A two-week operation in Mississippi has yielded 61 arrests connected to a statewide crackdown on child exploitation.Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, alongside Homeland Security Investigations Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matt Reidell, Southern District U.S. Attorney Baxter Kruger, North
A Biloxi man was sentenced to life in prison following a murder in 2024 involving a dispute over a game of dominoes.According to three eyewitnesses during the trial, 60-year-old Julius Taylor Jr. and Jerome Overton, a cousin of next-door neighbor Rodney Dabney, were playing dominoes on Taylor’s fron
“Hamilton” star Leslie Odom Jr. is bringing the spotlight to Starkville for his headlining performance in Mississippi State’s 2026-27 Lyceum Series.Mississippi State University announced on Monday that Odom Jr.’s concert will be at the Bettersworth Auditorium in Lee Hall on Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m., ma
The preseason accolades keep coming for Trinidad Chambliss and Kewan Lacy.On Monday, the Ole Miss quarterback and running back were added to the Maxwell Award watchlist. The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the top college football player.A familiar face, Chambliss was a semifinalist for the M
The Ellis Theater is looking to raise money through two upcoming concerts with one of country music’s biggest names.Officials at the theater in Philadelphia announced Monday that Lainey Wilson will perform twice on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Showtimes are set for 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. inside the 500-seat v
An Alcorn State University professor exposed over 30 of his students for using artificial intelligence to write a portion of their midterm.Jason Gibson went viral on TikTok after posting a video on July 20 explaining how 32 of his 35 students failed a portion of the midterm after they used AI to wri
An investigation is underway after skeletal remains were discovered at an abandoned building in Jackson.The Capitol Police Department said in a press release that officers were called at around 3:43 p.m. on Sunday to assist Jackson firefighters with a scene on Gallatin Street where a small fire had
Former Jackson State defensive back Levi Wyatt died in a Friday night car crash.Wyatt, 23, was in an accident around 11:40 p.m. near the intersection of North State Street and Belhaven Street, Hinds County Coroner Jeremiah Howard told The Clarion-Ledger. Wyatt’s vehicle left the roadway, overturned,
The Big Ten and Southeastern Conferences agreed Friday night to support a Senate bill that seeks to regulate college sports, ending a breakneck week of negotiations and pulling the bipartisan measure out of what looked like a certain death spiral.School presidents from both conferences voted to back
A man has passed away from a heat-related illness, Leflore County coroner Debra Sanders announced Thursday.The unidentified 49-year-old male is reported to have died at Greenwood Leflore Hospital. Though details surrounding the man’s passing remain slim, officials say his death is the first of its k
Elon Musk-founded SpaceXAI is removing all of the temporary mobile turbines being used to power a $20 billion data center in DeSoto County, the company announced.The move comes as SpaceXAI, formerly SpaceX and xAI, has reached an agreement with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to
A years-long investigation by the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau has led to federal charges and a prison sentence for an Indianola man.The investigation began in November 2022 after the theft of an airplane engine from a farm hangar. According to the Mississippi Department of Agr
A state of emergency has been declared for Yazoo City and a curfew is in effect following a Wednesday night shooting, Mayor Macklyn Austin announced.“There is nothing funny about gun violence until it becomes personal,” Austin said on social media. “It’s easy to laugh, criticize, and make jokes unti
A group of officials representing Mississippi have launched a regional partnership to crack down on fraud.Organized through the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, seven Mississippi officials will work with counterparts from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North C
The Egg Bowl is one of college football’s most heated rivalries and features two fanbases with no love lost between one another. But while Ole Miss and Mississippi State fans talk trash at workplace water coolers, in text group chats, or on social media, the faces of both programs have formed a bond
A Tupelo Walmart worker is behind bars for allegedly embezzling thousands of dollars.The Tupelo Police Department said officers responded to the Walmart Neighborhood Market at 316 S. Gloster St. on July 15 regarding an employee who allegedly embezzled more than $11,000.Following its investigation, T
A Greenwood man has been sentenced to federal prison for robbing a bank in 2025.According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi, 48-year-old Earl Blue will spend over 16 years in prison after he robbed a local bank at gunpoint – a crime he had previously pleaded guil
A former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy involved in a major drug trafficking bribery scheme that ensnared 20 individuals, including two sheriffs, has been sentenced to prison time.Ex-Sunflower County sheriff’s deputy Marvin Flowers will spend more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guil
Grammy award-winning comedian Nate Bargatze is headlining Mississippi Christian University’s bicentennial gala, school officials announced.Bargatze, a New York Times bestselling author, podcaster, director and producer, will speak at the A.E. Wood Coliseum on MC’s Clinton campus on Sept. 29. The eve
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Taysom Hill, a former BYU quarterback who evolved into a productive multi-position player for the New Orleans Saints, has announced that he won’t be returning to the team with which he spent his first nine NFL seasons.Whether Hill — the only player in the NFL’s Super Bowl era to a
With the high school football season right around the corner and extreme heat continuing, the Mississippi State Department of Health is urging schools, student-athletes, and parents to be mindful of preventable head and heat-related injuries.Schools are encouraged to require pre-participating physic
Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell is calling for a pay raise for Mississippi state troopers.Tindell, in a Wednesday appearance on Mornings with Richard Cross, said he advocated for upped compensation for state troopers during the most recent legislative session, but was ultimatel
Embattled former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens can no longer practice law in the state of Mississippi.Though Owens surrendered his legal license earlier this month, the Mississippi Supreme Court formally disbarred him on Wednesday. The ex-district attorney currently awaits sentencing con
Millsaps College’s incoming return to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference after 15 years in the Southern Athletic Association was a decision made not only for the school’s athletics, but mostly to boost its enrollment.According to Millsaps Athletic Director Justin LeBlanc, the conference swi
