Governor Phil Bryant says the state is receiving a $10.6 million federal grant for preschool programs. Bryant announced the grant Wednesday on Twitter. He says it will expand a system developed by his State Early Childhood Advisory Council and the…
Mississippi Highway Patrol says at least five people died on the state’s roads during the New Year’s holiday. Captain Johnny Poulos said that 27 other people were hurt in wrecks from 12:01 a.m. Monday until midnight Tuesday. Troopers investigated 92…
Mississippi has a new standard license plate that includes the state seal with the phrase ‘In God we Trust.’ The new design is being phased in during 2019, replacing one featuring the guitar of blues legend B.B. King. The standard…
Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith was sworn in today on Capitol Hill after winning her seat in the runoff election last month. Hyde-Smith was sworn in on the Senate floor. Afterwards, she took part in a ceremonial swearing in with Senator…
Governor Phil Bryant says he’ll support efforts to reduce the number of Mississippians in prison in the 2019 legislative session. He made the remarks at a meeting on criminal justice reform put on by a coalition of groups that favor…
When Thad Cochran stepped down from his Senate seat in March it left a spot open to fill his shoes. Cindy Hyde-Smith was appointed by the governor shortly after. Now, nearly eight months later, she can officially stay in that…
Cindy Hyde-Smith has defeated Democrat Mike Espy in the 2018 Senate runoff election. News 25's Gabby Easterwood is in Jackson, listening in on what Hyde-Smith had to say.
Cindy Hyde-Smith has defeated Democrat Mike Espy in the 2018 U.S. Senate special election runoff. Image License Photo: United States Senate License Link
Cindy Hyde-Smith voted in Brookhaven, Mississippi today. Neither Hyde-Smith nor Espy received enough votes to achieve an outright victory, leading to today’s runoff election. Hyde-Smith got 41.5 percent of the vote and Espy got 40.6 percent. Following the special election,…
Mike Espy cast his vote earlier Tuesday. Espy faces Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith who has been mired in several racially-charged controversies. “For the people of Mississippi, if I'm lucky and privileged and blessed enough to be elected tonight, I think it's…
Democrat Mike Espy spent one final day on the campaign trail ahead of tomorrow’s runoff election that has suddenly garnered national attention. That after controversial comments by Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith including being captured on tape saying she’d attend a…
Republican Senator Cindy-Hyde Smith faced off against Democrat Mike Espy in a debate in Jackson. Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith was appointed to the Senate in April after Senator Thad Cochran retired. Representatives from Hyde-Smith’s campaign said in a statement: “Mississippians were…
A federal judge has struck down a Mississippi abortion law that is one of the most restrictive in the United States. The Mississippi law bans most abortions after 15 weeks. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves ruled today that it ‘unequivocally’…
The debate between Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy is set for tonight in Jackson. Hyde-Smith was appointed to the Senate in April after Senator Thad Cochran retired of health concerns. Hyde-Smith is challenged by Mike Espy, a…
Former Vice President Joe Biden is backing fellow Democrat Mike Espy in the U.S. Senate runoff election. Biden says Espy promises to protect social security, Medicare, and those with pre-existing medical conditions trying to find health insurance. Espy was Mississippi’s…
President Donald Trump will rally for Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in not one, but two Mississippi cities on the eve of her November 27th U.S Senate runoff election against Democrat Mike Espy. The Trump campaign announced Saturday that it will hold…
Two people are dead and dozens are injured after a bus crashes on a Mississippi highway today. Authorities say the tour bus was headed from Huntsville, Alabama to Tunica, Mississippi when the bus overturned. The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department says…
Mississippi Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith facing criticism for joking about attending a hanging in an online video. The video was posted to Twitter Sunday. It shows Senator Hyde-Smith surrounded by a crowd holding her campaign signs. It supposedly takes place…
The State College Board announced that the chancellor of Ole Miss, Jeffrey Vitter, will be stepping down in January. After serving three years in the university’s top administrative position, Vitter is resigning on January 3rd. He will remain as a…
Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has accepted an invitation from Mississippi Farm Bureau to debate her Democratic opponent Mike Espy on November 20th. Officials say Senator Hyde-Smith’s campaign received and accepted the debate invitation from Mississippi Farm Bureau. The invitation outlined…
News 25’s Gabby Easterwood is in Jackson where both Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith are having their campaign party.
News 25’s Gabby Easterwood is in Jackson where both Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith are having their campaign party.
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann was in Jackson today encouraging voters to go to the polls. Voter turnout across the state is expected to compete with record numbers in the past. Secretary Hosemann expresses the importance of casting your…
A nine-year-old Lee County, Mississippi boy is dead after he was hit by a truck while getting on a school bus in front of his house this morning. Dalen Thomas was crossing the street to get on the stopped school…