Mississippi

Beginning today, appointments for a booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine are now available at all county health department clinics for those who qualify.

The University of Mississippi Medical Center had a record year for research and sponsored programs funding, receiving $123.5 million from 392 separate grants, awards and contracts during fiscal year 2021.

Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley announced that he is working to raise consumer awareness about the Emergency Broadband Benefit.

The Mississippi Office of Homeland Security, a division of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, is encouraging the public to participate in national "If You See Something, Say Something" Awareness Day on Saturday.

By Geoff Pender Mississippi Today Legislative negotiators and leaders have agreed on a draft of medical marijuana legislation, and are anticipated to ask Gov. Tate Reeves...

When she graduated from the Chicago Police Training Academy, Mary Eileen Paradis was merely following her family tradition.

While Mississippi was spared the destruction neighboring Louisiana saw from Hurricane Ida, the storm traversed most of the Magnolia State and hard-hit areas on the Coast and in southwest Mississippi are still dealing with the disaster.

As the remnants of Hurricane Ida crawls through and out of Mississippi late Monday through Tuesday morning, officials said the Magnolia State mostly dodged a bullet and made plans to help devastated south Louisiana.

Ida, the historic storm that slammed much of Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday, crossed into southwestern Mississippi as a tropical storm early Monday morning, threatening to dump heavy rains and produce widespread wind damage across the Magnolia State.