Four thousand and two hundred Mississippi National Guard soldiers of the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team have received orders to mobilize in support of Operation Spartan Shied. Operation Spartan Shield is a combined forces contingency operation designed to deter and…
Two children were injured Friday from a ride at the South Mississippi State Fair in Laurel. A fair representative said a seven-year-old girl fell out of a ride called “Up, Up, and Away” when the seat became loose. The girl…
State wide “Excellence for All” school gradings are in for the 2017 school year. Coast school districts fared well. Ocean Springs was the highest rated school district on the Coast, joined by Long Beach and Biloxi with a grade of…
The trial may be over, but Jessica Chambers’ mom still wants justice for Jessica. Lisa Chambers shares her frustration over her daughter’s mistrial. Quinton Tellis was accused in the fiery death of the 19-year-old, but jury members could not agree…
A Mississippi school is shedding the name of the Confederacy's only president and will instead be named for the first African-American president of the United States. Davis International Baccalaureate Elementary School in Jackson was named decades ago for Jefferson Davis.…
It is official: a former state senator from South Mississippi is now serving as a judge with the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Sean Tindell was sworn into his new position earlier today after resigning from his state Senate seat on…
Top Republicans coping with a razor-thin majority as they try pushing a partisan agenda through the Senate are running smack into another complication: the sheer age and health issues of some senators. On Monday, the office of ailing Senator Thad…
Sean Tindell is hanging up his hat as state senator for District 49. Senator Tindell is officially resigning from his position with the Senate after serving as a state senator since 2012. Tindell is in Jackson right now and will…
A man suspected of killing or wounding people in Mississippi, New Mexico, and Kansas has been sentenced in Kansas. Alex Deaton was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison and ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution for shooting a Pratt…
This afternoon a mistrial was declared in the case of a Mississippi man charged with burning a woman to death. Jurors initially said they found Quinton Tellis not guilty of capital murder in the death of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers. However,…
A sickness is causing U.S. Senator Thad Cochran to postpone his trip to Washington D.C. Brad White, chief of staff to Senator Cochran, says the senator developed a urinary tract infection in a statement that says in part: “after a…
The man charged with burning a Mississippi woman to death told an FBI agent he was miles away buying a debit card when she was set on fire. That agent, Dustin Blount, testified Thursday in the trial of Quinton Tellis…
A doctor says 19-year-old Jessica Chambers who was found alive with severe burns in Mississippi, but later died from her injuries suffered so much damage to her mouth, throat and chest that she would have had trouble clearly saying words.…
A new chief federal prosecutor for the southern half of Mississippi has taken office. Mike Hurst was sworn in as U.S. attorney for the southern district of Mississippi by U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan. Hurst, the unsuccessful 2015 Republican nominee…
The trial of a man charged with burning a 19-year-old Mississippi woman to death nearly three years ago is set to begin today. Opening statements are scheduled Tuesday in the trial of 29-year-old Quentin Tellis in Batesville, Mississippi about 50…
Mississippi residents could vote on a state lawmaker’s plan that would raise taxes and fees to pay for renovations to roads and bridges. On Monday, Mississippi Central District Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall announced the bill Republican State Senator Dean Kirby…
The controversial house bill HB 1523 is now in effect across Mississippi. The measure went into effect after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lower federal court ruling striking down the law as unconstitutional. HB 1523 specifically allows…
Tomorrow marks the day of the enactment of House Bill 1523 in the state of Mississippi. For the LGBTQ community, this could be a problem. News 25’s Tanner Stewart has our story. What has been known as the most sweeping…
Jury selection is set to start in the case of a Mississippi teen who was set on fire and left to die. A badly-burned Jessica Chambers was found alongside her car in northern Mississippi in December 2014. The 19-year-old died…
A Mississippi Delta ophthalmologist is being charged with defrauding the state-federal Medicaid program. Dr. Harold Peltan, a 50-year-old Cleveland resident, was indicted on 17 counts on fraud Tuesday in Bolivar County. Attorney General Jim Hood says Peltan turned in fake…
The U.S. Supreme Court is giving Mississippi more time to respond to a lawsuit that challenges the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag. The court says Monday that attorneys for Governor Phil Bryant have until October 18th to respond.…
Both inmates who escaped from a Mississippi prison are back in custody. The Mississippi Department of Corrections says 41-year-old James R. Sanders and 22-year-old Ryan Young were both. The two men escaped late Sunday or early Monday from the Mississippi…
A jailbreak in Mississippi ends with the escapees busting back in and being busted by police. All because they wanted a side hustle behind bars. Three of the accused escapees yesterday denied on camera hopping a fence at the county…
The search is still on for two inmates who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. The two prisoners went missing late Sunday night or early Monday morning. Forty-one year-old James Sanders and 22-year-old Ryan Young should be considered…