JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Jackson-based animal rescue group Community Animal Rescue and Adoption will be featured on the Animal Planet show "Confessions: Animal Hoarding" Friday.

Two animals rescued during the show will also appear on WLBT’s Midday Mississippi Friday as our Pets of the Week.

The mom and daughter rats -- Jackie and Tater -- are two of dozens rescued from a local hoarder as part of the show.

The show, which explores stories of people who own more pets than they can care for, will feature a woman who had 13 cats, 12 dogs and about 50 rats in her Me

Only The Grinch could make riding on a parade float this difficult.

He led a group in a spin class on a float the entire length of the Clinton Christmas Parade Saturday.

The Baptist Healthplex-Clinton float went on to win the Mayor's Award for its float, according to the Baptist Medical News Network.

By Gary R. Bachman

MSU Horticulturist
Coastal Research & Extension Center

We’ve all seen garden gnomes in other people’s yards -- the creatures of woodland legend that represent the spirit of the earth. Maybe it’s time you put one in your own garden.

Gnome is a derivation of the Greek word for “earth dweller.” Garden gnomes were first used in German gardens in the mid-1800s.