
Woman says stepfather Bobby Cherry talked about bombing
Sexually abused her, 1B, 4/11/00
Birmingham Museum of Art
Matisse exhibit, 7/23/00, 10G
Birmingham, Ricky
16-year old held for robbery of man in north Jackson parking lot, 5/25/00, 5B
Bishop, Kevin
Former Simpson County JP facing sex offense charge, 6/9/00, 7B
Black bears
Amite County sighting of bear with cub
Proof of reproducing pair, 3B, 4/14/00
Mississippi Black Bear Restoration Task Force, 3/14/00, 3B
Moving from Arkansas into Mississippi Delta, 1B, 12/4/00
Black Family Reunion
At LeFleur's Bluff State Park
Recording artist Eddie Seawood to perform, 1B, 1E; 9/3/00, 8/29/00
Black History Month
Heroes of prisoners at Wilkinson County Correctional Facility, 1A, 2/28/00
History should be all-encompassing, 2/25/00, 2B
Trilogy of programs hosted by 'Clarion-Ledger,' 1/31/00, 1B; 2/17/00, 3B
Black Panther Party
Considering establishing a chapter on Coast, 1B, 7/31/00
Black Panthers
Only African American tank unit in W.W.II, 3B, 11/13/00
Black Rose Theatre
In Brandon, 2B, 8/7/00
Black Spring Break
City of Gulfport make seek damages from promoter, 3B, 4/13/00
Coast anticipates huge crowds, 1A, 1B, 1B; 4/10/00, 4/6/00, 5B; 4/11/00
Fatal shooting of Mitchell Virgil probed, 1B; 6/9/00, 1B; 6/15/00, 3B, 4/15/00
Treasure Bay to sue coliseum for bringing students to Coast, 3B, 4/27/00
Black Springbreak
May return to coast in 2001, 5B, 11/1/00
Black, Carolyn
Special education director leaving state post, 1B, 4/13/00
Blackburn, Richard
Rankin County constable could lose job after stint in Kosovo, 2B, 2B; 10/3/00, 8/14/00
Blackmon, Ed
Legislator joins Tougaloo's Society of Corporate Philanthropists, 1C, 2/26/00
BlackWater Cafe
Chef Vish Bhatt, 1E, 11/29/00
Blackwell, Isisha
No arrest or suspects in 1999 slaying of Canton teenager, 2B, 2B; 10/7/00, 6/12/00
Blain, Tom SEE Bureau of narcotics
Bland, John
Appeals Court upholds his sentence in 1997 drive-by shooting, 3B, 4/19/00
Blanks, Derek
Artist has his 1st solo show at Gallery 119 in Jackson, 8/13/00, 8G
Block grants. SEE Community Development Block Grant
Blood supply. SEE Mississippi Blood Services
Blue Cafe
Restaurant review, 4F, 5/25/00
Blue Cross & Blue Shield SEE Ageless Heroes
Blues (music)
Students from Lambert play 'Big Boss Man' at the White House, 3B, 5/30/00
Blues museum
Support grows for a museum in Leland, 3/28/00, 3B
Board for Community and Junior Colleges
Musgrove must appoint 3 members, 1B; 7/21/00, 3B, 5/20/00
Board of Education
Employee Worth Haynes fired over handling of software contract, 1/21/00, 1B, 1B; 1/22/00
New governor will shape the Board, 1/4/00, 1A
Personnel shifted; Rucker now head of academics, 1B, 10/21/00
Sondra Caillavet and Claude Hartley named to Board, 5B, 7/8/00
State board loses member Cheryl Tidwell, 1B, 6/21/00
Superintendent Richard Thompson holds televised interview, 3B, 4/7/00
Vibrating cell phones and pagers OK'd during meetings, 1B, 4/15/00
Board of Health
Takes strong stand against Balanced Budget Act of 1997; health facilities threatened, 1B, 10/13/00
Board of Supervisors (Hinds County). SEE Taxes, Hinds County
Boating accidents
3 dead at Reservoir: lab tests are key, 1B; 2/29/00, 2/1/00, 2B, 2B; 4/5/00
3 die in accident on Ross Barnett Reservoir, 1/24/00, 1A; 1/25/00, 1A; 1/26/00, 1A; 1/28/00, 3B
Alcohol suspected in accidents involving cousins at Reservoir, 2B, 7/18/00
Collision between 2 watercraft on Gulfport Lake leaves 1 man dead, 3B, 6/1/00
Safety on waterways message is renewed, 1B, 6/4/00
Body Balance for Performance
Physical therapist Sylvia McCandless can improve your golf game, 3G, 5/14/00
Bogue Chitto High School
3 students killed in separate accidents, 1A; 8/26/00, 3B, 8/25/00
Bolivar Medical Center
Province Healthcare acquires Cleveland hospital, 3B, 4/18/00
Bolton-Holifield, Ruthie
Olympic basketballer visits Youth Detention Center, 4B, 10/12/00
Bombs, Italy
Bomb mailed from Mississippi sparks probe
USAF officer injured, 1A; 4/20/00, 1A; 4/29/00, 1B, 4/19/00
Bon Ami
Restaurant review, 4F, 10/26/00
Bond issues, Meridian
Voters reject school bond measure, 3/4/00, 3B, 3B; 5/16/00, 3B; 5/18/00
Bond issues, Poplarville
Voters reject school bond measure, 3/4/00, 3B
Bond issues, Yazoo City
Town approves a school bond issue, 1B, 5/12/00
Bonner, Michael
Assistant DA in Warren County faces Louisiana extortion charges, 1/22/00, 3B
Bonnin, Max
Widower honors wife killed in Amtrak crash
Nondenominational wedding chapel, 1B, 4/23/00
Bonsai Steakhouse
Restaurant review, 4F, 12/28/00
Book of Hope Campaign
Area churches will deliver book door-to-door, 4/22/00, 8D
Booker, Joseph
Suspended doctor reinstated; now at abortion clinic in Jackson, 1B, 10/6/00
Books of the Century
Millennium project by Jackson Friends of the Library, 1/30/00, 10G
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnian officials on fact-finding trip to Mississippi, 1B, 12/4/00
Boswell, William
Lauderdale County supervisor indicted on voter fraud, 1B, 8/2/00
Bouder, Steven
Lauderdale County man gets 18-month sentence in 1999 slaying of his wife, 3B, 8/23/00
Bouie River SEE Gulf Sturgeon
Boutin, Branden
2 Saucier residents accused in beating death 2-year old boy, 3B, 4/15/00
Bowdoin College
3 Jackson students win substantial scholarships to Maine school, 2B, 5/7/00
Bowers, Sam
Ku Klux Klan leader says he should be released from jail
Says state Constitution flawed, 1B, 3/1/00
Bowles, Jerry
Fund established to help good Samaritan with medical expenses
Run over at wreck site, 1B, 3/9/00
Man honored at MDOT ceremony for helping crash victim, 1B, 7/22/00
Bowling
Bowling leagues for fun and fellowship, 6/4/00, 11G
Boyette, Grant SEE Pearl High School
Boykin, Sherlene
Noxubee Justice Court Judge fined for fixing tickets, 3B, 7/21/00
Boyll, Jamie Fowler SEE Slater, Elizabeth
Boys and Girls Clubs
New chapter in Madison County, 1B; 11/22/00, 2B; 9/30/00, 5B, 9/26/00
Pete Rose substitutes for Hank Aaron at Columbus event, 1B, 9/30/00
Boys State, 2000
Close race for governor, 1A, 5/25/00
Delegates quiz state leaders, 3B, 5/24/00
Bradley, Betsy
Q&A with director of the Mississippi Arts Commission, 2H, 12/3/00
Brady, Bruce H
Sculptor/writer dies in Brookhaven at age 65, 2/9/00, 3B; 2/10/00, 4B
Brandon budget, 2001
No tax increase for residents; millage the same, 2B, 9/23/00
Brandon Day
Annual celebration, 2B, 5/6/00
Brandon Educational Scholastic Team
Nonprofit group works to improve city's schools, 2B, 10/29/00
Brandon Elementary School
200 third-graders move from Rouse Elementary School, 2/16/00, 2B
Century City 2000 event, 2B, 4/19/00
Brandon High School
Band wins high honors at Director Choice Alamo Showcase in San Antonio, 2B, 4/18/00
Celebrity golf tourney fundraiser, 2B, 12/6/00
Field house fire may be arson, 2B, 2B; 10/21/00, 2B; 10/25/00, 10/20/00
Brandon Public Schools
Nonprofit academic foundation to improve schools proposed, 2B, 5/17/00
Brandon, Mississippi
Former Public Works director Roger McNeese will not be replaced, 2B, 3/21/00
Officials plan commercial district to bolster sales tax revenues, 2B, 2B; 5/5/00, 5/1/00
Bratton Street Project
Revitalization effort in Stewpot Community neighborhood, 1B, 7/7/00
Breast cancer
Tell A Friend campaign, 1B, 10/11/00
Brentwood Health Management
To open psychiatric facility in vacant Charter Hospital buildings, 1B, 1B; 9/9/00, 9/8/00
Brewer, Kennedy
State high court rejects Noxubee County killer's retrial appeal, 3/24/00, 3B, 3B; 12/23/00
Brewpubs
SEE Hal & Mal's
Briarwood Presbyterian Church
Mature Fitness class, 6/18/00, 14G
Brick-Oven Cafe
Restaurant review, 4F, 5/4/00
Bridges. SEE ALSO Mississippi river bridges
Bridges, Madison
Water and sewer line relocation precede construction at I-55/Hwy 463, 1/31/00, 2B
Bridges, Madison County
Repair and replacement list amended, 1/22/00, 2B
Bridges, Mississippi
Increased traffic, aging structures, reckless drivers, 1A, 8/23/00, 8A
Bridges, Mississippi River
2 rival sites: I-69 extension and US Highway 82, 3B, 4/13/00
Delay in construction of new bridge in Greenville area, 1/18/00, 3B
Bridges, Rankin County
Old wooden span on Cooper Road to be replaced, 2B, 7/6/00
Bridges, Ricky
Operator of Flowood water and sewer department under investigation, 2B, 5/12/00
Bridgman, Maggie
82-year old Farish Street resident
Sweeping of street a daily ritual, 1E, 5/4/00
Brister, Willie Mae
May slaying of wealthy Mt. Olive widow still unsolved, 1A, 11/20/00
Broadmoor Baptist Church
Dedicates new building on Highland Colony Parkway, 1/22/00, 1E
Brock, Greg
Univ. of Kentucky professor teachers class via Internet
While on cross-country bicycle trek, 1B, 6/26/00
Brokl, Betty Jane
Biloxi artist creates memorial paintings using deceased's' ashes, 2/15/00, 3B
Brooks, Donny
Ex-Pearl High School shooting suspect now facing embezzlement charges, 2/17/00, 2B
Brooks, Terry Allen
Man convicted of 1998 killing in Leflore County gets new trial, 3B, 6/24/00
Brown, Allen
Kemper County man sentenced for attack on his grandmother, 3B, 8/17/00
Brown, Ben
Bill Minor questioned as witness to slaying of Brown at JSU in 1967, 1A, 6/25/00
Brown, Butch
Mayor of Natchez and his wife grieve for daughter Caroline
Killed in car wreck, 1B, 3/31/00
Brown, Jackie
Walnut man makes muzzle loading rifles by hand, 1E, 6/29/00
Brown, Keith
Ex-JSU police officer sues his supervisor and ex-President Lyons
Rape investigation cover-up?, 2/5/00, 4B
JSU told to reinstate police officer, 1B, 4/11/00
Brown, Kenneth
Convicted murderer's attorney calls for new trial, 4/11/00, 6B
Brown, Larry
His 7th book 'Fay' now in bookstores, 1E, 3/23/00
His novel 'Big Bad Love' to be filmed, 1E, 8/4/00
Brown, Mary
67-year old woman shoots and wounds intruder James Clayton, 1B, 8/9/00
Browne, Jill Conner
Excerpt from 'Sweet Potato Queen's...' read at Washington, DC theater, 1E, 6/16/00
Brownfield Showcase Community
Jackson gets $400,000 to asses contamination
sites, 1A, 10/12/00
Brownfields
$1.3Million OK'd to redevelop abandoned industrial properties, 1A, 12/20/00
Brune, Linda
Former City Council employee's lawsuit claims discrimination, 3/22/00, 4B
Brunner, Scott
Author and PRM commentator, 1/3/00, 1D
Bryan, George W
Sara Lee executive named MSU National Alumnus of 2000, 2/12/00, 3B
Bryan, Jo
87-year old Oxford woman enjoys her work at Baptist Memorial Hospital, 1F, 6/4/00
Bryan, Steve SEE Apartments, Madison
Bryant, Phil
Q&A with State Auditor, 2H, 7/9/00, 10/22/00
Buchanan, Dyrahyl
FBI joins search for missing Hollandale man, 3B, 5/17/00
Buckle for Life Awards
Local officers honored for seat-belt efforts, 1B, 2/17/00
Buddy Ball Tournament
Events in Richland and Florence, 2B, 6/20/00
Budget Inn
Judge orders Highway 80 motel closed; a 'public nuisance,' 2/16/00, 3B
Buehler, Carley
Friends mourn girl, 17, killed in wreck, 1/4/00, 2B, 2B; 1/5/00
Buffington, Crystal
Vicksburg woman found guilty of starving daughter, 3B, 12/8/00
Buford Lake
Fish kill at Quitman County lake is puzzling, 3B, 8/21/00
Building industry SEE Construction industry
Building permits
Increase in issuing of permits boosts Jackson's coffers, 1/8/00, 4B
Bunge Corporation
Vicksburg company laying off workers has tax exemption, 2/12/00, 3B
Bureau of Narcotics
$1 Million budget boost: 30 new agents to be hired, 1A; 8/6/00, 1B, 5/3/00
Agency seeks reversal of funding: wants local agencies to get 80% of proceeds, 1A, 10/25/00
Agency's moral is on the mend, 1B, 8/27/00
Anonymous woman trains as agent, 1B, 10/7/00
Bureau director balks at use of state troopers; agents need special training, 1B, 9/29/00
City of Jackson is targeted as biggest drug threat statewide, 1A, 5/8/00
College scholarship program, 1A, 12/4/00
Director Don Strange says training academy in Pearl is essential, 1A, 7/29/00
Director Tom Blain steps down, 1/7/00, 1A
New director Don Strange reorganizes agency, 1A, 4/22/00
No budget increase from state; will seek federal funding, 1A, 9/9/00
PEER Committee report heavily critical of state drug agency, 1A, 7/25/00
State drug agent shot during raid in Hancock County, 3B, 8/25/00
State's strategy lauded at conference, 1B, 12/18/00
Target drugs at source: intelligence analysts to be hired, 1B, 8/6/00
Burglary, Clinton
3 teenagers arrested, 2B, 8/25/00
Burglary, Jackson
House burglary on Chenault Ave leaves 1 dead, homeowner injured, 1B, 12/21/00
JPD officer kills suspect Cleon Allen at house in south Jackson, 1B, 1B; 6/7/00, 5B; 6/17/00, 6/6/00
Neighbor Jim Fatheree nabs Ricky Brown on Belhaven St, 5/6/00, 5B
Underwear clad deputy nabs man breaking into neighbor's house, 2B, 4/27/00
Burglary, Madison
Clinton man David McGowan arrested in rash of house burglaries, 2B, 4/27/00
Burglary, Madison County
3 charged in burglary of T & J Quickstop, 2B, 8/30/00
6 arrested in burglary ring: Eric White sought in Jackson, 2B, 3/30/00
Resident captures teenage burglar in his home on Greens Crossing Rd, 2B, 4/22/00
Burglary, Picayune
Robbers steal almost everything, including the kitchen sink, 3B, 8/21/00
Burial insurance
Bias in Southeast probed: blacks charged more than whites, 1C, 7/27/00
Buried Treasures Ministry
Prison program for women, 1/30/00, 1B
Burkenroad Reports
Tulane University program for research into small cap companies, 1C, 3/25/00
Burns, J.C.
Q&A with director of Dept. of Economic and Community Development, 2H, 12/24/00
Q&A with MDECD director, 2H, 8/27/00
Burns, J.C. SEE Department of Economic and Community Development
Burnside, R.L.
Blues singer at George Street Grocery, 2/17/00, 10F
Burton, Shawn
'Poster boy' for federal firearms law given 105 months sentence, 1B, 4/26/00
Burton, Tommye Dawson
Woman waging street fight to save her home, neighborhood, 1/17/00, 1B
Burwell family
A long association with Millsaps College, 5/7/00, 5B
Bush, Elbert Wayne
Soldier killed in Vietnam in 1973 finally laid to rest in Kosciusko, 1/16/00, 1A
Bush, George
Elder Bush at MSU to honor Sonny Montgomery, 3B, 11/19/00
Business Etiquette & International Protocol
Sisters in Clinton open consulting business, 2B, 11/14/00
Business improvement districts
600 others besides Capital Center Inc not precleared, 1/22/00, 1A, 1B; 4/20/00
Business park SEE Industrial park
Business startups
New businesses starts off 11% in 1999, 1C, 3/23/00
Business-Industry-Teachers-Exchange Day (BITE)
Students explore careers, 2B, 10/6/00
Butler, Richard
Jackson man arrested at lawyer's office in slaying of Keon Perry, 1B, 10/6/00
Butler, Travis
Child's grandmother and his father feud over funds, 3B, 9/11/00
Custody battle over boy who lived with his mother's corpse, 3B, 3B; 8/3/00, 3B; 11/4/00, 6/1/00
Guardians file malpractice lawsuit against Memphis hospital, 3B, 11/18/00
Memphis boy who hid mother's death back in school, 2/2/00, 2B, 3B; 4/20/00, 3B; 4/22/00, 3B; 4/29/00
Taken away from grandparents, given to woman who found him, 5B, 8/8/00
When children live for days with corpse of parent, 3B, 9/11/00
Byers, Shirley
Supreme Court reprimands and fines former circuit court judge, 1B, 2/18/00, 3B; 6/16/00, 3B; 7/21/00
Byram
Booming community eyeing incorporation again, 1B, 12/17/00
Drive for incorporation is intensified, 2B, 2B; 11/30/00, 3/27/00
Byram Junior Auxiliary
Group raising funds for local park, 2B, 10/25/00
Byram Middle School
School is structurally outdated; may be replaced, 2B, 5/15/00
Byram Post Office
New facility, 2B, 3/10/00
Byram swinging bridge
There is talk of fixing up old structure, 1F, 11/19/00
Byrd Scholarships SEE Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program
Byrd, Angel
Calloway graduate earns Gates Millennium Scholarship to attend medical school, 2B, 7/30/00
C-Legs
2 amputees get microprocessor-controlled hydraulic knees, 1/20/00, 1B
Cable television
US Supreme Court strikes down law shielding children from sex channels, 1A, 5/23/00
Cabot Lodge
Ridgeland motel offers Internet to guests, 1C, 12/1/00
Cackleberry Grocery Club
Owner Steve Scrock raises chickens for friends
State meat inspectors concerned, 3B, 9/9/00
Caesarian births
Baptist Hospital has new tool that may reduce number of C-sections, 1B, 12/8/00
Cal-Maine Foods
Its profits rise, as do egg prices, 1C, 12/29/00
Net loss reported for 3rd quarter, fiscal 2000, 1C, 3/28/00
Calhoun City Police Department
Police Chief Willie Hicks put on leave following shoplifting incident, 5/3/00, 5B
Callaway High School
Art students' 'Doorway to the Future' project, 2B, 12/24/00
CallDC
Jackson youth in Washington for event, 1E, 9/2/00
Callon Petroleum
Company's natural gas reserves up 101%, 1C, 2/3/00
Earnings for 2nd quarter 2000 triple, 1C, 8/12/00
New discoveries in Gulf of Mexico will boost earnings, analysts say, 1C, 5/10/00
Calvary Baptist Church
Educators and students thank reading tutors, 4/26/00, 5B
Its Job Corp training program, 1E, 11/18/00
Camp Rainbow
Summer camp for cancer patients ages 6-17, 1B, 8/4/00
Camp Shelby
$4.5 Million military museum planned, 1E, 11/16/00
Rep Gene Taylor pushing for future growth, 5B, 9/6/00
Teenager dies after explosion of stolen antitank ammunition, 3B; 6/11/00, 5/29/00, 6B
Camp, Dan
Developer works with Broadmoor and Broadmeadow neighborhoods, 1F, 4/16/00
Campbell, Cornell SEE Carjackings, Jackson
Campbell, Dana
Rankin County School District's parent of the year, 2B, 4/23/00
Campbell, Paul
African-American artist from Jackson, 2/20/00, 8G
Campbell, Will
Civil rights leader was director of religious life at Ole Miss in 1950s; hoped to radicalize school, 3B, 9/26/00
Subject of PBS documentary 'God's Will,' 1E, 8/24/00
Candlesticks
Engaged couple Dena Jones and John Howell hope for wedding tradition, 1E, 4/4/00
Canton 'Frogtown' Criterium Bicycle Race
Cyclists race for diabetes cause, 6B, 7/21/00
Canton Convention and Visitors Bureau
Home to film museums: Jo Ann Gordon, director, 2B, 6/17/00
Canton Film Office
Funding for motion picture center in sight, 2B, 10/30/00
Canton Fire Department
Officials refuse to create 2nd assistant fire chief position, 2/17/00, 2B
Station 2 has no air-conditioning, 2B, 7/21/00k
Canton Flea Market
Town braces for buyer fever, 2B, 10/12/00
Yearly sales tax estimated at $156,000, 2B, 10/11/00
Canton Ford Mercury Inc
Ford Motor Co takes over dealership, 1C, 10/10/00
Canton High School
City and county cooperation could lead to road improvement near school, 2B, 8/18/00
Former students return to the school as teachers, 2B, 9/10/00
State superintendent Richard Thompson pays visit on 1st day, 2B, 8/15/00
Student pleads guilty to brawling in school gym, 2B, 11/30/00
Canton Multicultural Center and Museum
Jewell Williams' personal crusade, 2/18/00, 2B, 2B; 7/10/00, 2B; 7/29/00
Canton Multipurpose Complex
Complex is now opened, 2B, 11/15/00
Canton Municipal Utilities
Former manager Eric Dean files suit over his dismissal, 1/13/00, 2B
Canton Police Department
3 officers attend drug seminar on Coast, 2B, 10/18/00
3 officers suspended for 2 days without pay
Excessive force used, 1/20/00, 2B, 2B; 2/3/00
Alderman says Chief Luke Gordon is not certified police officer, 1/10/00, 1B
Chief hopes new policy manual will address discipline issue, 2B, 3/20/00
Community policing plan put into place, 2B, 3/13/00
Force resists precinct in Peace Street Crossing shopping mall, 2B, 5/5/00
NAACP brutality probe nears end, 2B, 12/21/00
NAACP says black suspect beaten by white police officer, 2B, 2B; 11/22/00, 2B; 12/8/00, 11/18/00
New uniforms, 2B, 3/6/00
Seeking better relations with public, 2B, 9/28/00
Sensitivity training set, 1/27/00, 2B
Canton Welcome Center
Artifacts from old Trolio Hotel on display
Center is in Trolio building, 2B, 6/1/00
Canton, Mississippi
Alderman meeting turns unruly
Neighbor complains of loud music at Dr. Truly's house, 2B, 8/16/00
Alderman Robbie Johnson accused of not living in the city, 2B, 10/9/00
Aldermen meeting: free speech gone too far? Aldermen besmirched?, 2B, 8/29/00
Plans for multipurpose community complex await approval, 1/28/00, 2B
Town's Redevelopment Authority preserves its historic buildings, 2B, 5/8/00
Canton/Madison County Multipurpose Complex
Statewide softball tournament, 2B, 4/5/00
Capital Center Inc
Federal review nears completion, 1A, 4/5/00
Jackson City Council will continue to withhold money, 5B, 6/14/00
Supervisors gave $25,000 illegally in 1996
Cost of rift may top $25,000, 1A, 7/20/00
US Justice Dept. preclears business improvement district, 1A, 1A; 6/3/00, 6/2/00
US Justice Dept. says CCI must be precleared by federal government, 1A, 1A; 4/26/00, 4/20/00
Capital Center Inc SEE ALSO Business improvement districts
Capital punishment SEE Death penalty
CapitoLink SEE Mississippi Economic Council
Car insurance. SEE Mississippi Legislature (2000)---Mandatory
Car seats
Rankin County services to make sure children's car seats safe, 2B, 8/2/00
Simply having a car seat not enough to keep babies safe, 1E, 4/11/00
Car tags SEE Automobile tags
Car theft SEE Automobile theft
Car-rider lines
Conjestion in picking up children at schools, 1/13/00, 1E
Carbon monoxide
Symptoms: is it flu or is it poison?, 1D, 12/4/00
Carder, Kenneth
Named bishop of United Methodists in Mississippi, 1A; 9/7/00, 5B, 7/15/00
Carjackings, Jackson
1 suspect charged: December 1999 carjacking of Lexus, 2/29/00, 4B
4 suspects arrested in Canton
Car taken on Ellis Avenue in Jackson, 5B, 6B; 7/19/00, 7/18/00
Campbell accomplice Michael Jefferson given 14-year sentence, 1B, 6/7/00
Cornell Campbell given 13 years in Metrocenter crime in 1999, 1/14/00, 1B
Stolen Jeep Cherokee found submerged in Reservoir, 2B, 6/7/00
Trial of Michael Jefferson, accomplice of Cornell Campbell, 1B, 1B; 3/15/00, 3/14/00
Wayne Brumbleloe testifies in 1999 carjacking on Gallatin St, 5B, 8/22/00
Carjackings, Madison
3 arrested in armed carjacking in Sandalwood subdivision, 2B, 12/22/00
Carjackings, Natchez
Woman escapes carjacking unhurt, 3B, Jackson12/20/00
Carjackings, Vicksburg
California man arrested; bailed out of car going 50 mph, 3B, 5/26/00
Carlisle, Peg
Jackson woman named state's outstanding elementary school teacher of the year, 2B, 12/3/00
Carlisle, Troy
Carlisle found guilty of manslaughter in drowning, 1A, 10/12/00
Drug charges also leveled at man who allegedly let 7-year old girl drown, 3B, 5/13/00
Facing charges under state's 'depraved heart' law
Let 7-year old drown, 3B, 3B;5/13/00, 5/12/00
Given 20-year sentence in 'life jacket' case, 1B, 10/21/00
His murder trial to be moved, 3B, 3B; 8/25/00, 8/19/00
Jury will hear suspect's remarks to police, 3B, 7/21/00
Southaven man charged in drowning death of 7-year old girl
Took life jacket away from her, 3B, 5/12/00
Trial in 'life vest' murder of Dallas Peeples begins, 1B, 1B; 10/11/00, 3B; 10/10/00, 10/7/00
Trial set for September in drowning case, 3B, 6/9/00
Trial: location kept secret by judge, 3B, 9/29/00
Was death of Dallas Peeples, 7, tragic accident or murder?, 3B, 5/22/00
Carnegie Public Library
Clarksdale
High tea is served to young women, 3B, 6/14/00
Carr, Hugh
Ex-Brandon principal returns as assistant county superintendent, 1/25/00, 2B
Carrollton Community House
Old log cabin may get a facelift, 1B, 7/24/00
Carrots
Spring's first treasure, 1E, 3/22/00
Carson, Herman 'Oogie'
Court affirms life in prison term for Barry Goff, 2B, 6/14/00
Cartagena, Wilma
Chilean immigrant allegedly commits suicide in Morton
Had lost her job, 1/21/00, 1B
Carter, Betty Werlein
Former publisher of 'Delta Democrat Times' dies in New Orleans, 3/3/00, 4B
Carter, J.E.
80-year old Clinton contractor honored as "Outstanding Older Worker" in state, 2B, 10/5/00
Carter, Mae Bertha
University of Mississippi exhibit honors civil rights heroine, 1/18/00, 3B
Carter, Mary
Hinds County Public Works director fired, 1B, 4/4/00
Carthage Bank
Hostage situation: LaRue Tierce releases hostages and surrenders, 1B, 8/5/00
Carthage Elementary School
New school ready to open early, 1/17/00, 3B
Carthage Police Department
Tossed bags of dynamite explode on roof of headquarters, 1B, 8/19/00
Carty, Joe and Sherri
Madison couple adopt young Russian girl, 2B, 11/17/00
Case, Benton
Brookhaven man's home is a tribute to Hank Williams, 5B, 6/27/00
Case, Jimmy
Auction of drug dealer's belongings brings $32,596, 2B, 4/18/00
Casey Jones Museum
Vaughan
Hoping anniversary will revive interest in railroad man, 3/13/00, 6B
Casinos classes SEE Colleges and universities
Caskets
A state law allowing only licensed funeral home directors to sell caskets deemed unconstitutional, 1A, 11/4/00
Cassreino, Terry. SEE Madison County Journal
Castanedo, Stephen
Colorado man took brother's VA benefits
Brother a disabled Gulfport resident, 2/18/00, 3B
Castilla, Carmen
Jackson Municipal CT judge to work for Secretary of State, 5/27/00, 5B
Caston, Charles
Man convicted in 1970 KKK murder dies in prison at age 64, 3/14/00, 3B
Caston, James
Purported Klansman had role in Evers film 'Ghosts of Mississippi,' 1/30/00, 1A
Cat Fanciers Association
Championship Show in Jackson, 1B, 8/20/00
Cat Island
Island purchase nears, 1B, 12/22/00
US House of Representatives OKs $2 Million for purchase, 1B, 6/16/00
Cataracts
Proper sunglasses reduce exposure to sun and likelihood of cataracts, 1D, 8/21/00
Catchings Agency
5 realtors in minority-owned firm qualify for Million Dollar Round Table, 1C, 6/9/00
Catfish industry
Earnings up $11 Million from 1999, 1C, 12/28/00
Farmers want to prevent cormorant nesting near ponds, 1B, 8/13/00
Opposition of its importation of Asian black carp to fight bacteria, 3B, 8/13/00
State catfish production is down, 1C, 2/15/00
Catfish industry SEE ALSO Basa
Catholic Church, Mississippi
Leaders confront problem of priest shortage, 1E, 2/19/00
Catholic School Week
Observed at local schools, 2/2/00, 6B
Catt, Walter
Retired RR man is talented wood craftsman, 1E, 11/9/00
Cedar Hill Farm
Hernando
Money making events: blackberry picking, pony rides, company picnics, 3B, 6/26/00
Celebrate the Family 2000
Event features Mike Singletary as speaker, 1/12/00, 1B, 1E; 1/14/00
Celebrating the Creative Spirit: Contemporary Southeastern Furniture
Exhibit at Museum of Art, 1E, 11/2/00
Celebration Fellowship Church
Randy Wilson
Blending of faiths: Congregation Beit Lechem meets in church, 1E, 8/26/00
Celebrities
WKIX to identify state's favorite living celebrity
Celebrities must call station, 1B; 5/26/00, 2B, 5/25/00
Celebrity Monopoly Tournament
Fund-raiser for Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 1E, 4/14/00
Cellular South
Adds 100 towers to its statewide network, 1C, 2/12/00
Company adding 200 new towers statewide, 1C, 10/13/00
Company donates cell phones to Neighborhood Watch groups, 5/31/00, 5B
To expand with ALLTELL deal, 1C, 3/7/00
Cellular telephone towers
Ban on construction in Hinds County challenged by TowerCom, 1B, 10/14/00
Hinds County building ban expires, 1B, 10/24/00
Moratorium on new towers in Hinds County, 1B, 1B; 11/7/00, 9/25/00
Proposal for uniform tower plan is dead in Madison County, 2B, 3/24/00
Proposed tower at Flora given OK, 2B, 9/16/00
Raymond aldermen approve tower, 2/3/00, 2B
Telepak tower in Madison: city to appeal court ruling allowing tower, 2B, 3/10/00
Cellular telephone towers SEE ALSO Communications towers
Cellular telephones
70% usage nationally predicted: a lifeline in busy world, 2I, 3I, 5/7/00, 6I
Safety and convenience for teenagers, 1E, 4/25/00
Those in new area code 662 need to be reprogramed, 1C, 3B; 4/27/00, 4/20/00
CelticFest
Irish celebration in Jackson, 1E, 9/8/00
Census 2000
36,000 households getting another visit, 1B, 7/3/00
Adoption information sought for first time, 2/28/00, 5B
Analyst Don Slabach says state will likely lose Congressional seat, 1A, 5/1/00
Army of people needed for state count, 1/25/00, 1B
Census count: Mississippi moves out of last place...for now, 1A; 4/12/00, 3B, 4/3/00
Census seeking college interns for summer employment, 3/1/00, 3B
Cities want help in ward redistricting by 2001 deadline, 1A, 6/28/00
Complete Count Committee wraps up its work, 5/17/00, 6B
Congressional and legislative redistricting could be tricky, 1/30/00, 3H (Bill Minor)
Congressional seats: Indiana is rallying
Mississippi continues to falter, 1A, 4/2/00
Conservative Lott, liberal Thompson make joint commercial, 1A, 1A; 3/27/00, 3/26/00
Count: numbers could mean difference of millions for Mississippi, 1B, 11/24/00
Don't treat form like junk mail, 1B, 3/13/00
Door-to-door head count begins, 1A; 4/27/00, 1B, 1B; 5/8/00, 4/25/00
Elected officials given census 'tool kits,' 1/17/00, 1B
Excuses undermine count: Congressional seat, federal funds at stake, 3B, 4/17/00
First census results released, 1A, 12/28/00
Forms not reaching everyone; no PO box deliveries hurt small towns, 1A, 4/9/00
Hiring of census workers cuts welfare roles, 1A, 6/4/00
Ignoring the form will cost state money, 1A, 3/26/00
Immigration and Naturalization Service stops enforcement actions, 1B, 3/5/00
Jackson office holds open house at Medical Mall, 1/24/00, 1B
Long form to be phased out, 1B, 4/17/00
Lost Congressional seat: Pickering against Shows?, 3H (Bill Minor), 6/25/00
Mayors in the Jackson area fear Census will shortchange their cities, 1A, 7/19/00
Mississippi is determined to avoid another undercount, 1A, 3/27/00
Mississippi ranks last in returns response, 1A, 1A; 3/31/00, 3/28/00
Mississippi to lose congressional seat, 1A, 7A, 12/29/00
Most black-majority election districts will survive, lawyer says, 5B, 8/6/00
MSU students help create award winning ad campaign, 1B, 2/21/00
Musgrove: It's essential that every Mississippian be counted, 2H, 3/19/00
No judicial review of state's population count slated
Must be right first time, 1/18/00, 1B
Officials declare 'Census Sunday,' 1B, 3/21/00
Officials say many uncounted in Mississippi, 1A, 12/31/00
Once bustling offices prepare for closure, 1B, 9/4/00
Printing snafu, 1B, 3/6/00
Radio broadcast stresses importance of being counted, 3/22/00, 6B
Rankin County seeking workers, 2B, 5/5/00
Rep. Benny Thompson says state may lose House seat, 6H (Bill Minor), 11/5/00
Road Tour 2000, 1B, 4/9/00
Several Mississippi cities included in Census 2000 Road Tour, 1B, 3/20/00
State at 90% with census forms returns, 1B, 6/7/00
State count is on then rise, 1B, 6/3/00
State numbers may mean less federal money, 1B, 12/31/00
State response rate up but still below national average, 1B, 4/20/00
Taking the Census to the churches, 1E, 3/18/00
Trent Lott faulted for criticism of long form, 1A, 3/31/00
Waiting for data could delay municipal elections in 2001, 1A, 3/25/00
Ward 5 residents hear push for complete census count, 1/9/00, 1B
Census, 2000
JSU's Mississippi Urban Research Center supplies census data, 1B, 10/30/00
Centobie, Mario
Case goes to jury in Mobile, 3B; 7/1/00, 3B (found guilty), 6/30/00
On trial in Mobile for shooting of Tuscaloosa police officer, 1B; 6/28/00, 3B, 3B; 6/29/00, 6/26/00
Central Industries
Forest chicken rendering plant pleads guilty to pollution charges; pays $14Million, 1B, 11/3/00
Central Mississippi Correctional Facility
Inmate who attacked and kidnapped female guard given 25 years, 2B, 9/22/00
Storybook project links mothers with their children, 1B, 4/16/00
Central Mississippi Medical Center
Croatian soldier Ivan Topic treated for war wounds, 1B, 4/27/00
North campus SEE ALSO Mississippi Legislature (2000)
North campus: battle moves to Legislature, 1/27/00, 1A; 2/25/00, 6B
North campus: dismisses its legal challenge
Takes fight to Legislature, 1/20/00, 1A
North campus: doors closed, 1/1/00, 1B
North campus: owner HMA exploring options, 1B, 5/28/00
North campus: reopened to accommodate flu patients, 1/7/00, 1B
Central Mississippi Regional Library System
$2.5 Million in bonds to finance Brandon library, 2B, 2B; 9/27/00, 8/2/00
New library in Flowood, 2/9/00, 2B, 2B; 4/26/00
Proposed libraries in Pearl and Brandon, 2B, 7/14/00
Site for new libretto in Brandon chosen, 2/12/00, 2B, 2B; 2/19/00, 2B; 4/25/00
Central Mississippi State Fair
In Kosciusko, 3B, 7/31/00
Central Urban Ministry Center
Congregation finds home in Community Stewpot chapel, 1E, 6/3/00
CEOs
Mississippi executives reveal their favorite books and movies, 1C, 9/24/00
Chambers, David SEE Organ transplants
Chamblee, Henry
Judge honors wife's wish; no autopsy on traffic accident victim, 2B, 7/20/00
Chance, Christopher
Hired as director of Ridgeland parks dept., 2/22/00, 2B
Chandler, Irby Lewis
Case against paranoid schizophrenic dismissed
Threatened to bomb abortion clinic, 1/20/00, 1B
Chandler, Steve
Attala County man restores 1837 log cabin, 1E, 2/17/00
Chappy's Seafood Restaurant
Long Beach
Restaurant review, 2/17/00, 4F
Charities
Decentralized child advocacy charities once run by Sue Hathorn
1st year problems, 1A, 4/8/00
Charter Behavioral Health Systems
Company settles federal fraud suit, 1C, 2/29/00
Local facility to close, 1/28/00, 1B, 1B; 2/1/00, 1B; 2/8/00, 1C; 1/29/00
Charter Hospital
Meridian group drops opposition; hospital will reopen, 1B, 10/19/00
Chaze, Elliot
Late Mississippi writer's cult classic reissued
'Black Wings Has My Angel,' 1F, 3/19/00
ChemFirst Inc
From fertilizer past to high tech present, 1C, 5/24/00
Jackson company working to create niche in microchip process, 1C, 4/1/00
Local company poised for 2000 comeback, 1/26/00, 1C, 1C; 2/11/00, 1C; 4/29/00
Strong economy boosts company's earnings, 1C, 7/28/00
Chernobyl
Malnourished children from contaminated Ukraine town visit Madison, 2B, 2B; 6/27/00, 5/15/00
Cherokee Inn
Restaurant review, 4F, 8/10/00
Cherry, Bobby SEE Birmingham church bombing, 1963
Chevron
Asks state to be allowed to upgrade Pascagoula refinery, 1C, 9/23/00
Chickasaw County Sheriff's Department
Dept. has difficulty meeting payroll for deputies, 2/16/00, 3B, 3B; 2/24/00
Chicken (as food)
The basics of chicken, 1E, 5/17/00
Chicken processing plants SEE Poultry industry
Child abuse
Kelly Mahaffey Kelly, mother of 4, sentenced, 5B, 6/13/00
Prosecutions in baby deaths may be rising, 1B, 7/24/00
Rankin County child severely beaten. 2 brothers arrested, 2B, 11/3/00
SEE ALSO Bennett, Devin
Child care centers
All workers to be fingerprinted and checked against child abuse registry, 1B, 11/2/00
City Council denies permit to Dolline Russell
Multifamily residential district, 1/6/00, 4B
Safety issue raised: many centers operating without license, 1B, 9/21/00
Child molestation SEE Sexually abused children
Child pornography
2 men and 3 woman arrested in Jones County, 5B, 8/15/00
Vicksburg man Wendell Moore charged with Internet offenses, 1/26/00, 6B
Child poverty SEE Poverty
Child support
Collections of delinquent taxes thru tax interceptions exceeds $18M, 3B, 8/26/00
Contract of private collection agency MAXIMUS to expire, 1A; 8/17/00, 1A; 8/25/00, 1B, 1B: 9/9/00, 8/16/00
Hinds County clears case backlog, 1B, 10/5/00
State of Mississippi unable to reach deal with MAXIMUS, 1A; 10/18/00, 1B, 9/1/00
Child welfare, Mississippi
Bill in Congress would cut state's welfare funds by $6.9 Million, 1B, 6/28/00
Children
Baptist Health Systems prepares children for newborn siblings, 1E, 11/21/00
Children of Promise
3 church bishops push health and child care initiative, 1B, 2/15/00
Children's Choir of Mississippi
Holding auditions, 2B, 5/21/00
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIPS)
DHS extends sign-up hours, 1B, 6/2/00
Enrollment effort falls short, 1B, 1B; 9/12/00, 1B; 12/14/00, 6/13/00
Mississippi Hospital Assoc. joins campaign, 1B, 5/31/00
Musgrove to include schools in program, 1A, 7/26/00
Musgrove's goal is to enroll all those eligible, 1A, 5/10/00
Waiting period dropped; goal is to sign up all qualified children, 1B, 10/10/00
Children's Help Insurance Program (CHIPS)
Billboards urge enrollment, 1B, 10/27/00
Children, Mississippi
Seize the moment: a golden opportunity for state's children
Robert Khayat, writer, 1/9/00, 1H
Study by 2 Washington, DC, groups find state's children at high-risk, 6B, 7/25/00
Surviving the death of a child, 1E, 7/11/00
Chili peppers
Some like it HOT, 1E, 8/2/00
Chimneyville Crafts Festival
Ay Mississippi Trade Mart, 10G, 11/26/00
China
All things American all the rage in China, 1B, 3/3/00
Rep Ronnie Shows defends his opposition to trade bill, 5/31/00, 5B
Chinese Association for International Understanding
Contingent visits Ridgeland, 2B, 5/10/00
Chinese New Year SEE Year of the Dragon
Chinn, Mark
Jackson attorney practices holistic lawyering, 1C, 8/26/00
CHIPS SEE Children's Health Insurance Program
Chisholm, Charles
Q&A with director of Department of Environmental Quality, 2H, 12/17/00
Chisholm, Joey
Former Tupelo police officer pleads guilty to 3 charges, 1B; 2/6/00, 1B; 7/21/00, 1B; 8/6/00, 2/5/00, 5B
Chlorpyrifos SEE Dursban
Chocolate
Book tells the secrets behind the sweet treats, 1D, 6/26/00
Choctaw Indian Fair
In Neshoba County, 7/13/00, 10F
Choctaw Indians SEE Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Choctaw Indians SEE Trail of Tears
Choctaw Maid Farms
CEO Tammy Etheridge pleads guilty in pollution case, 1B, 10/14/00
Chop shops
Police break up 2 operations in Madison County, 1/8/00, 2B, 2B; 1/11/00, 2B; 1/15/00
State high court to hear appeal in 1998 conviction, 3/17/00, 3B
Christ Missionary and Industrial College
Donors keep football program alive, 1A, 1A; 8/14/00, 8/10/00
Christ Missionary and Industrial College High School
Welcomed into Mississippi Private School Association, 1A, 4/2/00
Christian Home No.1 Baptist Church
Rural Warren County church gets electricity, 1/23/00, 1B
Christians in Action Inc
City Council's denial of Center's request to relocate may be illegal, 1B, 9/7/00
Christmas
A Taste of Mississippi, 1E, 12/21/00
Canton, MS celebrates the season, 8F, 11/23/00
Happy Birthday, Jesus party at Crossland home, 1E, 12/23/00
Hospitals plan special activities for holiday newborns, 1D, 12/25/00
Mississippi-made holiday ornaments, 1E, 12/7/00
Perfect gift: helping others, Salvation Army, etc., 1E, 12/1/00
Restaurateurs Travis and Nancy Usry help Kay Snelson feed city employees working on Xmas, 1A; 12/26/00, 1B, 12/24/00
Salvation Army and other charities set toy drives, 2B, 11/20/00
Seasonal employees in demand, 1C, 11/16/00
State celebrities share thoughts and holiday activities, 1F, 12/24/00
Christmas in April
Cellular South employees fix up Erma Tard's house, 1B, 4/30/00
Christmas parade
Jackson parade set for December 2, 1B, 1B; 12/3/00, 11/16/00
Christmas shopping
Retailers hope for rising sales, 1A, 1C; 12/27/00, 12/22/00
Christmas trees
City of Jackson urges residents to recycle trees, 1B, 12/23/00
Church burglaries (Canton) SEE Crime rate, Canton
Church of God in Christ
Music and Youth Rally, 1/21/00, 1E
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
New temple in Baton Rouge, 1E, 7/15/00
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Growing stronger in Mississippi, 1/15/00, 1E
Church of the Highlands
Building plans put on hold; building site is home to slave cemetery, 2B, 12/19/00
Church's Chicken
Company pulls TV ad showing boy smoking a cigarette, 1B, 5/13/00
Churches
People look for different things in choosing their places of worship, 1E, 6/3/00
Churches of Christ (Holiness) USA
Jackson & Terry District Choir's leader Osborne Turner, 1E, 5/20/00
Churches, Madison County
Area experiencing an influx of new churches, 1E, 3/4/00
Cigarette smoking SEE Cold Turkey
Cigarette smoking SEE Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi
Cigarette smoking SEE Tobacco
Cigars
Stogies going mainstream
Rolling demonstration set for Jackson, 6/11/00, 10G
Cindy's Fish House
Restaurant review, 4F, 6/22/00
Circuit judges, Hinds Count
Capital murder cases now rotated among judges, 1B, 10/5/00
Cirque Eloize
At Thalia Mara Hall, 4/5/00, 6B
Citizens National Bank of Meridian
Suit over name against Citizens Bank of Philadelphia, 1C, 9/13/00
Citizens with Disabilities
March in Jackson to bring attention to Alabama court case, 1B, 10/4/00
City contracts, Jackson
Mayor and City Council at odds over waterline and drainage projects, 1B, 6/19/00
City Council
Biloxi Council forms task force to prepare city for future Springbreak crowds, 3B, 4/27/00
Car wash regulations referred to committee, 3/2/00, 5B
Council expected to vote on AOL-Time Warner merger, 5B, 7B; 8/9/00, 8/8/00
Henry Kirksey wants to add 2 more wards following 2001 redistricting, 1B, 9/12/00
Margaret Barrett to serve as chairperson, 1B, 1B; 7/6/00, 7/5/00
Meeting collapses after argument about working sessions, 1A, 2/23/00
Members and other city officials attend retreat near Raymond, 1B, 10/6/00
Members want training on their laptops, 1B, 8/14/00
Mulling at-large seats, 1B, 9/4/00
Panel votes not to pay bill from Atlanta consultant firm, 1B, 12/16/00
Pay hike OK'd for council and mayor, 1A; 7/7/00, 1B, 7/6/00
Renaming process for bridges and streets needs to be streamlined, 1B, 10/11/00
Stephanie Parker-Weaver is removed from meeting, 1B, 5/10/00
Supports resolution to create a commission on reparations
For descendants of slaves, 1B, 8/12/00
To pay $37,000 to settle lawsuit with Sierra Club, 3/23/00, 5B
Traffic cameras, fines, museum on agenda, 1B; 11/15/00, 5B, 11/14/00
Vote on pay raises delayed, 1/19/00, 1A, 1A; 5/8/00, 1A; 6/6/00, 1A; 6/21/00, 4B, 5B; 4/18/00, 5B; 6/12/00, 6/14/00
City Council (Ward 5 election) SEE Elections, 2000
City employees Jackson
City Council OKs 33% boost in insurance premiums, 1A, 12/21/00
City employees, Clinton
3 workers honored as employees of the year, 2B, 9/26/00
City employees, Jackson
City Council considering insurance proposal, 1B;12/14/00, 1B; 12/20/00, 5B, 5B; 12/13/00, 12/12/00
City of Jackson gives nonresident employees notice to comply, 1A, 1A; 2/12/00, 2/2/00, 2B; 11/30/00
Rising health insurance costs could cause hike in insurance premiums, 1A; 11/28/00, 5B, 9/8/00
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