A man who has focused much of his career on agriculture technology, including development of genetically-modified seeds, was named Friday as the new head of agriculture development for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Sam Dryden, a managing director of New York-based Wolfensohn & Co., will take ...

A pastor shot and killed during his Sunday sermon deflected the first of the gunman's four rounds with a Bible, sending a confetti-like spray of paper into the air in a horrifying scene that congregants initially thought was a skit, police said. The gunman ...

Despite an effort from his attorney, Marianna High School paraprofessional and coach Matt Dryden was formally suspended without pay at a Jackson County School Board special meeting Thursday. Another decision regarding a custodian accusing of fondling a student is still pending. Dryden’s employment was also terminated at the meeting. But Dryden’s attorney plans to appeal the ruling at ...