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Clarion-Ledger Indexes
 YEAR 1986 - 1994  L  

  • L & J Construction
    • Linda Rayner, owner and operator
      • Business profile, 6/11/90, 4E
  • L & P Cleaning Service
    • Eugene and Linda Calvin, owners
      • How's business?, 3/2/93, 6B
  • L&N Housing Corp SEE EastGroup
  • L'Express Airlines
    • Starts Jackson-New Orleans route, 7/27/90, 6B
  • L-tryptophan
    • Drug causing rare blood disease, 11/17/89, 1A
  • La Cocina Mexicana
    • Hattiesburg
      • Restaurant review, 5/5/94, 4E
  • La Cruise (ship) SEE Gambling
  • La-Z-Boy
    • Newton plant expanding, 9/17/91, 6B
    • Opens showroom store in Jackson, first in nation, 2/9/91, 7B
    • Workers reject union, 9/5/92, 5B
  • LaBarre, Selby
    • Boy, 7, saves classmate with Heimlich move, 2/24/93, 3B
  • LaBauve trustee, 2/13/87, 1B
    • Anachronism, 3/26/87, 1B
    • Univ. of Mississippi - Abolished, 4/2/87, 1B
  • LaBelle, Patti
    • At Municipal Auditorium, 7/9/92, 14E
    • Jackson concert, 8/14/87, 1C
  • Labor Day
    • Events throughout state, 8/29/91, 6E; 8/31/89, 3F; 9/3/91, 1A
    • Highway Patrol expects busy weekend, 9/4/93, 4B
    • Looks great for arts and crafts fanciers, 8/30/90, 3E
    • Mississippians will stay close to home this year, 8/27/91, 6B; 9/2/91, 1A
    • Most Mississippians will have day off, 8/31/91, 1B; 9/3/93, 5B
    • Sales attract crowds in Jackson, 9/6/94, 1B
  • Labor Day Arts and Crafts Festival
    • Crystal Springs
      • Candidates make big splash, 9/3/91, 1B
  • Labor force SEE Work force
  • Labor room nurse
    • Laura Wright, 9/6/93, 1D
  • Labor unions
    • (Special group of articles), 9/3/89, 1A, 8A, 9A
    • AFL-CIO fight for strikers bill, 7/21/91, 5B
    • Bill against hiring permanent workers to replace strikers, 7/14/91, 1C; 7/18/91, 5B
    • During recession white collar workers joining unions, 2/23/92, 1C
    • Extend strong hand to candidate Mabus, 6/4/91, 1A; 6/9/91, 1G
    • Finding changing attitude in state, 1/13/91, 1G
    • International Union of Operating Engineers (roadbuilders), 5/4/90, 6B
    • Support Democrats Moore and Banks in election, 6/6/91, 3B
  • Laborers for Christ
    • Build friendships while helping with construction, 12/10/88, 1C
  • Lace
    • Old lace designs, 3/23/87, 1D
  • Lace-up shoes, 9/7/87, 1D
  • Lacey, Connie Lynn SEE Marijuana---Brandon
  • Lacey, Corteaz SEE Crime rate---Jackson---Lanier...
  • Lackatt, Amy Lyn
    • Ware given life sentence, 12/10/94, 5B
  • Lackett, Amy Lynn
    • Carl Doss Ware goes on trial for murder, 12/7/94, 5B
    • Missionary teacher beaten to death in Madison County, 11/14/92, 1A; 11/15/92, 1A
    • Sharon man Carl Doss Ware arrested, 11/18/92, 1B; 11/23/92, 1A
  • LaCuesta, Wesley
    • VA hospital security chief improperly mishandled disruptive patient, 10/18/92, 1B
  • Lacy Products Inc
    • Carl Lacy, owner
      • How's business?, 10/12/93, 6B
  • Lacy, Carl
    • Invents paint caddy, 4/15/87, 8B
  • Lacy, Jack
    • Begins work as assistant US attorney in Jackson, 9/26/91, 4B
  • Ladd, David
    • Lawsuit: what is the value of his lost life?, 7/22/91, 1A
  • Ladner, Bruce
    • Anita Krecic seeks 2nd trial site change, 3/20/88, 3B
    • Ex-cellmates say Krecic urged shooting, 4/24/88, 1A
    • Execution date set for Tracy Alan Hansen, 1/22/93, 3B
    • Hansen death-sentence method back in courts, 10/14/94, 3B
    • Hansen guilty of murder in death, 10/30/87, 1A
    • Hansen loses appeal to U.S.Supreme Court, 5/19/92, 3B
    • Hansen sentenced to death, 10/31/87, 1A
    • Hansen tried in trooper slaying, 10/22/87, 1A; 10/28/87, 1B; 10/29/87, 1A
    • Krecic lawyer: jail before turning over letter, 4/20/88, 2B
    • Krecic lawyers to stop juror strikes, 4/20/88, 1B
    • Krecic says companion shot Ladner, 4/27/88, 1A
    • Krecic sentenced to life, 4/29/88, 1A
    • Krecic trial may be moved from Warren Co, 4/19/88, 1B
    • Krecic trial: witness testifies, 4/22/88, 1A; 4/23/88, 1A
    • Krecic verdict: guilty, 4/28/88, 1A
  • Ladner, Gary
    • Olde South Restorations
      • Business profile, 9/4/89, 4E
  • Ladner, Heber, 7/5/87, 1H
    • Dean of state politics dies, 6/15/89, 1A
  • Ladner, Jeffrey
    • Waveland man to be retried in 1987 double murder in Waveland, 12/17/91, 2B
  • Ladner, Philip
    • Named director of Bureau of Narcotics, 8/11/90, 1B
    • Plans to retire from Bureau of Narcotics as Mabus leaves, 11/14/91, 1B
  • Lady Bass Mississippi Invitational
    • Women's bass tournament, 8/17/86, 12D
  • Lady Luck Natchez SEE Riverboat gambling, Natchez
  • Lady Luck Tunica SEE Riverboat gambling, Tunica County
  • Lafayette, Louisiana
    • Global Wildlife Center, 9/26/91, 3E
  • Lagebegi, Adejuwon
    • Charged with stealing money from employer Interstate Stores, 1/15/92, 4B
  • Laird Hospital SEE Buchanan, Robert
  • Laird, Ed
    • Beheading of corpse
      • 7/24/86, 7/24/86, 1B
    • Possible decapitation of corpse, 7/18/86, 1A
  • Laird, Mary Saunders
    • Dies in house fire, 12/29/94, 1B
  • Lake Chicot State Park
    • Lake Village, Arkansas
      • Weekend getaway, 1/14/93, 8E
  • Lake Dockery
    • Hinds County to build boat ramp, 6/7/89, 4B
  • Lake Elementary School
    • More-skilled students tutor classmates, 6/3/89, 1B
  • Lake Forest Ranch
    • Noxubee County camp for body and spirit; C.A. Barge founder, 5/4/91, 1D
  • Lake Harbor Volunteer Fire Department
    • New fire station, 7/29/90, 2B
  • Lake Harbour Drive
    • Ridgeland residents tolerate mess to have wider street, 11/12/91, 2B
  • Lake Hico
    • City seeks funding to help reopen lake, 2/6/91, 4B
    • Councilman Stokes blames lake for north Jackson flooding, 5/17/91, 4B
    • Councilman-elect Stokes and businessman Hawkins want it reopened, 6/12/89, 1B
    • Fish said to be edible, 2/18/92, 5B
    • Flooded residents picket MP&L, 5/31/91, 5B; 6/12/91, 4B
    • Group works to reopen lake, 6/4/90, 1B
    • Police drive loiterers, drug dealers out of park; close gates, 8/24/92, 2B
    • Supporters may ask Hinds County for $100,000, 9/20/91, 4B
  • Lake Ridgelea Property Owners Association SEE Hodge, Charles
  • Lake Tiak-0'Khata
    • Meeting complex cum motel, 5/9/91, 3E
  • Lake Trace Subdivision
    • Racial harmony, 3/29/87, 5B
  • Lake Washington
    • Dispute, 3/2/87, 1B
    • Health warning against lake use; algae blamed, 8/16/90, 1B
    • Pollution free; fishing in lake resumed, 5/9/93, 1B, 3B
  • Lakeland Drive
    • Heavy traffic: lots of wrecks, 6/11/94, 4B
    • Hot temperatures buckle roadway, 7/9/90, 1A
    • New movie theater should spur rapid development, 2/23/92, 1C
    • Plenty of office vacancies in soft market, 7/8/90, 1G
    • Resurfacing Old Canton Road to Curran, 7/14/93, 4B
    • Terrible west Lakeland Drive area to be 'reconstructed', 4/14/92, 5B
  • Lakeland Lounge
    • Owners' lawyer want federal ruling on city action, 5/20/92, 4B
    • Topless Bar manager arrested; did not post permits, 5/10/92, 7B
  • Lakeland Presbyterian Church
    • Renovated, 5/6/89, 1D
    • Worships in replica of old chruch, 2/15/92, 1D
  • Lakeland Skating Center
    • Police may limit crowds after melee, 1/16/90, 1B; 1/22/90, 2B
  • Lakeover Memorial Funeral Home
    • From groundbreaking to dedication, 2/5/89, 8A
  • Lakeover Office and Business Park
    • Expansion, 8/14/87, 8B
  • Lakes, Mississippi
    • Guide to state recreational waters, 6/10/93, 8E
    • In Delta to be cleaned up, 5/14/89, 1B
  • Lakeshore Congregational Methodist Church
    • Noah's Ark mural, 1/19/91, 1D
  • Lakeshore Townhomes
    • Apartments are auctioned, 8/9/87, 1B
  • Lakeside Presbyterian Church
    • Brandon
      • Joins Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 7/28/90, 1D
  • Lakeview Addition SEE Annexation, Jackson
  • Lakewood Memorial Park
    • Opening a funeral home, 8/18/88, 8B
  • Lalor, Owen SEE Message Corp
  • Lam, Hoan
    • Vietnamese father reunited with family members in Jackson, 6/16/91, 1B
  • Lamar County Public schools
    • Some may lose accreditation, 5/2/90, 5B
  • Lamar County Salt Dome SEE Tatum Salt Dome
  • Lamar Life Building
    • Jackson
      • Clock stopped, 4/9/88, 1B
  • Lamar Life Insurance Co, 9/20/87, 1G
    • For sale, 6/29/88, 8B
    • Holding company Whitehall Insurance relocates to Jackson, 3/16/91, 6B
    • In Forbes' 200 small firms, 10/25/85, 8B
    • Kentucky firm may buy, 7/16/88, 8B
    • New CEO is Jerry Stovall, 3/26/92, 5B
    • New owners say they plan expansion, 12/16/88, 8B
    • Owners agree to sell to Whitehall, 8/31/88, 8B
    • Public offering of stock, 10/29/93, 5B
    • Reports $12.2 M profit for '85, 3/22/86, 8B
    • To stay public after sale of Ins. Co., 9/28/88, 8B
    • Transfer of employees to Jackson from Kentucky, 7/27/89, 6B
  • Lamar Restaurant
    • Restaurant review, 4/1/93, 4E
  • Lamar, L.Q.C.
    • Community effort sought in Oxford to preserve his home, 7/14/92, 3B
  • Lamb, Damien SEE Meridian/Lauderdale County Partnership
  • Lamb-Fish Lumber mill
    • Charleston
      • Fifty years after fire town still remembers landmark, 2/25/91, 4B
  • Lambert, Dean Meador
    • Author of 'Advent Jesse Tree...', 11/25/89, 1E
  • Lambert, John C
    • His family searches for his murderer 3 years after event, 2/21/93, 1B
  • Lambright, Robert Lamar
    • Jackson man is survivor of World War I, 7/4/93, 1B
  • Lamensdorf, Susie Bell
    • Rolling Fork merchant sees downtown dying, 2/21/93, 1C
  • Lamey, Gale Lee
    • Jackson country songwriter, 8/3/89, 12G
  • Lamey, Ron SEE Allwright, Ronnie
  • Lamour, Jean Marie
    • Actor plays lead in 'Jesus Was His Name', 8/21/93, 1D7
  • Lampley, Fred SEE Drug raid---Laurel
  • Lampton, Luke
    • Medical student writes poetry, edits UMC newspaper, 5/10/93, 1A
  • Lamson, Bill SEE ALSO Northside News
  • Lancaster & Associates
    • NASD acts against securities firm, 7/29/88, 8B
  • Lancaster, Justin SEE Bank robberies, Jackson---Westland
  • Land
    • County land parcels listed for sale taken off market, 8/18/90, 5B
    • Farmland in Myers family, 7/11/87, 1A
    • Forrest County land seized in drug case may be penal farm, 7/2/89, 5B
  • Land SEE ALSO Agricultural land
  • Land deeds SEE Vital records
  • Land swap SEE Camp Shelby
  • Land, Guy P
    • Conversation with the candidates, 7/17/87, 1B
    • To run for treasurer, 5/22/87, 1B
  • Landfills SEE ALSO Choctaw Indians; SEE ALSO Garbage;
  • Landfills SEE ALSO Hazardous waste
  • Landfills SEE ALSO U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Landfills, Byram
    • Boyles wants Jackson pullout; motion defeated in City Council, 5/12/93, 4B
    • City Council gives Waste Management the contract, 9/9/93, 4B
    • City Council OKs $2.7Million for closure, 5/18/94, 4B
    • City Council opens competion to 6 companies, 8/6/94, 6B
    • City Council' action, 4/9/93, 4B; 4/20/93, 5B; 4/21/93, 4B
    • City of Jackson ends negotiations with Waste Management Inc, 7/27/94, 1A
    • Discarded tires dumped in landfill as part of closing cleanup, 6/29/94, 4B
    • Eyed as site for regional landfill for metropolitan area, 4/8/92, 4B; 6/28/91, 5B
    • Jackson borrows $2.7 Million to pay for mandated closure, 7/29/94, 1A
    • Jackson hires consultant John Hayden, 4/9/94, 1A; 6/10/92, 4B
    • Jackson's price for use as regional cite: $12 million, 6/3/92, 4B
    • Little Dixie of Madison County says it can handle all area needs, 5/6/92, 4B
    • More construction bids possible, 5/12/94, 4B
    • Rankin County plans a wait-and-see attitude, 4/16/93, 4B
    • Some municipalities may opt out of regional agreement, 10/16/93, 5B
  • Landfills, Byram SEE ALSO Little Dixie Landfill
  • Landfills, Chickasaw County
    • Justice Hawkins enters debate, 7/24/92, 5B
    • Opponents take case to Attorney General, 8/30/92, 3B
  • Landfills, Choctaw Indian Reservation
    • Landfill must get state OK, Hall says, 2/15/91, 1B
    • Opposition takes petition to DC, 4/2/91, 1B; 4/3/91, 1B
    • Proposal must get state approval, Hall says, 2/15/91, 1B
    • Proposal opposed by marchers, 3/24/91, 1A
    • Proposal referendum is defeated in tribal vote, 4/20/91, 1B
    • Proposal to get tribal vote, 4/9/91, 2B
    • Seeking site, 1/11/91, 1A; 1/29/91, 3B; 2/1/91, 2B; 2/6/91, 1A
  • Landfills, Clay County
    • Group opposed to site wants supervisor to resign, 2/26/93, 8B
  • Landfills, Greene County
    • Avagre buys 1100 acres of land, 4/17/92, 5B
    • Avagre Enterprises of Gulfport gets go-ahead to build, 1/29/91, 1B
    • Officials fear future liability for landfill, 2/17/91, 1B
  • Landfills, Grenada County
    • Citizens' group to fight development, 11/5/94, 2B
  • Landfills, Harrison County
    • Browning-Ferris' facility approved for waste, 7/13/91, 2B
  • Landfills, Hinds County
    • Consultant says city may have to close landfill, 6/26/90, 5B
    • Jackson's Byram landfill likely regional site, 3/4/92, 3B
    • Joe Anglin, father of city coulcilman, given contract, 10/19/94, 2B
    • Landfill near Raymond to close, 10/30/90, 5B
    • Raises rates on Raymond landfill, 5/10/90, 5B
    • Regional site to be picked by April 1992, 3/18/93, 2B; 11/23/91, 4B
    • Regional waste facility in planning stage, 12/6/91, 4B
    • Studies problem of litter on roads to landfil, 8/21/90, 5B
    • Tri-county officials want Jackson's assurance on Byram site, 2/5/92, 4B
  • Landfills, Jackson
    • City Council to award lucrative contract; BFI gets it, 10/20/94, 4B; 10/21/94, 5B
    • City stops dumping sludge in site off Gary Road, 8/7/92, 4B
  • Landfills, Jackson SEE ALSO Landfills, Byram
  • Landfills, Jackson County
    • Larue community homeowners upset over proposed landill, 12/7/94, 2B
  • Landfills, Jackson metro area
    • Tri-county mayors study regional disposal plan, 12/6/89, 2B
  • Landfills, Jackson/Hinds County
    • City and county form solid waste authority, 11/27/92, 3B
  • Landfills, Jones County
    • Ellisville site would break DEQ rules, lawyer says, 10/8/93, 3B
    • Protestors object to costs of landfill, 2/26/93, 5B
  • Landfills, Lee County
    • Site to be tested for chemical spread, 10/29/93, 3B
  • Landfills, Leflore County
    • County officials to quiz DEQ on delay, 3/23/94, 3B; 8/10/94, 3B
    • Landfill gets two-thirds approval, 8/23/94, 3B
    • Supervisors debate landfill, waste plans, 4/13/94, 3B
  • Landfills, Madison County
    • Private Little Dixie Landfill possible regional site, 1/8/92, 4B
  • Landfills, Meridian
    • City files counterclaim in Lost Gap case, 2/25/93, 8B
    • Firefighters ready attack on landfill blazes, 1/9/91, 2B
    • Lost Gap Landfill closes, leaving only one site for county, 9/30/90, 5B
    • Rain brings relief in landfill fire, 1/11/91, 2B
    • Smoldering landfill near Meridian, 1/6/91, 1A; 1/7/91, 1B; 1/8/91, 1B
  • Landfills, Mississippi
    • Cities & counties face EPA crackdown on landfills, 7/8/90, 1A+; 12/11/91, 5B
    • Cooperative efforts have failed
      • 82 counties rely on 15 sites, 4/9/94, 13A
    • DEQ forbids burying of automobile tires, 10/28/93, 3B
    • EPA limitations on sites may start soon, 5/29/92, 6B
    • Federal closedowns mean big business for BFI, Waste Management, 4/8/94, 9A
    • Federal deadline shutting down 33 landfills, 4/8-9/94, 1A+
    • Landfill fires becoming a problem, 1/13/91, 1B
    • Legislature extends time for landfill money bill, 5/7/92, 2B
    • Meeting new regulations worries supervisors in some counties, 3/1/92, 1A, 15A
    • Most state facilities won't meet EPA guidelines, 3/1/92, 1A; 9/14/91, 6B
    • Municipalities fear loss of local control of landfills, 12/18/90, 2B
    • New federal guidelines may close many landfills, 10/22/89, 1A
    • New regulations close 7 statewide today, 10/9/93, 1B
  • LANDFILLS, MISSISSIPPI
    • NEW REGULATIONS WILL TURN SITES INTO PROFIT MAKERS, 7/12/92, 1C
  • Landfills, Mississippi
    • Recycling could ease needs for landfills, 7/24/89, 1A
    • Regulations on landfills could triple cost of waste disposal, 12/19/90, 1B
    • Relaxed waste cite rules opposed by Noxubee countians, 6/3/92, 6B
    • State biased in selecting sites, group says, 11/20/93, 1A
    • State delays exemption in Chambers of Mississippi petition, 4/24/91, 4B
    • State high court ruling may ease commercial licensing, 4/29/94, 1B
  • Landfills, New Albany
    • Landfill is one of state's best, 10/22/89, 1B
  • Landfills, Noxubee County
    • Attempt to stop public hearing, 12/15/92, 6B; 12/16/92, 5B
    • Brooksville aldermen oppose plant, 6/3/93, 1A
    • Choctaw Indians may provide site, 11/24/90, 1A
    • Courts will closely eye plans for facility, 7/28/94, 1B
    • EPA moratorium halts construction, 5/19/93, 1A; 5/20/93, 1B
    • EPA now says there is no need for facility, 8/2/94, 1B
    • Farmers fear contamination, 5/25/93, 3B
    • Foes charge greed, racism in ruling, 4/4/93, 1B; 8/9/92, 1C
    • Groups ask Fordice not to allow plant, 11/24/92, 6B
    • Hughes & USPCI sites on hold after judge's ruling, 6/9/93, 1A
    • Hughes Environmental aided Higginbotham, source says, 6/17/94, 1B
    • Hughes Environmental's facility, 8/7/92, 5B; 9/4/91, 5B
    • Hughes/FTM has option on 500 acres, 4/6/93, 1B
    • Hughes/FTM submits 25,000-page request, 8/7/92, 5B
    • Hughes/FTMI's land option expires, 4/1/93, 1B
    • NAACP bill for support: $250,000, 12/17/93, 1A; 12/18/93, 1B
    • NAACP says $250,000 request misinterpreted, 12/19/93, 5B
    • Plant at least two years off, 9/4/91, 5B
    • Residents and industries battle over facility, 9/10/91, 6B
    • Residents want supervisor Higgenbotham fired, 7/23/93, 1B
    • Supervisors switch vote, now oppose landfill, 8/3/94, 1B
    • USPCI files 2nd application for Noxubee site, 9/12/91, 5B
    • USPCI sold to Laidlaw Inc, 11/2/94, 5B
    • USPCI spent $90,000 lobbying for site, 7/11/92, 3B
    • USPCI subject of grand jury probe, 7/30/94, 1B
    • USPCI tries to block OSCO facility on Gulf Coast, 9/16/94, 3B
    • USPCI wants to have more say in lawsuit, 2/24/94, 3B
    • USPCI-Mississippi facing lobby law violation, 12/11/93, 1B
    • USPCI/Hughes FTI merger may ease construction, 11/24/93, 5B
  • Landfills, Oktibbeha-Clay counties
    • Site on line chosen, 11/25/92, 2B
  • Landfills, Perry County
    • Citizens' group to fight development, 11/5/94, 2B
  • Landfills, Pine Grove SEE Landfills, Jones County
  • Landfills, Pontotoc County
    • 150 turn out for 'Dump the Dump' protest, 7/4/93, 6B
    • Opponents to regional landfill, 3/19/94, 3B; 12/18/94, 6B
    • Tempico Inc (Louisiana) will build recycling facility nearby, 6/8/94, 5B
    • Three Rivers opponents' petition is challenged, 2/15/94, 3B
  • Landfills, Rankin County
    • Clean-up of site near Brandon, 10/24/92, 4B
    • Methane gas endangering homes near landfill, 12/20/90, 1A; 12/21/90, 1B
  • Landfills, Rawls Springs
    • Citizens group battling landfill, 1/28/91, 1B; 1/30/91, 2B
  • Landfills, Raymond
    • Seepage of water concern of area residents, 6/9/92, 5B
  • Landfills, Toomsuba SEE Landfills, Meridian
  • Landfills, Tylertown
    • City has landfill problem, 10/22/89, 4B
  • Landgraf, Andy
    • Fordice bodyguard reassigned; slot machine on his property, 4/17/94, 1A
  • Landlord-tenant law
    • 1991 law specifies renters' rights, 5/8/94, 2G
    • Bill passes Senate, moves to House, 3/15/91, 1A
    • Hearings set on proposed bill, 2/3/90, 3B; 12/19/89, 5B
    • House panel OKs bill setting standards for rental housing, 1/25/89; 3B
    • House rejects bill, 3/28/90, 1B
    • Only Mississippi and Alabama don't have, 10/23/89, 1B
    • Rights bill passes House, faces Senate hurdle, 2/9/91, 1B
    • Senate bill branded a 'whitewash', 3/8/90, 3B
    • Senate defeats landlord-tenant legislation, 3/30/89, 1A
    • Senate passes bill regulating landlord-tenant pacts, 3/10/89, 1A
    • To be re-introduced in Legislature, 6/18/89, 1G
  • Landmen
    • Jobs scarce because of oil glut, 4/5/86, 8B
  • Landrum, Margie
    • Starkville woman arrested in flood-aid scam, 8/28/93, 1B
  • Landscape architects
    • Giving nature a helping hand, 3/5/90, 1D
    • Jackson
      • Awards, 1/3/88, 1G
  • Landscaping, Jackson
    • Business aspects, 12/7/86, 1I
    • City Council eneacts beautification bill, 9/5/90, 5B
    • City Council wants citizen input on ordinance, 7/31/90, 5B
    • Creative exterior lighting adds beauty and security to a home, 2/24/94, 1D
    • Interior landscape architecture, 8/14/91, 1D
    • Ordinance causes controversy in business community, 8/13/90, 4B; 8/15/90, 5B
    • Ordinance would set minimum landscaping requirements, 7/12/90, 5B; 7/13/90, 1B
    • Yard care means big business, but how big?, 3/28/93, 1C
  • Landscaping, Mississippi
    • Industry adapts to organic growth, 3/28/93, 1C
  • Lane Hardware
    • Sign is exempted from Jackson's sign ordinance, 12/24/91, 3B
  • Lane, David SEE Ross Barnett Reservoir
  • Lane, Deforia
    • Speaks to local cancer society on music as therapy, 6/27/91, 2B
  • Laney, Michael
    • Lawyer asks for lower bond in multiple-slayings case, 7/16/93, 2B
  • Laney, Michael SEE ALSO Dorris, Allan
  • Langdon, Jimmie
    • Former Mound Bayou school superintendent must repay funds, 9/5/92, 1B; 11/10/92, 1B
  • Langford, Albert
    • Canton trailor park owner pleads innocent to sexual harassment, 4/22/93, 4B
  • Langford, Albert SEE Sexual harassment
  • Langford, Lorenzo Dow
    • Nineteenth century Methodist circuit rider; journal found, 12/14/91, 1D
  • Langford, Rufus
    • Securites salesman told to repay $41,000 in embezzled funds, 8/4/92, 2B
  • Langham III, Mance
    • Jackson man slain; body dumped in Madison County, 12/18/93, 4B
  • Langham, Barry
    • Drowning victim's body found in Reservoir, 2/26/92, 1B
  • Langley's Upholstery Shop
    • Terry Road business burns, 8/18/91, 3B
  • Langley, Bettye
    • Judge dismisses her bias suit against JSU, 4/15/92, 2B
    • White JSU professor charges harassment by fellow staff, 1/14/92, 2B; 1/22/92, 3B
  • Langley, Bettye SEE ALSO Roos, Marie
  • Langley, Polly SEE Missing persons, Yazoo City
  • Langston, Davis and Betty
    • Return to roots at 'Catalpa' near Brookhaven, 7/9/90, 1D
  • Languages SEE Foreign languages
  • Lanier High School
    • Alumni tell students to push themselves, 11/13/89, 3B
    • Student-organized values conference, 11/18/94, 4B
    • Students hope to revitalize neighborhood, 7/30/94, 4B
  • Lanier, Arthur
    • Convicted, 6/13/85, 3B
    • New evidence in officer slaying trial, 6/12/85, 1A
  • Lanier, John
    • State agency confirms sanitation problems in Ocean Springs, 7/28/92, 3B
  • Lanier, Johnny R
    • Slayer of Meridian police officer gets 3rd sentencing hearing, 4/1/94, 4B
  • Lantrip, Stacy SEE Jubilee Jam---1992
  • Lanzoni, Fabio SEE Fabio
  • Laparoscopic surgery
    • New system gives surgeons 3-D internal view, 11/20/94, 1D
    • New vaginal procedure used for Jacksonian Lea Smith's hysterectomy, 3/6/92, 1E
  • LaPierre, Wayne SEE National Rifle Association
  • Largemouth bass
    • Record 16.25 pounder caught by Anthony Denny, 1/1/93, 1A; 1/3/93, 10D
  • Largent, Mark SEE Comic books
  • LaRoche, Calvin SEE Mtel
  • Larose, Louis
    • As Willy Y, the Workout Owl at YMCA, 8/27/90, 1D
  • Larry, Jerry Donnel
    • Fellow inmate Desmond Durr charged in Larry's murder, 1/21/94, 1B
    • Parchman inmate's slaying is probed, 12/4/93, 3B
  • Larson, Bob
    • Picayune man thrown in jail for throwing drink out van window, 7/28/94, 1A
  • Larwil Lanes
    • George Steingruber, owner
      • How's business?, 8/10/93, 5B
  • Lasco Inc
    • Seeks new markets, 11/16/85, 8B
  • Laser surgery (gallbladders) SEE Gallbladder
  • Lasermania
    • Planetarium show, 4/20/87, 1D
  • Lasseter, Michael
    • Jackson
      • 17 year-old country crooner, 7/31/91, 1D
  • Lassiter, Lewis
    • Artist's works on display at music center on JSU campus, 9/8/91, 4F
  • Last Temptation of Christ
    • Out on video--if you can find it, 6/29/89, 9E
    • Unitarian church will view video, 7/1/89, 1B; 7/3/89, 1A
  • Latex glove factory (Bolton) SEE Glove factory
  • Latham, Bob SEE Judicial elections, 1994
  • Latham, W.L. 'Frank'
    • Frank's Family Restaurant
      • Business profile, 11/20/89, 4E
  • Latil, Joe
    • Mississippi's duck stamp artist for 1992, 7/19/92, 1F
  • Latimer House
    • Mississippi College restores 1890s structure, 4/16/92, 3E
  • Latin language
    • 4 Jackson Prep students score perfect on national exam, 5/4/93, 4B
  • Latress, Shana
    • Scalding death of son, 6/17/93, 4B; 6/24/93, 4B; 6/28/93, 3B
  • Latture, Paul SEE Jackson Chamber of Commerce
  • Laubengayer, Karen
    • JSU professor of piano will guest with Symphony, 11/3/91, 1F
  • Lauderdale County Jail
    • Grand jury critical of conditions, 11/13/93, 3B
  • Lauderdale County Public Schools
    • Offers reading incentive program, 11/30/90, 4B
    • Students dance after 20 years, 10/12/88, 1A
  • Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department
    • Evidence-keeping policy is audited, 11/2/90, 3B
  • Lauderdale, Bill
    • Philadelphia artist shows at Marie Hull Gallery, 9/20/92, 1F
  • Laugh Blast
    • At Municipal Auditorium, 7/1/93, 3E
  • Laughing gas
    • I-20, I-59 closed due to leakage of laughing gas, 2/10/90, 5B
  • Laughlin, Clarence John
    • Photographer has show at Museum of Art, 3/1/92, 1F
  • Laughlin, Rebecca
    • Possible probe of her lawyer J. Mathis, 1/25/88, 1B
  • Launderies SEE Coin launderies
  • Laurel Federal Savings and Loan Assoc
    • Takes step toward going public, 11/20/92, 5B; 12/31/92, 5B
  • Laurel Fire Department
    • Department problems could lower city's fire rating, 10/29/94, 3B
  • Laurel Industrial Garment Manufacturing Co
    • To close, 10/8/91, 6B
  • Laurel Machine & Foundary
    • Modernizes to stay in business, 7/10/94, 1C
  • Laurel Public Schools
    • District Court halts city, county merger, 7/29/89, 1B; 8/1/89, 1B; 8/7/89, 1B
    • NAACP wants black-majority school board, 8/2/89, 2B; 8/10/89, 4B
    • Ruling expected on desegregation, 7/27/89, 1A
    • Year-round schedule is student option, 6/22/94, 1A
  • Laurel, Mississippi
    • $500,000 given to restore tornado-ravaged schools, 7/23/88, 3B
    • City Council president Joe Norman arrested, 1/11/90, 1B
    • Councilwoman Viola Malone arrested on drug charge, 6/26/89, 1B; 6/27/89, 5B
    • District Court halts city, county school merger, 7/29/89, 1B; 8/1/89, 1B
    • Looks like a small town, but loaded with culture
      • Weekend getaway, 8/30/90, 3E
    • NAACP wants black-majority school board, 8/2/89, 2B; 8/10/89, 4B
    • Nineteen of 36 arrested in drug raids, 5/19/90, 1B
    • Squabbles in City Hall over appointment powers, 7/7/89, 1A
  • Lauren Rogers Museum
    • Director leaving, 5/26/87, 1D
    • From Mississippi: a Look at Our Artistic Heritage, 7/3/94, 1F
    • Gets part of Parsons collection, 10/26/86, 1F
    • Prints of works by celebrities, 9/19/93, 1F
  • Lava Love
    • Retro-rockin' at W.C. Don's, 7/5/90, 3F
  • Law & Order
    • Blues band benefits Delta Blues Museum, 8/31/89, 11F
  • Law enforcement
    • New technology, 6/28/87, 1H
  • Law Enforcement Assault Committee
    • Studies slayings of police officers in Mississippi, 9/23/92, 2B
  • Law Enforcement Explorer Academy
    • Familiarizing youth with police work, 6/20/92, 3B; 7/29/91, 3B
  • Law Enforcement Training Academy
    • 43 Jackson graduates, 10/17/92, 1B
    • Civilian handgun training course, 4/5/92, 1B
    • Class of 58 graduates, 3/6/93, 3B
    • Class on how to solve old murder cases, 7/19/94, 1A
    • Cleared of charges, 12/14/90, 5B
    • Investigation of altered test scores, 11/2/90, 1B; 11/3/90, 5B
    • Mackey Hopkins appointed head by Fordice, 12/19/91, 2B
    • Misuse of rooms by Highway Patrol, 8/18/94, 1B; 8/19/94, 1A
    • Misuse of rooms...policy changes due, 9/10/94, 1A
    • Pistol range in Canton, 10/5/91, 5B
    • State board will probe test-score changing allegations, 11/6/90, 1B
  • Law, Tylena SEE Police beating, Jackson (Law)
  • Law-Related Education Statewide Conference
    • Jackson, 11/6/90, 4B
  • Lawn Boy
    • Toro to reopen Sardis factory, hire 100, 2/12/94, 6B
    • Will close Sardis plant; 300 jobs eliminated, 1/23/92, 5B; 1/29/92, 5B
  • Lawn disease
    • St. Augustine decline, 9/9/87, 1A
  • Lawn mowers
    • Industry profile, 4/27/86, 1G
    • Spring is season for mower theft, 4/21/92, 1B
    • Tips on buying self-propelled mower, 4/3/89, 11E
  • Lawns
    • Cold-damaged lawns will be profitable to sod dealers, 4/22/90, 1G
    • Waterworks: choosing hoses, sprinklers, etc., 6/4/93, 1E
  • Lawrence County Sheriff's Department
    • Budget shortfall--deputies laid off, 7/19/93, 1A; 8/3/93, 1B
  • Lawrence, Ken
    • Civil rights activist agrees to pay Methodist Hospital bill, 7/5/91, 3B
  • Lawrence, Richard & Lynn
    • In vitro twins, 7/5/86, 1B
  • Lawrin Lamp Co
    • Kosciusko, 1/16/88, 8B
  • Laws
    • Cities around state have archaic ordinances, 7/23/90, 1A
    • Game & fish laws change July 1, 6/26/88, 10D
    • Mississippi
      • Fed.Court reinstates MS seduction law, 9/24/88, 1B
      • Initiative and referendum law: two views, 10/21/90, 1H
      • Moore sees win in court fight on referendum, 10/23/90, 1A
    • New laws on drug abuse, umemployment tax go into affect, 6/30/91, 1C
    • New laws on hunting, hazing, ticket sales take effect, 7/1/90, 6B
    • New state laws affect landlords, gunslingers, bingo barons, etc., 6/23/91, 1B
    • New state laws attract business, 4/17/87, 8B
    • New state laws go into effect July 1, 6/26/88, 1A
    • New state laws strenghten judicial system, 7/1/94, 13A
    • New state laws take effect, 7/1/87, 1A
    • Tort reform, 1/20/88, 8B; 11/22/87, 1H
  • Lawson, Al
    • Jackson interior designer wins medals in regional competition, 11/19/92, 1D
  • Lawson, Cathy
    • Portal artist has New York show, 5/31/92, 1F
  • Lawsuits
    • What is the value of a lost life?, 7/22/91, 1A
  • Lawsuits SEE ALSO Punitive damage lawsuits
  • Lawsuits SEE ALSO Suing state and local government
  • Lawyer, Ted
    • Pass Christian mayor's abuse of telephone priviledges, 3/12/93, 3B
  • Lawyers SEE ALSO Bond issues, Mississippi
  • Lawyers SEE ALSO Mississippi Bar Association
  • Lawyers SEE ALSO People's Law School
  • Lawyers SEE ALSO Public defenders
  • Lawyers, Jackson
    • Files removed & missing, 11/15/87, 1B
    • To teach elderly about finances, 7/6/89, 2B
  • Lawyers, Mississippi
    • 106 make national 'best' list, 1/19/93, 6B
    • 55 of 87 pass state bar exam, 5/4/92, 2B
    • Advertising by lawyers, 2/18/90, 1G
    • Advertising: Mississippi Bar wants tighter controls, 12/12/93, 1B
    • Advertising: state Supreme Court looks at tighter controls, 3/8/94, 6B
    • Blacks claim bias in state bar exam, 6/2/92, 3B; 6/3/92, 2B; 6/4/92, 2B
    • Launch public relations campaign to improve image, 4/19/93, 1A
    • Lawsuit seeks to end regulation of TV advertising, 9/23/94, 5B
    • Lawyers' poll lists their best, 3/5/89, 1I
    • Legislator's failure endangers lawyer oversight, 3/6/91, 3B; 3/7/91, 2B
    • Listing of top state lawyers includes one woman Martha Gerald, 4/21/91, 3C
    • May have to pay for retrials if they blunder, 10/18/93, 1B
    • Mississippi's top lawyers, 3/5/89, 1I
    • PEER report criticizes state's hiring of legal services, 1/10/91, 1B
    • Political ad for Dowdy wins award, 1B; 1/18/89
    • State bar membership battle being fought in Capitol, 2/5/89, 3H
    • State Bar must license 2 of 6 black applicants in bias suit, 11/5/92, 1B
    • State's best lawyers listed, 4/21/91, 3C
    • Taping of witness conversations allowed, state high court says, 7/2/92, 3B
  • Laxalt, Paul
    • Visits Neshoba Co Fair, 7/29/87, 1B
  • Laymon, Kiese SEE Millsaps College
  • Layson, Richard SEE Mississippi School for the Blind
  • Lazell, James, 12/25/86, Focus NE p.1
  • Lazell, Skip
    • Spans the globe for rare specimens, 12/15/88, Focus, p.1
  • Lazer Office Supply
    • Marty and Fran Butts
      • Business profile, 9/25/89, 4E
  • LB's Grill
    • Biloxi
      • Restaurant review, 6/16/94, 4F
  • LDDS
    • 1st quarter 1994: revenue up, but stock plunges, 5/7/94, 5B; 5/10/94, 6B
    • 2-for-1 stock split in December 1993, 11/23/93, 6B
    • 2nd quarter 1994 income up 60%, 8/11/94, 8B
    • 3-for-2 stock split for shareholders, 12/9/92, 5B
    • 4 year old long distance service success, 2/23/88, 8B
    • 7-Up and LDDS provide holiday debit phone card, 8/25/94, 6B
    • 93% rise in earnings a reflection of 'good management', 8/14/91, 5B
    • ACC Corp (NY) merger, 3/22/94, 6B
    • ACC merger plans dropped, 5/19/94, 5B
    • Acquires 2 out-of-state long-distance phone companies, 3/20/90, 6B
    • Acquisition of 11 more companies in works, 10/28/89, 6B
    • Advanced Telecommunications Corp merger, 6/4/92, 1A; 11/5/92, 4B; 12/4/92, 5B
    • Advanced Telecommunications merger: $8 million dollar loss
      • 'No problem', 3/19/93, 5B
    • Analyst with J.C. Bradford gives company high marks, 10/2/89, 10E
    • Annual meeting forecasts banner year ahead, 5/21/93, 5B
    • Annual meeting: stock price drop, merger failures, 5/27/94, 6B
    • Australian firm sells its 1.04 million shares, 9/20/91, 5B
    • Buyout could be in LDDS's future, CEO says, 4/10/90, 6B
    • Buys 2 long-distance companies; now operating in 25 states, 2/19/91, 6B
    • Buys 2 more long-distance companies; 35 purchased in 5 years, 12/23/92, 4B
    • Buys TFN Group and Telemarketing Investments, 6/24/92, 5B
    • Debit card SEE LDDS---Pre-paid calling card service
    • Direct telephone service to Cuba, 3/8/94, 1A; 3/12/94, 1A; 9/28/94, 5B; 10/6/94, 5B
    • Earnings for 1991 a record, 3/3/92, 7B
    • Easy OnLine Card now available to Spanish-speaking customers, 8/16/94, 5B
    • Expects to post revenues of $300 Million, 5/24/91, 5B
    • Fairchild Communications agreement: $30 Million deal, 8/25/94, 6B
    • Financial analysts advise only risk-tolerant investing, 10/23/89, 9E
    • Heller Investments of Chicago selling its interest, 5/4/91, 5B
    • IDB Communications acquisition finalized, 8/2/94, 5B; 12/31/94, 5B
    • IDB Communications Group merger talks, 7/15/94, 5B
    • IDB Communications settles suit filed by stockholders, 11/23/94, 8B
    • IDB Communications' accounting practices being investigated, 11/26/94, 6B
    • IDB/WilTel deals may require name change, 12/31/94, 5B
    • Long-distance competition would lower rates, AT&T says, 3/1/91, 6B
    • Long-Distance Prepaid Card available on Navy ships, 9/27/94, 7B
    • Makes cover story of 'Individual Investor' (December 1993), 11/14/93, 1C
    • May move from state in dispute over long-distance competition, 2/23/91, 6B
    • Merger with Resurgens Corp approved by shareholders, 9/15/93, 5B
    • Merges with Metromedia and Resurgens, 2/26/93, 1A; 5/18/93, 6B; 8/17/93, 5B; 9/14/93, 6B
    • Move to renovated downtown building, 5/5/92, 6B
    • Moves into North Carolina market, 12/8/90, 6B
    • Offers bonds, stocks to repay long-term debt, 7/28/90, 6B
    • One-time writeoff forces company to post lost, 11/15/89, 6B
    • PhonePass, long-distance debit card service, 7/26/94, 5B
    • Plots expansion into Mexico and Canada, 6/8/90, 6B
    • Posts higher earnings for 4th quarter 1989, 3/14/90, 6B
    • Pre-paid calling card service
      • Will fund education in South Africa, 6/4/94, 6B
    • PROFILE: TRUCKING COMPANY HAD REVENUES OF $143 MILLION IN 1992, 6/27/93, 1C
    • Purchases Prime Telecommunications of Salt Lake city, 10/22/91, 6B
    • Raville will not be named chairman, 12/9/92, 5B
    • Reports 39% increase in 3rd-quarter revenues, 11/9/90, 6B
    • Reports a quadrupling of earnings, 5/11/90, 6B
    • State regulators look at long-distance competition, 2/27/91, 6B; 2/28/91, 6B
    • Stock hurt by problems in its industry, 2/5/90, 10F
    • Stock is state leader in first half 1990, 7/11/90, 6B
    • To go public in merger with Advantage Companies, 5/6/89, 8B; 8/11/89, 6B
    • Top officials take 'road show' to tell company's story, 5/27/91, 4B
    • Travel Professionals International will handle its travel, 8/27/94, 8B
    • Will grow if it stays close to home front, analyst says, 8/21/89, 12F
    • Will have 3-for-2 stock split, 6/9/90, 6B
    • WilTel (Tulsa) acquisition, 5/5/94, 1A; 5/6/94, 6B
    • WilTel acquisition fills gap in LDDS's hardware
      • Takeover target?, 8/24/94, 5B; 8/25/94, 5B
    • WilTel acquisition: LDDS sweetens offer, 7/29/94, 5B
    • WilTel acquisition: LDDS will pay $2.5 Billion, 8/23/94, 6B; 12/31/94, 5B
    • WilTel rejects LDDS's offer, 5/21/94, 5B
    • Withdraws offering for stock and bond sale, 11/7/90, 6B
  • Le Bistro SEE Joey's Lounge
  • Le Bourgeois subdivision
    • Cows roam down the streets, 10/25/91, 1B
  • Le Teagarden
    • Gulfport
      • Restaurant review, 8/18/94, 4E
  • Lea, Paul
    • Brookhaven man awarded Purple Heart 43 years later, 9/20/93, 3B
  • Lead contamination
    • Is your home sick?, 5/21/93, 1E; 6/23/93, 1D
  • Leader Recreation Course
    • Leadership training in the great outdoors, 4/8/90, 1G
  • Leadership Jackson
    • Members, 8/18/87, 8B
  • Leading economic indicators SEE Economy---Mississippi
  • Leaf burning, Jackson
    • Permits needed to burn leaves, 11/19/87, 1B
  • Leaf piles SEE Garbage---Jackson
  • Leaf River
    • Florida prisoner claims woman hitchhiker buried on river bank, 4/26/90, 5B
    • Hinds Chancery Court lifts fishing ban, 3/6/91, 1B
    • State gives all clear to catfish consumption, 12/22/90, 1B
    • Warning given against fishing because of dioxins, 8/17/90, 1A; 10/5/90, 1A; 10/28/90, 2B
  • Leaf River SEE ALSO Dioxin
  • Leaf River SEE ALSO Fish kills---Leaf River
  • Leaf River Forest Products
    • Area residents want stricter dioxin limits, 2/23/90, 3B
    • Dioxin reduced company says, 7/22/90, 2B
    • Dioxin study shows plant poses no health threat, 8/25/89, 3B
    • Dioxin trial jurors called, 1/3/92, 3B
    • Dioxin trial: 'main thing...we want river cleaned up', 1/6/92, 1A
    • Dioxins found; part of river closed, 11/18/89, 1A, 3B
    • Fined for air pollution problem, 12/21/89, 4B
    • Fish kill at New Augusta, 7/25/92, 1b; 7/26/92, 1B
    • Georgia-Pacific settles with 43 over chemical spill, 12/8/91, 4B
    • Lawsuit against paper company goes to trial, 10/15/90, 1B; 10/31/90, 1A
    • Lawsuits charge pollution, 11/23/89, 6B
    • Object of protests by fishermen on Leaf River, 7/30/89, 1A
    • Pascagoula residents seek answers in Jackson, 11/30/90, 3B
    • Perry Countians want jobs, but not dioxins from mill, 6/8/90, 3B
    • Plans to fund study of water quality in the river, 9/15/90, 3B
    • Pulp mill at New Augusta, 5/3/89, 8B
    • Suit: mill discharging dioxin into Leaf River, 3/31/89, 1B; 9/9/90, 8B
    • Trial testimony: 'nature' may have turned river black, 1/8/92, 3B
  • Leaf River Forest Products SEE ALSO Georgia-Pacific Corp
  • League of Conservation Voters
    • Rate Lott and Cochran worst on environment, 10/17/90, 4B
  • League of Their Own
    • Movie is hit with local women baseballers, 7/1/92, 1D
  • League of Women Voters
    • Jackson
      • Mail-in voter registration help at Wal-Mart stores, 8/23/92, 1B
      • Swamped with more than 700 calls from voters, 11/9/88, 2B
  • Leakesville, Mississippi, 8/7/88, 3B
    • Residents buy guns after rape-slaying, 6/28/89, 5B
    • To get water system grant, 12/9/88, 3B
  • Leap Year
    • February 29 brings long-awaited parties, 2/29/92, 1A
  • Leapheart, Eddie
    • Cab driver apprehended robber; commended by City Council, 10/2/91, 1B
  • Learned Volunteer Fire Department, 10/25/87, 1B
  • Learned, Mississippi
    • Husband and wife team on Board of Alderman, 6/21/89, 3B
    • Husband-wife team of aldermen, 10/12/90, 5B
  • Learning Disabilities Association of Mississippi
    • Conference in Jackson, 10/22/91, 4B
    • Meets in Jackson, 10/20/92, 4B
  • Learning disabled students
    • Annual conference by Learning Disabilities Association, 10/9/90, 4B
  • Learning Store