By ACACIA CORONADO and JIM VERTUNO UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a classroom, “shooting anyone that was in his way,” an official said…
By EUGENE GARCIA and DARIO LOPEZ-MILLS UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Texas governor says 14 students and 1 teacher were killed at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school. He…
Two Waveland men are accused of possessing and dealing drugs near a school. On Wednesday, Waveland Police used a search warrant on a house on Spanish Cove. Police believed the…
Due to the threat of inclement weather in our area, the George County School District has made the decision to dismiss school early on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, for all staff and students. School buses will begin their dismissal routes…
St. Martin High School was on lockdown about 9 a.m. Thursday during 1st block after the school received a report of a student coming to…
South Mississippi superintendents and officials who represent Mississippi school districts attended a meeting with the state auditor to discuss legal ways to spend incoming stimulus money. According to…
The Bay-Waveland School District is asking voters to fund $37.9 million in improvements to schools through a school bond. The school board approved the plan, which now goes before voters…
Biloxi Schools superintendent Marcus Boudreaux sent an email to parents on Tuesday morning informing them that a gun was found in a student's backpack. The email says no threats were made and the weapon was not exposed. It was discovered…
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today recognized 325 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2021, including four schools in Mississippi. Two of the four Mississippi schools are in South Mississippi. The recognition is based on a school’s overall…
Hancock County School District announced over the weekend that two more schools in the district will be closing. East Hancock Elementary and Hancock Middle schools will be closed for 14 days due to a COVID outbreak. This comes after closing…
A second school has announced a two-week closure because of a COVID-19 outbreak at its campus. South Hancock Elementary announced its 14-day closure on Tuesday via a telephone messaging system sent to parents, according to media reports. Stone High School…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves does not plan to issue a mask mandate for schools, even as COVID-19 cases are proliferating…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s top public health official said Monday that the state is seeing a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases in July. “4th wave is here,” Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the state health officer, wrote…
For students in the Gulfport School District, they will be heading back to class in July due to a new year-round schedule. While students in other school districts…
The Mississippi State Department of Health is in the beginning stages of getting COVID vaccines into schools for students and teachers. The determination of if students and…
Jackson County Sheriff's Department is investigating an early-morning incident with a school bus that left an 8-year-old with broken bones. Sheriff Mike Ezell said in a press release that the Vancleave girl was crossing the westbound lane of Jim Ramsey…
A new era is set to begin soon in the Long Beach School District with the appointment of a new superintendent. Dr. Talia Lock discusses the transition and her plans for Long Beach schools. The Long Beach…
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! At Gaston Point’s head start program teachers came together to create holiday bliss for their students return. What better way to come back to school than to be…
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Citing an abundance of caution, Mississippi State University today announced that the start of Spring 2021 semester classes will be slightly postponed from Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, to Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, as MSU continues to monitor the impacts…
As COVID cases continue to surge in our area and their varied impacts on our ability to provide educational services to students has continued to accelerate in recent days. In order to achieve higher levels of physical…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi couple is suing a school district because they say their 9-year-old daughter was told she could not wear a mask with the phrase "Jesus Loves Me." The couple…
(WXXV) — Several school districts in South Mississippi have announced a return to in-person learning after Hurricane Zeta. Here is what we know: Jackson County School District will resume regular class schedule on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Gulfport School District will…
Governor Tate Reeves has nominated two people to fill vacancies on the state board of education, one of them being Gulfport School District Superintendent Glen East. The governor’s office announced Reeves had chosen East and Angela Bass, a former teacher…
Some schools in South Mississippi are closing due to possible severe weather headed our way. The Hancock County School District is closing schools tomorrow, August 24th. This will also include distance learners. The Gulfport School District will run a 60%…