The new Mississippi State flag unifies the state and represents growth. Today, the City of Moss Point raised the new flag for the first time. ‘In God we Trust,’ now flying over Moss Point City Hall, history in the making…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will fly a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase “In God We Trust,” with voters approving the design Tuesday. It replaces a Confederate-themed flag state lawmakers retired months ago as part of…
JACKSON, Miss. (WXXV) — The Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag has selected the Magnolia Flag, now known as the "In God We Trust" flag, as the design to be voted on in November. Earlier this year, Mississippi retired…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A commission on Wednesday is choosing a single proposal to replace a state flag that Mississippi retired because the 126-year-old banner included the Confederate battle emblem that's widely seen as racist. One of the top designs…
A commission has whittled down a list of proposed designs for a new Mississippi flag from nearly 3,000 to 147. The commission will choose the final five designs on Friday. Designs eliminated include those with beer cans, crawfish, Elvis, and…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A state official says the people have already submitted about 600 ideas for a new Mississippi flag without the Confederate battle emblem. Department of Archives and History director Katie Blount…
Jackson, Miss. – Under the terms of House bill 1796, Speaker Philip Gunn has selected his appointments to the Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag. Robyn Tannehill, mayor of Oxford, Mississippi. “Robyn’s background as a businessperson in the marketing…
Mississippi officials held a ceremony today to retire the former state flag, a day after Governor Tate Reeves signed a new law to remove it from the state. The new law required a ceremony for the ‘prompt, dignified, and respectful…
With the removal of the former Mississippi state flag and the demand for the removal of all Confederate monuments in Gulfport, News 25 reached out to Beauvoir. Beauvoir is the former home of the president of the Confederate States, Jefferson…
JACKSON — Tonight, Governor Tate Reeves held a ceremony to sign House Bill 1796, which retires the current Mississippi state flag and creates a commission to design a new one that will be voted on in November. Delivering brief remarks, Governor Reeves…
After the Mississippi Legislature voted to adopt a new state flag without the Confederate battle emblem Sunday, the bill now needs approval from Governor Tate Reeves to move forward. Today at 5 p.m., Governor Reeves is holding a ceremony to…
The legislature voted to adopt a new state flag that will no longer carry the Confederate battle emblem. The bill now needs the signature of Governor Tate Reeves. Governor Reeves has stated that he is going to sign the bill.…
When it comes to the Mississippi state flag being on the right side of history is a very divisive topic, but one place everyone seems to agree is in between the lines. Today, leaders across the board from college athletics…
When it comes to the Mississippi state flag, being on the right side of history is a very divisive topic, but one place everyone seems to agree is college athletics. This morning, more than 50 athletic directors and coaches from…
An advocate for keeping the current state flag shared with News 25 today her reasoning behind supporting a state flag with a Confederate emblem. Deborah Simpson is an African-American woman that believes this battle between keeping the current state flag…
Governor Tate Reeves is saying for the first time he might not stand in the way if legislators remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag. Legislators need a two-thirds majority to vote on a bill because it’s late…
Jackson, Miss. — The below is attributable to Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann: “I rise before you today to discuss the flag of our State. This discussion is not prompted by fear of loss of economic development, although virtually every economic developer…
As controversy continues in the state of Mississippi over the state flag, major groups are beginning to speak out and call for change. Today, the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges unanimously voted to support changing the state flag. In a…
Mississippi’s largest religious group says state lawmakers have a moral obligation to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag because many people are ‘hurt and shamed’ by the symbol. The Mississippi Baptist Convention has more than 500,000 members…
Conference USA announced Monday that it is prohibiting all of its championship events from taking place in the state of Mississippi until the Confederate emblem is removed from the state’s flag. According to our media partner, the Sun Herald, the…
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is ordering the Mississippi flag to be replaced by the American flag at Liberty State Park in Jersey City. The Democratic governor signed an executive order removing Mississippi’s flag citing the Confederate emblem that overlooks…
Let it fly, that’s the statement from the Trump campaign regarding the Mississippi state flag. Our flag is the only one missing at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia after protesters calling the flag racist sat in the street until…
A federal judge says the Confederate emblem on the Mississippi flag is “anti-American” because it represents those who fought to leave the United States. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves is not yet saying whether he will fully consider a lawsuit…
One state flag...garnering polarizing points of view. "I see division," says Lea Campbell, who wants to see the confederate emblem removed from Mississippi's state flag. "I see division among our citizens, and it doesn't have to be that way." On the…