PARCHMAN, Miss (WXXV) - Richard Jordan, Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate and the man convicted of killing a Gulfport woman back in 1976, was executed by lethal injection Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Mississippi Department of…
Mississippi’s longest serving death row inmate is set to be executed by lethal injection Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary at Parchman. However, Jordan’s team has filed another last-minute appeal to the U.S.…
Governor Tate Reeves announced he will not accept Richard Jordan’s clemency petition. Governor Reeves said Jordan’s most recent round of appeals and stay motions have been rejected by the United Supreme Court, Mississippi Supreme Court, and the Court of Appeals…
JACKSON, Miss. (WXXV)- Governor Tate Reeves has been elected as the Southern Regional Education Board’s chair. That election was decided at the board meeting in Atlanta…
There are new details in the ongoing appeals process of death row inmate Richard Jordan, the man convicted of killing the wife of a Gulfport banker in 1976. You may recall Richard Jordan’s execution date is set for June 25.…
Mississippi lawmakers have passed a budget and have adjourned the special session called for that matter. The Senate gave its approval to the budget at the end of day one of the session, leaving it to the House to complete…
JACKSON, Miss. (WXXV)- Both houses of the State legislature are meeting in special session to pass a state budget, nearly two months after the regular session ended. The proposed…
JACKSON, Miss. (WXXV)- The Mississippi Highway Patrol has welcomed 38 new cadets. Cadet Class 69 graduated from the Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy after 18 weeks. Cadets took the…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State on Wednesday announced plans to build a $60 million indoor practice facility with an expected opening in the summer of 2028. Howard Industries of Laurel provided the lead naming gift, and the building will…
By TAYLOR VANCE/Mississippi Today Updated 10:07 AM CDT, April 29, 2025 Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves vetoed eight bills that lawmakers sent to his desk during the 2025 legislative session. Legislators, during their next regular session, could override the vetoes if…
JACKSON, Miss. (WXXV)-The 2025 Legislative Session ended on a messy note with the House adjourning before passing a state budget. The new fiscal year starts July 1. There appears to…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant that claimed a local news outlet defamed him in public comments about its Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting on the misspending of $77 million in federal welfare funds.…
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University hosted a groundbreaking conference exploring the critical intersection of food and agriculture as national security and announced the establishment of the Food and Agriculture as Competitive Statecraft Collaboratory. The event brought together leading experts from the…
JACKSON, Miss. (WXXV)-Governor Tate Reeves says he will sign a historic bill coming across his desk. House Bill 1 eliminates the income tax and also offers tax…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and TAYLOR VANCE/Mississippi Today Updated 9:56 AM CDT, March 19, 2025 The GOP-controlled Mississippi House and Senate passed competing “compromise” plans on Tuesday to eliminate the state income tax and raise gasoline taxes — but the Senate only narrowly passed…
By TAYLOR VANCE and MICHAEL GOLDBERG/Mississippi Today Updated 9:53 AM CDT, March 18, 2025 Mississippi House and Senate leaders on Monday evening unveiled new plans to eliminate the state income tax and raise gasoline taxes — charting a path to more negotiations over…
WALTHALL COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)-Crews continue to survey damage from Saturday’s deadly storms in parts of Mississippi, as people from across the state begin to lend a helping hand. Governor Tate…
A dynamic storm that prompted foreboding predictions of dangerous weekend weather spawned tornadoes, dust storms and wildfires that killed at least 39 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses. The system that brought severe weather and flooding to the central and…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker has introduced the Mississippi River Basin Fisheries Commission Act, a bill designed to enhance fisheries management and environmental quality throughout the Mississippi River Basin. The legislation would establish a federally funded commission to combat the…
HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)-State Auditor Shad White is appealing to the Mississippi Supreme Court as he seeks to get the defamation case filed against him…
JACKSON, Tennessee – Izzy Karns, representing Mississippi, was crowned Miss Teen Volunteer America 2026 on Saturday, March 8, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson, Tennessee. The nationwide service-oriented scholarship competition brought together 50 outstanding teens from across the…
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (AP) — Members of the AirCare flight crew involved in Monday’s helicopter crash in Madison County, Mississippi have been identified. Dustin Pope, 35, of Philadelphia was the base supervisor for AirCare in Columbus and a flight nurse, and…
By TAYLOR VANCE/Mississippi Today Updated 10:11 AM CST, February 25, 2025 The Senate voted Monday evening to pass a tax cut that reduces the state income tax and the sales tax on groceries while raising the gasoline tax, setting up negotiations…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 10:26 AM CST, February 24, 2025 TERRY, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed while responding to a call outside the state’s capital city of Jackson, authorities said. Deputy Martin Shields Jr., 37,…