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Second Fire in a Month Destroys Missouri Mosque | Tennessee Mosque Undergoes Final Inspection
Temple Gunman Linked to North Carolina, ‘White Power’ Music | Maryland Music Label Removes Gunman’s Music
Sikhs No Stranger to Violence Recently | Kentucky Victim Leaves Grieving Indian Family | Sad but Safe in D.C. | North Carolinians Worried, Seek Understanding | Mississippians Pray for Gunman | Arkansans Pray for Victims | Floridians Remember with Prayer | Shooting Hits Home for Georgians | Alabaman Prays for Peace | Tennesseans Strive to Educate | Maryland Members React | West Virginia Orders Flags Lowered
Mississippi Church Apologizes to Black Couple for Banning Wedding
Leaders: Calvinism Should Not Divide Southern Baptist Convention
National Night Out: Alabama | Arkansas | Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maryland | Missouri | North Carolina | South Carolina | Tennessee | Virginia | West Virginia
Drought: Poses Risk to Arkansas Fish Population | Kentucky Can Help Farmers Find Livestock Forage | NRCS Announces Financial Assistance for Drought-Hit Arkansas Producers
Maryland Catholics to Push Same-Sex Marriage
Gay Married Couple in Kentucky Files Joint Bankruptcy
Appeals Court Upholds Hate-Crime Conviction
Arkansas Continues Inquiry into Handcuffed Mississippi Man’s ‘Suicide’
Police: Ohio Boys, 13, Drove Stolen Car from Ohio to Missouri
Guards Replaced after Tennessee Nuclear Facility Breach
Federal Penalties for Illegal Firearm Use in Arkansas
EDUCATION (TOP)
Maryland Student Lands Perfect ACT Score
Louisiana School Expels Girls Who Refuse Pregnancy Tests or Test Positive
Voucher Program Allows Louisiana Students to Enroll in Creationist-Teaching Schools
Finalists Interview for Top Missouri Teacher Award
Arkansas Teacher Sows Real Estate, Farmland Investments
HIGHER ED (TOP)
Higher Education and Student Loans: Victims and Victors
University of Maryland Student to Plead Guilty in Online Rampage Threat
Virginia Tech Receives Rolls Royce Engine for New Engineering Building
Mississippi State Helps Starkville Police Go High-Tech with Drones
West Virginia University Named Top Party School
DEFENSE (TOP)
Former Virginia Sailor Sentenced in Death of Navy Superior
More National Guardsmen, Reservists Deactivated — DOD
Pentagon: No Base Closures in 2013
Virginia Cemetery for Alabama Civil War Dead to be Dedicated
Boozman Law Expands Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment for Veterans
ENVIRONMENT/OUTDOORS (TOP)
Soybean-Sucking Kudzu Bugs Reach Mississippi
Rice Expo Draws Large Crowd, Arkansas Governor
West Virginia Land Trust Works to Conserve Properties Forever
Penguin Chicks Born in Tennessee Aquarium
Tennessee Man Wins Idaho’s Bighorn Sheep Lottery
HEALTH (TOP)
West Nile Virus Proving Deadly in Louisiana
Feds Scrutinize Heart Procedures in Florida
‘Cave Man Diet’ Blogger Giving Advice Ignores State’s: Get a License
Organ Donor Affiliates in Kentucky Raise Awareness of Growing Problem
Alabama Child Restraint Law Not Obeyed, Needs Updating
SCIENCE/TECH (TOP)
Virginia Considers ‘Payment’ to Eugenics Victims
Mississippi Bite Expert Now Says Analysis Not Reliable
Alabama Schools Chief Urged to Pull Plug on Channel 1
Kentucky State Police Producing Documentary Series
ECONOMY (TOP)
A West Virginia Strike and the New Labor Reality
Alabama Firm Wins NASA Contract Worth up to $51 Million
Florida Construction on Verge of Comeback
Shale Gas Boom Lifts West Virginia Jobs
Small Arkansas Banks Feel Consolidation Pressures
East Alabama Businesses Receive Grants from Governor
Will Gay Marriage Controversy Hurt Chick-Fil-A’s Expansion Plans?
West Virginia Summit Focuses on Energy Issues, Policies
Arkansas Places Conditions on Entergy’s Move to Midwest Power Grid
Expensive Closing Costs: Florida, 4th | D.C., 10th | Alabama, 40th | Arkansas, 45th | Mississippi, 46th | Missouri, 50th
Chamber of Commerce Demeans Missouri Constitution in Support of Damage Caps
POLITICS For additional regional political coverage, visit our sister site: The Locust Fork News-Journal (TOP)
Maryland Considers Overturning Pit-Bull Ruling
North Carolina Lawmaker Plans to Propose Puppy-Mill Legislation
Florida: A Bellwether for Medicaid Expansion
Florida AG Battles Legislature over Mortgage Settlement
Florida Regulators Dispute Auto Insurance Savings
West Virginia Agencies Brace for 7.5% Budget Cut
Internet Gaming Not in Maryland’s Gambling Mix
Conservative Groups in South Carolina Feel Betrayed by Haley
Southern Republicans Make North Carolina Stand
Planned Parenthood Equates to ‘Murder for Hire’ — North Carolina Republican
ELECTIONS (TOP)
Missouri Votes on ‘Right to Pray’ Amendment
Virginia Won’t Further Probe Charges of Illegal Voter Registration
Fulton County Reports 23,300% Turnout in One Precinct
Election Board Seeks Probe of Virginia Petitions
Courts Hold Key to West Virginia Election Issues
Labor Backs Roy Moore in Alabama’s Chief Justice Race
Failure to Disqualify Senate Nominee Lies with Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman
Keep Alabama Working Campaigns for Sept. 18 Amendment