Adams County's tornado-warning sirens are expected to all be working by next week after repairs are completed on several that have been silent in recent months, said Emergency Management Director Brad Bradford. Seven of the county's 18 towered sirens have been out of order, but Adams County "should be good on all...

The Adams County Board of Supervisors has imposed time restrictions for being at county parks and also banned ATV vehicles from the recreational venues at the behest of Sheriff Travis Patten. Meeting Monday with county supervisors, Patten expressed concerns about late-night pleasure seekers racing their all-terrain veh...

NATCHEZ, Miss. - Adams County supervisors closed the public out of discussions Monday about the ongoing investigation into the criminal cyberattack that crippled county government's IT system last month. They can't provide details to the public because of the sensitive nature of the ransom-motivated attack on the count...

NATCHEZ, Miss. - City officials are seeking demolition contractors to tear down the Fry building as plans continue for making the downtown Natchez site a parking lot for the yet-to-be-renovated Eola hotel next door. Delays have bedeviled refurbishing the vacant hotel and razing the city-owned building - a project Mayor...

Natchez aldermen voted to partner with Meadville and Brookhaven in pursuing a proposed passenger rail service connecting the three communities, though the project's future depends heavily on securing federal funding.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A licensed drug addiction counselor who delivered "Friends" star Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced on Wednesday. Prosecutors are asking for 2 1/2 years in prison for 56-year-old Erik Fleming...

TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares traded mixed Wednesday, as fading enthusiasm over AI and other technology stocks gradually put the brakes on Wall Street's record-setting run. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.8% in afternoon trading to 63,244.43. So...

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) - Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a "pre-celebration" to boost their confidence, then take their ex...

BEIJING (AP) - President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for his highly anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence. "We're the two supe...

ORVAULT, France (AP) - At night, silence fell over the Louisiana immigration detention facility where 85-year-old Marie-Thérèse Ross was held. Then the wailing began. ''Children crying, and even babies," said Ross, the French widow of a U.S. military...