By Megha Satyanarayana, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Dec.

By Associated Press HATTIESBURG - Mississippi school districts are faced with filling about 2,000 teaching vacancies for next school year. Dewitt Hynes, director of human resources for Rankin County School District, said his district is blessed with abundant candidates.

By Northway, Wally HATTIESBURG and PICAYUNE - Healthcare in South Mississippi saw a significant event last May.

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said he has no plans to pardon a black college student convicted of stealing chicken feed. Clyde Kennard died of cancer in 1963, three years after he was sentenced to seven years in prison for the theft.

By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Feb. 22--HATTIESBURG -- Officials behind the creation a 500-acre technology park announced $20 million in federal funding for the first building.