Mississippi State News

COVID vaccine to be available for all Mississippi residents

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — All Mississippi residents will be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine starting Tuesday, Gov. Tate Reeves said. “Starting tomorrow, ALL new appointments will be open to ALL Mississippians,” Reeves tweeted Monday. “Get your shot friends - and…

Mississippi inmate death

A Mississippi man convicted of child exploitation has died after being taken from a prison to a Jackson hospital. Sixty-three year-old Vernon Williams was pronounced dead Saturday at Merit Health Central. Williams pleaded guilty to child exploitation…

What’s inside the $1.9T COVID-19 bill passed by Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a sweeping pandemic relief package over Republican opposition on Wednesday, sending it to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The milestone political victory would provide $1,400 checks for most Americans and direct billions of…

Two arrested for human trafficking in Lauderdale County

On Thursday, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation conducted an undercover human trafficking operation in Lauderdale County, resulting in the arrest of two men and the recovery of four trafficking victims. Forty-three-year-old James T. Boylan and 52-year-old Guy Hammonds…

Two inmates die in Mississippi prisons

The Mississippi State Department of Corrections says autopsies will be done on two inmates who died during the past week. Quintez Hodges was pronounced dead Saturday at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. He was sentenced to death in September…

Conservation bill heads to Mississippi legislature

Legislation creating an outdoor conservation trust fund has cleared committee work in the Mississippi Senate and now heads to the body for consideration. House Bill 1231 creates a 12-member Board of Trustees appointed by the governor and…