Abandoned boat found in Mississippi River leads to discovery of body, police say
On Saturday, May 4, Arkansas conservation officials notified authorities of a body found in the water near Blytheville, ...
From dummy bill to Hail Marys: How Mississippi’s Medicaid expansion efforts failed
Mississippi legislative session gaveled open in January, it appeared to be the start of a new era. Many Capitol observers ...
University of Mississippi opens student conduct probe after confrontation between Black student and counterprotesters
The University of Mississippi has opened a student conduct investigation after actions of “hostility and racist overtones” ...
Mississippi State coasts past Alabama again to secure series win
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State’s post-national championship doldrums the last two seasons were primarily the result of a lack ...
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3 millionaires in 3 months: Player wins big on $1 slot at this Mississippi Coast casino
The Mississippi Gulf Coast now has three new millionaires in as many months after a lucky person won more than $1.2 million ...
Mississippi’s First Serious Bid to Expand Medicaid Collapses
State lawmakers failed to reach a compromise, dashing hopes of extending largely free health care to most low-income ...
Mississippi Republicans revive bill to regulate transgender bathroom use in schools
Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature has completed a last-ditch effort to revive a bill to regulate transgender people’s ...
Mississippi city councilman pleads guilty to selling fake CBD products in stores
A federal probe said Robert Leon Deming III, who serves on the Biloxi City Council, sold illegal synthetic cannabinoids ...
Congressman appears to praise University of Mississippi students, including one making monkey gestures, who taunted a lone Black Gaza protester
Rep. Mike Collins appeared to praise University of Mississippi students, including one who made monkey gestures, for abusing ...
Medicaid expansion effort collapses in Republican-led Mississippi Legislature
Mississippi is one of the poorest states and has some of the worst health outcomes. Some business leaders, clergy members and ...
University of Mississippi: ‘abhorrent’ counter-protesters condemned
Largely white, male group taunts pro-Palestinian protesters on campus and one man makes racist gesture towards Black woman ...