http://www.yourstreet.com/news/ms YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Chapel Hill author Kate Betterton will discuss her novel "Where the Lake Becomes the River" today on "NC Bookwatch" on UNC-TV. Betterton's book is about an artist in Mississippi who passes up college to care for her mother, and finds herself... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756515/chapel-hill-novelist-interviewed-on-unc-tv Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:15:08 -0800 Friday: The Southern - Is one of the only venues kicking it out this weekend, and for only one cant miss show at that, as they bring 6 Day Bender & The New Familiars to Charlottesville.  Just think, The Doors + Mississippi = 6 Day.  @ 7:30PM – $6 [Info]... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756103/weekend-preview-paraskevidekatriaphobia Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:26:08 -0800 On October 23 and 24th at 8 p.m. at Irondale Center 85 South Oxford Street in Fort Greene, Mississippi based artists M.U.G.A.B.E.E will bring their unique blend of hip hop, jazz, spoken word to the Irondale center for an exclusive, two-night engagement .featuring... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752541/friday-and-saturday-mugabee-at-irondale Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:29:08 -0700 On October 23 and 24th at 8 p.m. at Irondale Center 85 South Oxford Street in Fort Greene, Mississippi based artists M.U.G.A.B.E.E will bring their unique blend of hip hop, jazz, spoken word to the Irondale center for an exclusive, two-night engagement .featuring... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752556/fri-sat-mugabee-at-irondale-center Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:55:08 -0700 Blood drives BLOOD DRIVE: 3-7 p.m. Oct. 14 at St. Charles Christian Church in New Town, 3337 Rue Royale. Sponsored by Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center. For more information, call Terry Deters at 314-291-4741, ext. 227. Donors should eat before donating and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748431/medical-calendar-for-oct-14 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:14:08 -0700 The remains of a man who had been missing since March have been found on an island in the Mississippi River near the Wisconsin town of Trenton. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748506/body-found-on-river-island-near-red-wing Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:04:06 -0700 Plenty of people wrote off Ray Mabus in 1991 when he lost his bid for a second term as Mississippi governor. The Democrat was only 43 at the time — pretty young for a has-been. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748023/analysis-after-1991-loss-in-mississippi,-mabus-rebounded Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:59:08 -0700 The body of a western Wisconsin man missing for seven months was found Sunday by hunters along the Mississippi River on an island south of Red Wing, Minn., the Pierce County sheriff's office reported Monday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6743581/red-wing,-minn-after-7-months,-hunters-find-body-of-missing-man-in-river Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:39:08 -0700 ALTON - Police examine a 1987 Kawasaki Jet Ski found floating around Monday in the Mississippi River just upstream from the ConAgra flour mill on the Alton riverfront. A boat from American Boat Co., which operates facilities on the riverfront, helped... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749948/photo-lost-and-found Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:17:08 -0700 JACKSON — A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official Monday urged Mississippi education leaders to continue fighting obesity and tobacco use in the state’s schools. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748024/cdc-urges-state-schools-to-stay-on-health-path Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:57:08 -0700 The remains of a man who had been missing since March have been found on an island in the Mississippi River near the Wisconsin town of Trenton. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748500/missing-man-s-remains-found-on-river-island Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:45:08 -0700 Associated Press - October 12, 2009 9:35 PM ET TRENTON, Wis. (AP) - The remains of a man who had been missing since March have been found on an island in the Mississippi River near the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744064/missing-man-s-remains-found-on-river-island Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:35:08 -0700 Associated Press - October 12, 2009 9:35 PM ET TRENTON, Wis. (AP) - The remains of a man who had been missing since March have been found on an island in the Mississippi River near the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744113/missing-man-s-remains-found-on-river-island Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:35:08 -0700 An official with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged Mississippi education leaders to continue initiatives aimed at fighting obesity and tobacco use in the state's schools. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744857/cdc-encourages-ms-schools-health-path Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:11:08 -0700 Revenue at the six casinos in the St. Louis area increased 5 percent overall in September, thanks to gains at establishments on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6743500/st-louis-casino-revenue-up-5-in-september Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:50:08 -0700 Crews have closed the Martin Luther King Bridge over the Mississippi River for a two-week construction project. The closure started at 9 a.m. on Monday morning. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748475/new-mlk-bridge-closure-starts-today Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:50:08 -0700 The Illinois Department of Transportation is spending one-point-four million dollars to make improvements to the Mississippi span. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6743530/mlk-bridge-closed-for-two-weeks Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:31:08 -0700 ZANESVILLE -- A Mississippi man convicted to life in prison after killing a Zanesville man now has been linked to a murder in Missouri. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745946/convicted-killer-linked-to-another-murder Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:00:08 -0700 A plan to raise 120 levees on the Mississippi River's Illinois side to the 500-year flood level has landowners and local officials concerned. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6748433/opposition-could-sink-levee-plan Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:08:08 -0700 Photo by Flickr user loop_oh Heidy ho, Philly! There's a " Chill Gripping Plains and Rockies " and the Phils are up a game in the NLDS. On our side of the Mississippi, it's looking like sunny skies and 70 degrees . And now, Headlines! Git yer sales tax increase... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745398/yo,-philly-in-the-news Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:00:08 -0700