Louisiana, Mississippi keeping eye on storm Gustav (USA Today)
As Friday's third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, officials in Louisiana and Mississippi are keeping an eye on storm Gustav.

Mississippi's defensive line rocked by injuries (Knoxville News Sentinel)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's defenders should be a pretty glum bunch.

Mississippi factory had tension between union, immigrants (San Jose Mercury News)
Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi have long grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and that the immigrants were starting to get more overtime and supervisory positions. Friction between the union and immigrant workers, along with a tipoff at an electrical manufacturing plant, boiled over this week into the biggest workplace immigration raid in the ...

UPDATE:Mississippi Waterfowl Late-Season Dates Set (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Jackson - The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks approved dates for the 2008-2009 waterfowl hunting season on August 27, 2008 at their monthly meeting, according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released late-season frameworks in early August providing a “window” of dates from which states may select specific ...

Mississippi factory had tension between union, immigrants (Texarkana Gazette)
LAUREL, Miss.—Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi have long grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and that the immigrants were starting to get more overtime and supervisory positions.