College football is slowly but surely returning.That return is evidenced by conferences beginning to outline who they think will be star players in the upcoming campaign. On Tuesday, the SWAC, which features three Mississippi schools, did just that.The 2026 SWAC preseason awards featured a Jackson S
Thalia Mara Hall announced Wednesday its first Broadway series since 2024.Jackson’s concert hall will host six different shows as part of the 2026-2027 Broadway in Jackson Season. The announcement comes after a hiatus dating back to Thalia Mara closing down in August 2024 due to microbial issues in
A suspect shot by Biloxi police officers following a multi-agency chase has died from his injuries.Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer confirmed to several outlets that Malcolm Matthews, 39, of Biloxi, died July 3 at the University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile. Switzer said Matthews s
Fresh off of winning the first softball national championship in program history, Pearl River Community College’s Christie Meeks has landed a new opportunity at South Alabama.South Alabama head coach Becky Clark announced Wednesday that Meeks will be joining her Jaguar staff as associate head coach.
The late former Southern Miss women’s basketball coach Joye Lee-McNelis is now a member of the Conference USA Hall of Fame.While the Golden Eagles are no longer a member of the CUSA, Lee-McNelis spent 18 of her 21 seasons at Southern Miss leading teams that competed in the conference. She coached he
Who says a losing lottery ticket is always a loser? Not the Mississippi Lottery Corporation.MLC officials announced Wednesday that it awarded $1.8 million through its 2nd Chance promotional drawing held a day earlier.Of the winners, who will be notified by mail in the coming days or weeks, a Clinton
Mississippi’s tax-free weekend could be a boost to local stores, the National Federation of Independent Businesses says as it encourages residents to take advantage of the break by shopping local rather than from national or multinational corporations.“Mississippi’s back-to-school sales tax holiday
Currently, the closest Dave & Buster’s locations to Mississippi residents are in Memphis, New Orleans, Mobile, and Birmingham. But a vote by the Ridgeland Mayor and Board of Aldermen on Tuesday night cleared the way for the popular restaurant-arcade chain to open its first Mississippi location.Mayor
The Blue Front Café was named as one of the top 50 best local restaurants in the country by Only In Your State.The American-focused travel and discovery outlet attempts to uncover hidden gems in the U.S., namely off-the-beaten-path places like Blue Front.Only In Your State’s list includes one restau
The family of Nolan Wells has retained famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump as the investigation into the Ocean Springs teenager’s disappearance and death continues.The body of Wells was found on Horn Island Monday morning after the 18-year-old went missing when visiting the barrier island with fri
After a mass shooting in Centreville left two people dead and seven others wounded, a reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of those responsible.Southwest Mississippi Crime Stoppers announced the reward Tuesday, four days after the shooting near Best G’s Store
Super Bowl-winning defensive end Breeland Speaks is returning to his hometown as a member of T.C. Taylor’s staff at Jackson State.The university’s athletics department announced Tuesday afternoon that Speaks will be a defensive analyst and outside linebackers coach for the Tigers. He will help guide
A new Mississippi law allows the death penalty for those convicted of certain child sex crimes.Senate Bill 2821 went into effect on July 1 after passing overwhelmingly in both chambers of the state legislature and being signed by Gov. Tate Reeves during the 2026 session.The legislation, authored by
A Tennessee man has been ordered to spend 30 years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old from Mississippi.Terry Dewayne Macon, 29, was handed the sentence by Chief U.S. District Judge Debra Brown on Monday. He was charged with transporting a minor across state lines to engage in sex and was f
Mississippi Christian University is easing the pathway for Millsaps College students to earn a law degree one year quicker than normal through a new partnership.The two private schools reached a memorandum of understanding on Monday, creating a pathway to law school initiative to streamline the acad
A Lamar County man was found dead in a lake on Monday.Stacey Graves was first reported missing at 9:40 p.m. on July 4 and was last seen leaving in his Jeep from a family barbecue, according to the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office.Once Lamar County officials responded to the scene of the last sighting o
Florida-based manufacturing company Jabil is expanding its Marshall County footprint with a $119 million investment that is expected to bring 2,200 new jobs to north Mississippi.After announcing it was opening a $70 million x-ray sterilization site near Byhalia in September 2025, the company has exp
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks is opening a new public hunting area in the Delta.The hunting grounds, called the Alligator Wildlife Management Area (WMA), will expand outdoor recreation opportunities in Mississippi while also allowing the MDWFP to continue its partnersh
A special scholarship has been set up to give Itawamba Community College students an incentive to transfer to Delta State University.Delta State alumni Dr. John Arnold and his wife, Janice, created the Itawamba Community College Transfer Student Scholarship to expand higher learning opportunities f
SEATTLE (AP) — The United States’ hopes for a deep World Cup run at home ended when Charles De Ketelaere scored twice and assisted on another goal, helping Belgium expose the Americans’ defensive liabilities in a 4-1 win Monday night that earned a quarterfinal berth.While the U.S. was boosted by the
The Mississippi Bar is looking to prohibit embattled former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens from practicing law within the state.In a complaint sent to the Mississippi Supreme Court, the Mississippi Bar cited Owens’ indictment on federal bribery charges and recent guilty plea as justificat
The Leake County School District has confirmed that one of its employees is facing a child sex crime charge.Superintendent Will Russell did not identify the employee or the individual’s role within the district but confirmed that a district employee had been charged with grooming of a child. A sourc
After a body was found Monday morning on Horn Island, the family of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells say it is his.“His father, our family, friends, and I are absolutely devastated,” Wells’ mother, Christine Wonsley, wrote on social media. “My heart [is] broken for my sweet son who was always willing
The Jackson bribery scandal has taken a wild turn one week before trial was set to begin, with former mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and councilman Aaron Banks reaching plea agreements.Both Lumumba and Banks were indicted in 2024 and initially pleaded not guilty in connection with the scandal where they
