Today MSDH is reporting an additional 1,278 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 18 deaths. These deaths occurred between August 19 and October 18. Mississippi's total of COVID-19 cases is now 499,838, with 9,957 deaths.
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Police have released the name of a third man wanted in a shooting that wounded two adults and three teenagers outside a high school football game in Alabama. Mobile police said Monday that they have five…
Long Beach Police will hold its annual Night Out Against Crime from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Long Beach Town Green on Jeff Davis Avenue. This is a free event featuring food, drinks, fun and games. There…
WALNUT, Miss. — Police are investigating after a 45-year-old white man was severely injured after he was shot during a weekend exchange of gunfire with Mississippi Highway Patrol officers. The shooting occurred Sunday near the small community of Walnut in…
The body of Pascagoula Fire Captain Jacob Latch was brought back home today. Thirty-eight-year-old Captain Latch passed away last week after losing his battle to an aggressive form of…
The Fort Bayou Drawbridge in Ocean Springs will be temporarily closed Tuesday, October 19, through Thursday, October 21, from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. The bridge will be open to traffic between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m. Crews will be…
The Gulfport Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing person, Thomas Claude Adams, of Gulfport, MS. Adams is described to Police Officers as a white male, 58 years old, he is 5’07” and 185 lbs. Adams…
The University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Professional Nursing Practice has made substantial changes in the Nursing RN-BSN program to boost students’ marketability and expand their opportunities for leadership in nursing, all while decreasing the hours needed to graduate. These…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Police in Alabama say a 19-year-old man has been arrested in a shooting that wounded five people near a stadium where a high school football game was being played. Mobile police said Jai Scott of Semmes,…
WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, the first Black Secretary of State, died Monday due to complications from COVID-19, his family said in a statement on Facebook. Powell, 84, was fully vaccinated from COVID-19, his family said. Powell…
A Gulfport man will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of Charles Johnson. District Attorney W. Crosby Parker said Friday that Adisa Jemel Braziel, 35, pleaded guilty to…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The head of the Mississippi Supreme Court is extending a emergency order that allows judges to postpone jury trials to try to slow the spread of COVID-19. The extended order by Chief Justice Mike Randolph remains in place…
The MolinaCares Accord (“MolinaCares”), in collaboration with Molina Healthcare of Mississippi, teamed up with football Hall of Famer and three-time Super Bowl champion Jerry Rice, a Crawford native, to launch a television and digital advertising campaign to help encourage Mississippians…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A nonprofit law firm announced a new project Thursday to help low-income Mississippi families hold onto inherited land, an effort that advocates say would build wealth and preserve biological diversity by promoting…
Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating a Tuesday night hit-and-run that left a bicyclist in serious condition. MHP on Tuesday responded to a crash on Highway 613 in Jackson County. Troopers said Eric Olsen, 45, of Moss Point, was riding his…
A Jackson County man will spend 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual battery and touching a child for lustful purposes. Cory William Skalla, 44, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery and one count of touching…
MERIDIAN (AP) — Three people are dead and an infant wounded after a shooting in Meridian. The gunfire happened Tuesday afternoon at a home on 17th Street, Meridian police said. Officers found that two of the men had been shot…
Pascagoula Police report that a train engine has derailed, creating traffic delays in part of the city. Police tweeted early Wednesday morning, "Please be advised that Pascagoula Street is impassable at the railroad tracks, due to a train engine that…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday that he and legislative leaders are continuing to negotiate changes in a proposal to create a medical marijuana program, including putting tight limits on how much of the medicine one person could…
JACKSON, Miss — The Mississippi auditor is demanding repayment of $77 million in misspent welfare money in one of the poorest states in the nation. This includes $828,000 the auditor is seeking from retired NFL player Brett Favre and an…
The state Auditor's Office has issued demands for more than $77 million in welfare funds that were misspent, according to an audit conducted by the office. Among those who were issued demands to return funds are Hall of Fame quarterback…
October 11, 2021 – The American Red Cross continues to experience an emergency blood and platelet shortage that has caused the blood supply to drop to the lowest post-summer level in at least six years. With less than a day’s…
AUSTIN, Texas — The Biden administration urged the courts again to step in and suspend a new Texas law that has banned most abortions since early September, as clinics hundreds of miles away remain busy with Texas patients making long journeys to…
LAFITTE, La. — Hurricane Ida swept through Louisiana with furious winds that ripped roofs off buildings and storm surge so powerful it moved homes. What it wrought on the living it also wrought on the dead, moving vaults and caskets…