The Senate Corrections Committee also kept a bill alive to create a Corrections Overview Task Force. Inmates in Mississippi could benefit from a two-sentence bill passed by the Senate Correction ...

Operations are continuing as normal as there is no known ongoing threat at this time,” an Ingalls spokesperson said.

Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said Thursday that he expects those numbers to climb as reporting continues. The ...

Now a resident of Madison, Jasmine has a studio in Yazoo City where she paints four days a week. Every day, however, is a writing day as she is presently working on a novel.

House and Senate Education Committee chairs say they intend to continue the push for salary increases for educators this session.

Long Beach Police Chief Billy Seal says the new 35-year service requirement that went into effect March 1 is a barrier for recruitment in all public service positions.

Advocates argue that smaller businesses are forced to send the identical waste materials out of state, mainly to Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas at great cost. The Senate Energy Committee passed a House ...

Another bill would allow the University of Southern Mississippi to selloff about 600 acres of property. The Mississippi Senate Universities and Colleges Committee used strike-all amendments to House ...

Columnist Sid Salter says Eagle Scouts remain special not because the world has changed, but because the requirements—and the values behind them—haven’t.

Mayor Will Prudie expects that the project will inject millions per year directly into not only the City of Clinton’s budget but also the Clinton Public School District as well as Hinds County.

City Grocery isn’t simply a restaurant. It’s where celebrations begin, and long conversations stretch past closing time, where locals sit beside visitors, and nobody feels out of place. There are ...

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