Mississippians will make their way to the polls tomorrow to cast their votes in the Congressional Primary. Tuesday June 5th, primary voters in Mississippi will select general election nominees for one U.S. Senate seat and four U.S. House seats. For…
A drug proven to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose is now available by request directly from a pharmacist at all Mississippi pharmacies. According to the state department of health, pharmacists are now permitted to dispense by request the…
Mississippi’s top election officials say a ‘disappointing’ number of absentee ballots have been requested for the June 5th party primaries for U.S. House and Senate. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says that in a state with 1.8 million registered voters,…
One person died in a wreck on Mississippi highways during the Memorial Day holiday period. According to Mississippi Highway Patrol Spokesman Captain Johnny Poulos, on Monday 79-year-old Ida White of Louisville was hit while trying to cross the four lanes…
Deputies arrested two people in connection to a body found in a freezer inside a home in Lamar County Tuesday. The man’s body was discovered by a family member and neighbor. Two persons of interest were taken into custody for…
A U.S. Air Force training jet has crashed in northeast Mississippi with both pilots ejecting safely. Columbus Air Force Base officials say in a statement that the T-38C Talon 2 crashed about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. The plane went down near…
Mississippi’s new standard license plate will display the state seal that includes the phrase “In God we Trust.” Republican Governor Phil Bryant unveiled the new design Thursday on Twitter. It will be available beginning in January. The current Mississippi plate…
A first-term Democrat in the Mississippi House says he is running for lieutenant governor in 2019. Rep. Jay Hughes of Oxford said Thursday that the state needs to improve public education, highways, and mental health services. The 54-year-old attorney and…
Candidates are getting lined up for the Mississippi U.S. Senate race. Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton has just qualified for the November 6th special election race. Cindy Hyde-Smith was recently sworn in to serve the remainder of Thad Cochran’s term, but…
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith announced that the state of Mississippi has been awarded a $3.58 million grant to fight the opioid crisis. The Mississippi Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services will use the Opioid Response grant to build on…
Thousands of Mississippi National Guard members are training for deployment. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is pushing to ensure they know when to vote in upcoming elections. His office is sending four thousand wallet-sized cards with voting deadline information to…
During statewide testing today, some Mississippi testing sites experienced intermittent connectivity at some point between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Online testing resumed and was fully functionally at approximately 10 a.m. The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has provided guidance…
The Mississippi Department of Transportation held a ceremony yesterday at its administrative headquarters in downtown Jackson honoring employees who lost their lives in the line of duty. This week is named National Work Zone Awareness Week and MDOT is reminding…
Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith made history today when she was sworn into the Senate as the first woman to represent Mississippi in the chamber. It’s a milestone that strategists hope will propel the former agriculture commissioner and early President Donald Trump…
Mississippi's state Health Department says it has diagnosed a student at the University of Mississippi with tuberculosis. Health officials say they're trying to identify other students on the Oxford campus who may be exposed to infection and plan to…
An Electric Power Association worker trying to restore power following a Tuesday night storm was electrocuted. The Prentiss County Electric Company lineman has been identified as Jamie Guin. He was electrocuted trying to restore power after a tree fell on…
Governor Phil Bryant has set November 6, 2018 as the special election date for United States Senate. The need for a special election arose when former Senator Thad Cochran retired after more than 40 years of service to Mississippi. The…
A federal judge here in Mississippi has extended his temporary block on the most restrictive abortion law in the United States. The Mississippi Law Bans Abortion after 15 weeks. Governor Bryant signed it March 19th. The law took effect immediately,…
Mississippi lawmakers are concluded their 2018 regular session Wednesday by killing a bill that would have set a prison sentence of up to 10 years for making terroristic threats. House Bill 12-64 defined them as threats of violence made with…
Term limits, Obamacare and balancing the budget ... Just a few topics discussed by state Senator Chris McDaniel in South Mississippi Wednesday. McDaniel was the guest speaker at D’Iberville Business Club Meeting at the Scarlet Pearl Casino. He's recently been…
The fate of more than 700 million dollars in BP damages money is still up in the air. A six-person committee of state house and senate members had a deadline of Monday at 8 pm to create a bill but…
Republican Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi has given a farewell speech in the U.S. Senate where he’s the longest-serving current member of Congress. The 80-year-old Cochran is retiring April 1st because of poor health. He says he’s “optimistic about the…
The U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today issued his farewell statement to the Senate during time set aside by the Senate Majority Leader for Senators to recognize Cochran’s service. Cochran (R-Miss.) will retire from the Senate on Sunday, April. 1.…
We will soon have our first female senator in the state of Mississippi. State Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith will take the seat. She is replacing veteran Senator Thad Cochran, who is retiring in April. The announcement was made by Mississippi…