FROM AROUND MISSISSIPPI: NEWS BRIEFS JACKSON PROMISING PRACTICES: Attorney General Mike Moore will host the third annual Promising Practices Conference Jan. 28-29 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Conference topics include school, mentoring and juvenile justice alternative programs. The conference is designed to highlight some of the best programs in the state, while providing useful information about the basics needed to start or to improve community-based programs. For more information, visit www.ago.state.ms.us and click on news and events, or contact Sandra Shelson or Donna Matthes at (601) 359-3693.
BASEBALL CLINIC: The 10th annual Cliburn Classic Baseball Clinic hosted by Stan and Stewart Cliburn of the Minnesota Twins will be held Jan.