Mississippi

A loud noise that was reported in south Mississippi Wednesday morning was confirmed to be a fireball, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. More...

A month-long joint federal, state and local law enforcement initiative organized in response to an increase in violent crime in the area has resulted...

By Julia James Mississippi Today The state accepted the guilty pleas of Nancy and Zach New in Mississippi’s sprawling welfare scandal on Tuesday — a move...

By Molly Minta Mississippi Today The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees will no longer approve tenure in Mississippi, per amended policies the board quietly...

The Justice Department announced today that after a civil rights investigation into Mississippi State Penitentiary, commonly known as Parchman, it has concluded that conditions...

Gov. Tate Reeves today signed HB 1029, the Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi Act. The legislation creates a new central office – the Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi – that will be committed to coordinating and streamlining broadband policy in the state.

Haley Morgan lost her job at a liquor store when she came out as transgender last year. 

Gov. Tate Reeves signed House Bill 531 Tuesday, which gives Mississippians the largest tax cut in the state’s history.

A federal jury convicted a Cleveland, Mississippi doctor on Monday of Conspiracy to Commit Healthcare Fraud following a two-week trial for his role in...

As of 2020, only half of all Mississippi’s public university graduates worked in the state three years after leaving college.