A police officer in Columbus is resigning after video from his body camera showed him berating a black motorist during a traffic stop and saying he could shoot into the car if the man failed to keep hands on the…
A spokesman says Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant will carefully consider whether to declare an extreme emergency in the state’s second largest school district. The State Board of Education voted Thursday to recommend that Bryant make the declaration about Jackson Public…
According to the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor, preliminary calculations by Mississippi Department of Education underfunded the MAEP formula by more than $732,000. In a letter addressed to legislative leaders and Governor Phil Bryant, State Auditor Stacey Pickering outlined…
Today, the Mississippi State Department of Health reports four new human cases of West Nile Virus, bringing the state total to 45 this year. The new cases were reported in Calhoun, Clay, and Lee counties. So far this year, cases…
The Mississippi Department of Education says students fared better in the second year of a new standardized test than they did in the first, especially in math. The results released are from last spring’s Mississippi Academic Assessment Program, the second…
A spokesman says Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant won’t call legislators back to the capitol to consider removing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag. The Legislative Black Caucus says Bryant should set a special session because white supremacists marched…
Six new cases of West Nile Virus bring the state’s total this year to 25. State Health Department officials say the death toll remains at one. The new cases were in Clay, Forrest, Hinds, Leake, Lowndes, and Rankin counties. Hinds…
Mississippi police say they’ve found a three-year-old boy who was taken with a car and he’s unharmed. The search began at midday Monday after Sharon Knight told police that a 17-year-old she identified as Mike sped away in her car…
A Mississippi judge is still denying bail to one of three teenagers charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a six-year-old boy. Madison County Circuit Judge Bill Chapman denied the request made today by 17-year-old Dwan Wakefield who…
Mississippi health officials are reporting seven new cases of West Nile virus, bringing the state total to ten this year. The state health department says three of the new cases are in Hinds County and the others are in Covington,…
The first synthetic spice blends went on sale in the early 2000’s and have since been banned by many state legislations.
A Mississippi father is charged with capital murder after beating his toddler to death while teaching her a lesson on numbers. Meridian police say Joshua Salovich told them he used a bamboo rod and a cell phone cord to beat…
The families of two of the Marines killed in a military plane crash in Mississippi have identified their loved ones as victims of the tragedy. The family of 31-year-old Staff Sergeant Joshua Michael Snowden tells NBC affiliate KXAS in Dallas…
A large military plane has crashed in Mississippi, killing several people on board. The Marines have posted on their Twitter page that the plane was one of their KC 130 refueling aircrafts. Authorities say it took off from Memphis with…
Hinds County Sheriff Victor Mason was in federal court in Gulfport today for a follow up on the county’s jails that are just outside the state’s capital. Since 2015 the facilities have been under investigation for violating prisoner’s civil rights.…
The Mississippi Department of Education will hold a lottery on July 14th to award 58 education scholarship accounts for next school year. The ESA program provides scholarships to parents of students with disabilities who want to remove their child from…
Months after Mississippi’s top tax official proposed requiring large online sellers to collect taxes on internet sales, he still hasn’t enacted the rule. A spokesperson for Revenue Commissioner Herb Frierson says that Frierson is still considering the proposal. Frierson has…
The man in charge of negotiating a settlement to wind down Mississippi power’s coal fueled power plant project says the company has already made proposals. Public Utilities Staff Executive Director Virden Jones said today he believes the unit of Atlanta…
The University of Mississippi will post signs acknowledging that slaves built some structures on the main campus founded before the Civil War. The university made the announcement Thursday, also saying Ole Miss will strip the name of James K. Vardaman…
A five-year-old boy is dead in what law enforcement is describing as an accidental shooting in Winston County, Mississippi. Sheriff Jason Pugh says it happened Tuesday afternoon at a home. That’s where five-year-old Jeremiah Brown and his six-year-old brother were…
Here in Mississippi, the Back the Badge Act is now in effect. This doubles the penalties for those who intentionally harm law enforcement officers, firefighters, or emergency workers. The law expands Mississippi’s existing hate crimes law which enhances penalties for…
A short time ago, Mississippi State University received a time specific bomb threat on its campus. School officials immediately evacuated multiple buildings on campus because of the potential threat. According to MSU’s official Twitter page, students were told to evacuate…
The three teenagers accused of killing six-year-old Kingston Frazier during a carjacking in Jackson were in court today for their preliminary hearings. The case against 19-year-old Byron McBride has been bound over to a grand jury. He will be held…
For the third year in a row, a Mississippi State University student is crowned Miss Mississippi. Saturday night concluded the Miss Mississippi Pageant. Anne Elizabeth Buys was crowned and selected to represent the Magnolia State. She is a native of…