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JACKSON
Six children and three adults killed in a Mississippi apartment fire likely died of smoke inhalation, though autopsies on the three women were being performed Tuesday to find out for sure, the coroner said.Investigators, meanwhile, were working to figure out what sparked the blaze early Monday morning in the east Mississippi town of Starkville, killing several family members taken in because they had nowhere else to go.
STARKVILLE
Investigators were working to figure out what sparked a Mississippi apartment fire that killed six children and three women.Arson wasn't suspected, and while neighbors indicated the building had electrical problems, the fire chief said a private company's recent inspection found no troubles. Autopsies were ordered on the bodies of the three women.
STARKVILLE
Ravern Johnson scored 22 points to lead Mississippi State to a 73-45 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Monday night.The Bulldogs (11-2) shot 39.3 percent from the field and hit 12 3-pointers. They are currently ranked second in the nation in 3-pointers made with 138 on the season.
STARKVILLE
Fire gutted an apartment in a rundown complex Monday, killing three women and six children, including several family members taken in because they had nowhere else to go, officials and neighbors said.The West Memorial Funeral Home identified the victims as India Williams, 25, and her three children, along with Williams's cousin, Castella "Maria" Bell, 18, and her three children. The ninth victim was 20-year-old Lakesha Gillespie, identified by the funeral home as a friend. The children were ages 6 months to 6 years.
STARKVILLE
Fire tore through an apartment early Monday, killing six children and three adults, officials said.The blaze was reported around 4 a.m., and firefighters worked into the afternoon, shoveling piles of burned debris from the second floor of a two-story red brick apartment building in the Academy Crossing complex.
STARKVILLE
A funeral home has identified three women and six children killed in an apartment fire in Mississippi.Officials at West Memorial Funeral Home in Starkville say the victims were 25-year-old India Williams, her three children, her cousin, 18-year-old Castella "Maria" Bell, and Bell's three children. The ninth victim was a friend, 20-year-old Lakesha Gillespie.
STARKVILLE
Nine people, including at least six children, died early Monday in an apartment fire, officials said.The blaze was reported around 4 a.m., according to Oktibbeha (ACH-tibb-bee-ha) County Coroner Michael Hunt. He and state Fire Marshal Mike Chaney confirmed the deaths. Hunt said the children ranged in age from 4 months to 6 years.
JACKSON
Cal-Maine Foods Inc., which produces and sells eggs, said Monday its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 41 percent as food service and restaurant sales remained weak.Profit for the quarter ended Nov. 28 fell to $16.1 million, or 67 cents per share, from $27.2 million, or $1.14 per share, last year. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, on average, predicted a smaller profit of 66 cents per share.
JACKSON
The kooky, fanged creatures drawn on the mustard-colored entrance wall of the new exhibit in Mississippi let visitors of all ages know they're about to enter a world of magic and imagination created by master puppeteer Jim Henson.The characters came from the mind of Henson and are part of the exhibition, "Jim Henson's Fantastic World," which has begun its run at the Mississippi Museum of Art. The exhibit brings many of the late creator's popular characters back to the place where he was born and receives credit for inspiring his creativity.
HOUSTON
Owners of a biodiesel manufacturing plant in Houston, Miss, face a Jan. 7 eviction hearing in Chickasaw County Justice Court.State Sen. Jack Gordon, D-Okolona, says Mississippi Investment Petroleum Co., known as MIPCO, had agreed to pay him $10,000 per month to lease his building, which previously housed Tri States Petroleum.
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