Archive - Dec 2012 - Latest News
WASHINGTON (AP) â The top leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture committees have agreed to a one-year extension of the 2008 farm bill that expired in October, a move that could head off a possible doubling of milk prices next month.
December 30th
By MATT CRANE
life@starkvilledailynews.com
While the colorful glows and whirring sounds of bottle rockets and aerial shells have always accompanied the beginnings of a new year, Starkville and Oktibbeha County fire officials said residents should exercise caution and common sense when celebrating with fireworks this New Yearâs Eve.
By JACK ELLIOTT JR.
Associated Press
JACKSON â The new year marks the beginning of four yearsâ of incremental salary increases for Mississippi judges â thanks to Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. for a novel funding method that didnât raid the treasury.
By STEVEN NALLEY
educ@starkvilledailynews.com
Mississippi State University, its faculty and its students initiated several changes in 2012, making plans to bring those changes to full fruition in the next few years.
By ALAN FRAM
and ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON â The top Senate negotiators on the effort to prevent the government from going over the âfiscal cliffâ offered a pessimistic assessment Sunday barely 24 hours before a deadline to avert tax hikes on virtually every worker.
December 29th
By CARL SMITH
news@starkvilledailynews.com
Starkvilleâs police and fire departments both earned important distinctions in 2012.
By BRETT ZONGKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON â As New Yearâs Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on President Abraham Lincoln in expectation of what he warned 100 days earlier would be coming â his final proclamation declaring all slaves in states rebelling against the Union to be âforever free.â
By STEVEN NALLEY
educ@starkvilledailynews.com
Sturgis faced economic challenges in 2012 exacerbated by the Sturgis motorcycle rallyâs second year of cancellation, but Sturgis Mayor Walter Turner says the rally will be back on the table in early 2013.
By CARL SMITH
news@starkvilledailynews.com
As congressmen return to work today in lieu of any potential Senate action to avert âfiscal cliffâ tax increases and austerity measures, Rep. Gregg Harper says he is hopeful a deal can be reached in time but he is not overly optimistic.
December 28th
By CARL SMITH
news@starkvilledailynews.com
Reported West Nile Virus cases in Mississippi broke record numbers in 2012.
As of Dec. 11, 249 human cases of the mosquito-borne illness were reported in the state, compared to 52 instances in 2011. Deaths due to the illness, however, remained equal to the previous yearâs total of five.
