Mississippi Prisons do not allow photos to be taken during an inmate's visitation hours and one local woman is trying to change that. A Photoshop picture is the closest thing to picayune resident Jennifer Bynum’s has to a real photograph…
There will be a new way the state board of education assign grades to schools and school districts. The board voted to approve the new scoring level system Thursday. Last month the board discussed a potential plan to assign A's…
The man accused of killing two nuns in central Mississippi will appear in court this afternoon. 46 year old "Rodney Earl Sanders" is charged with capita murder in the death two Nuns "Margaret Held" and "Paula Merrill" the sisters were…
Developing trade ties with Cuba it's something state leaders are working toward. The Mississippi Development Authority will meet with thouse who work in Cuba's major sectors and industries at the end of October in Jackson, They're set to discuss the…
A local family is willing to do whatever it takes to find their loved one. Tammyetta Spaulding was last seen on September 2nd in Jackson. Her niece Jacqueline lives in Gulfport and is asking the public to help her and…
Parts of eastern Mississippi continue to recover after they were hit by the same devastating flooding that hit Louisiana last month. While Louisiana received national disaster funds from FEMA, places like Wilkerson County and the city of Crosby in Mississippi…
A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit that sought to eliminate the Mississippi flag as a state symbol. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves dismissed the case in a ruling Thursday saying the plaintiffs failed to show the Confederate battle emblem had…
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant is cutting $56.8 million from the $5.8 billion state budget to make up for an accounting error. Republican Bryant announced the cuts Wednesday, just over two months into the budget year. He trimmed spending rather than…
The tragedy continues families of five victims brutally murdered in a Citronelle, Alabama home. Over the weekend, the house in which a south Mississippi man is accused of killing the victims burned down. two weeks after five adults and an…
Gov. Bryant speaks out after Mississippi State University officials decide to take down the state flag across campus. In a strong statement, Bryant says Mississippi’s public universities are teaching disrespect for state law by removing the state's flag, with its…
Donald Trump's presidential campaign has not yet turned in paperwork for the republican nominee to be listed on the Mississippi ballot this November. The secretary of state's office state there's a Sept. 9 deadline to submit forms. Paperwork must be…
Police in a small Mississippi city say they have discovered the bodies of two Catholic nuns. The women were found in their home and authorities believe they are homicide victims. Police were called to check on the nuns when they…
Donald Trump is set to speak in Jackson today. This will be Trump’s third time to the state this year. Reports are the Republican presidential candidate will be in the Magnolia state trying to garner votes, but more importantly for…
Thousands of South Louisiana flood victims continue to apply for disaster assistance, but residents of two Mississippi communities have learned they are not eligible for assistance. A MEMA spokesman tells the Natchez Democrat that the damage in Crosby and Centerville…
Bad news when it comes to Mississippi ACT testing scores. Mississippi act scores fell drastically in the first year all public school seniors took the test. 2016 high school graduates in Mississippi made an average composite score of 18 point…
An Alabama sheriff says the suspect in the slaughter of five adults was armed with an axe as he attacked them in their sleep, using the weapon to strike one of his first victims in a reclining chair and then…
A Mississippi man attempted to fly to Syria to join ISIS is scheduled to be sentenced today on terrorism charges. Muhammad Dakhlalla of Starkville pleaded guilty in March to one count of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist…
Governor Bryant responded to the injunction on Facebook saying quote. "I am encouraged by the court's decision and look forward to continuing to fight this absurd overreach by the federal government. Like I have repeatedly said Mississippi schoolchildren should not…
Transgender students to use the restroom of their choice, the judge for the northern district of Texas granted a nationwide injunction late yesterday temporarily blocking the guidance from the Obama administration covering student in public schools. Thirteen states, including Mississippi,…
In the first year of a new standardized test, officials say Mississippi students fared roughly the same or a little better than on the previous test. Results released Thursday by the Mississippi Department of Education show about one-third of students…
At least five killed, thousands rescued after a rare flood event that dropped more than two feet of rain in Louisiana. CNN's Jennifer Gray reports.
Mississippians who were killed in a small airplane crash near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, have been identified. Memphis defense attorney Steve Farese identified his Nephew Dr Jason Farese and his wife, Dr. Lea Farese, both were dentists in Oxford. The piper pa…
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards is asking the federal government to declare a major disaster for his state. Governor Edwards requested for President Barack Obama to make the declaration. Four parishes fall under the declaration including East Baton Rouge but…
Historic flooding in southern Louisiana has forced thousands of people to flee their homes. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards says at least 7,000 people have been rescued so far and about 1,000 cars were stuck on interstate 12 for over…