Damaged Shuttle Endeavour Lands Safely

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) _ Space shuttle Endeavour returned to Earth on Tuesday, ending a nearly two-week orbital drama that centered on a deep gouge in the shuttle’s belly and an early homecoming prompted by a hurricane. The space shuttle swooped out of the partly cloudy sky and touched down on the runway at 12:32 [...]

Shuttle returns to earth

NASA-TV coverage of Space Shuttle Endeavour’s return to earth. Landing is scheduled for 11:32pm CDT at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Click here for coverage as Shuttle returns to earth.

Oxford and Starkville busy tonight with business …

Here is a look at some of the city business in Oxford and Starkville scheduled for tonight …
Board of Aldermen agenda for Oxford
Public Hearing on Notice of Tax Increase for the City of Starkville

Columbus man charged with ex-wife’s murder

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) – A Columbus man has been arrested and charged in the murder of his ex-wife.
Will Porter, 40, was arrested Sunday night after police responded to a shots-fired call, authorities said.
His ex-wife, Mary Michelle Porter, 34, was pronounced dead a short time later at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, according to an article at [...]

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Category 5 Hurricane Dean Slams Mexico
TULUM, Mexico (AP) _ Hurricane Dean slammed into the Caribbean coast of Mexico on Tuesday as a roaring Category 5 hurricane, the most intense Atlantic storm to make landfall in two decades. It lashed [...]