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Body found in Laurel house identified

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:15:55 -0400

LAUREL, Mississippi - Laurel police have identified a body found about two weeks ago in an abandoned home as 47-year-old Charles Dwayne Barnett of Covington County.

Spinal-implant payments backed by Calif. lawmakers

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:18:18 -0400

By LAUREL ROSENHALL - Each year, thousands of Californians hurt themselves on the job and end up with back surgery -- small but expensive piece of the state's workers' compensation system. The vast majority of California workers with injured backbones wind up with spinal implants -- some 71 percent of them in 2010, research shows.

Sanderson Farms 2Q profit gains on stronger demand

Thu, 30 May 2013 08:22:22 -0400

LAUREL, Mississippi - Sanderson Farms Inc. said Thursday that its fiscal second-quarter net income rose 2 percent thanks to higher demand for poultry products.

California agencies tackle rules of road for driverless...

Wed, 29 May 2013 14:22:10 -0400

SACRAMENTO - By LAUREL ROSENHALL

Jeff Davis Lake reopens to happy anglers

Wed, 29 May 2013 04:07:45 -0400

PRENTISS, Mississippi - Lenzie Alford's rod bowed over hard as he struggled to keep the fish from getting tangled in other lines that extended from his boat. Scooping up his catch in a net, Alford, of Foxworth, showed off his 2-pound channel cat and smiled like a kid on Christmas morning.

Man sentenced for child pornography possession

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:02:05 -0400

LAUREL, Mississippi - A 54-year-old Laurel man is going to prison for possession of child pornography.