Mississippi News

The first hearing was held on a court challenge to the controversial House Bill 1020 in Mississippi.

As House Bill 1020 moves towards becoming law, the first court hearing took place, where the judge said it was the most important case he's worked on.

An August trial has been set for two white men in Mississippi who are accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver in Brookhaven, Miss.

A Brown-led research team compared boil-water alerts and unexcused absence rates in Jackson's public schools to show the wide-ranging negative effects.

Researchers in Mississippi recently stumbled across fossilized bones of a giant ground sloth that could be more than 100,000 years old.

Gov. Reeves has more than $9 million in the bank, his campaign announced. Opponent Brandon Presley also announced record fundraising.

Santos' exaggerations and fabrications about his life rapidly elevated the freshman lawmaker's national profile while drawing legal scrutiny.

Longtime Mississippi lawmaker Earle Banks has been charged with willfully making a false statement on a tax return.

Food Depot, located in West Jackson plans to close and residents will have to travel across town for groceries.

Carmen J. Walters, President of Tougaloo College, said the claims against her by an alumni group are false and that group does not reflect the alumni as a whole.

A list of Jackson waterways that have been deemed unsafe for human contact.

Law enforcement authorities say a Mississippi Highway Patrol vehicle has struck and killed a 27-year-old pedestrian.

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for several Mississippi and Arkansas counties due to a potential failure at the Arkabutla Dam on the Coldwater River.

Carroll sued Trump for defamation, saying he lied about a 1996 sexual assault in a New York City department store and disparaged her character.

Former Clarion Ledger reporter Anna Wolfe, now reporting for Mississippi Today, won a Pulitzer Prize for local reporting.

William Carey University will be using a $20 million grant to establish a new medical institute. See what it is building next.

Shad White released a report detailing a "dangerous financial situation" for Jackson, including details on the remaining Siemen's settlement funds.

City Councilmember Kenneth Stokes has called for a no-confidence vote in interim Public Works Director Robert Lee.

The funding will go to eight universities across the Southeast. The partnership aims to inform communities about their environmental hazards.

A DeSoto educator was arrested last week on multiple sex crime charges involving minors.