A pair of Grammy-winning groups are joining forces on a new tour, one that will include a stop in Mississippi this September.Salt-N-Pepa and TLC announced their It’s Iconic Tour on Monday. The tour will include 34 stops across 22 states and Canada, with the lone Mississippi performance set for Sept.
Mississippi yacht rockers are in for a big treat this year with legendary band The Doobie Brothers set to make two stops at local venues.The Grammy Award-winning, platinum-selling legends – inducted into both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame – will take the stage at the
Ole Miss returned to the D1Baseball rankings this week, as Mississippi State and Southern Miss held strong in the polls after a good weekend of conference play.The Rebels (19-6, 3-3 SEC) landed at No. 18 after earning a home series win over then-No. 15 Kentucky. A 1-3 record the week prior – includi
Mississippi native Madison Booker scored herself into the record books and Texas into the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament with a dominant showing on Sunday.Booker, a 2023 graduate of Germantown High School in Gluckstadt, scored 40 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and dished five assists with no turno
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Monday in a case from Mississippi over whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.The outcome of the case could affect voters in 14 states and the District of Columbia, which have grace periods for
Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and Southern Miss flushed last week’s rough opening to conference play with series wins this weekend.The No. 6 Bulldogs (20-4, 4-2 SEC) returned home with a vengeance after dropping two of three games at Arkansas one weekend ago. Brian O’Connor’s club got the broom out t
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Amaya Battle hit a tiebreaking jump shot with 0.7 seconds left, lifting Minnesota past Ole Miss 65-63 in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Sunday to reach the Sweet 16 for the first time in 21 years.Battle, who finished with 14 points, 11 rebounds and five assists
Alcorn State saw its season come to an end Saturday afternoon as the Braves fell 73-65 to South Alabama in the opening round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament in Lorman.Alcorn State finished the 2025-26 campaign with a 17-14 record, while South Alabama is now 17-18 and advances to face
Tylertown native Jordan Anthony is a world champion.Anthony, 21, logged a world-leading time of 6.41 seconds to claim 60m gold at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland on Friday. The speedy Mississippian, who recently capped his collegiate career as a wide receiver on the Universit
International Paper announced plans Friday to build a $225 million facility in Rankin County, with Gov. Tate Reeves touting it as a “great way to end the week.”Reeves, who has secured more economic development than any other governor in Mississippi history, was included in the paper company’s announ
The final race from Mississippi’s primary election on March 10 has been called with Ron Eller winning the Republican nomination for U.S. House in the state’s 2nd Congressional District.The Associated Press called the race Friday night – almost exactly 10 days after the polls closed – with Eller at 5
Former professional wrestler Ted DiBiase Jr. has been cleared of all federal charges linked to alleged involvement in the largest welfare scandal in Mississippi history.A federal jury on Friday found DiBiase not guilty of 13 charges connected to allegations that he knowingly and illegally accepted m
A pair of teenagers has been locked up in connection with the January death of a Wilkinson County High School student.Law enforcement officials announced that Kevin Slack and DeMarion McNabb, both 16, were arrested in mid-March related to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day shooting of Enaje Bates. The v
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday revived a lawsuit from an evangelical Christian barred from demonstrating in Mississippi after authorities say he shouted insults at people over a loudspeaker.The high court unanimously ruled in the case of Gabriel Olivier, who says his religious and fre
A Mississippi woman accused of setting fire to her ex-boyfriend’s home could face decades in prison.A Lafayette County grand jury found Batesville native Christina Willis guilty of first-degree arson in connection with a November 2024 blaze that broke out at the home of her ex-boyfriend, Bobby Bryan
Mississippi’s all-time winningest college basketball coach, Steve Knight, is retiring after leading the William Carey men’s team for the past 44 seasons.Knight, a Hattiesburg native and Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer, was named the head coach at William Carey in 1982. In just his second season, th
An investigation into an officer-involved shooting along the Mississippi Gulf Coast is underway.The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is looking into an incident involving deputies with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office and an unidentified subject on Thursday afternoon.Deputies responded to a c
A group of licensed liquor retailers in Mississippi is suing the third-party operator overseeing the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control warehouse amid ongoing processing and shipping delays.The lawsuit, spearheaded by Aloha Wine and Spirits in Diamondhead, accuses Des Moines, Iowa-based Ruan Transpo
It wasn’t too long ago that what is now the city of Gluckstadt was a few scattered neighborhoods, a couple of churches, and mostly hunting land. But now, Mississippi’s newest city is nearly five years old and “absolutely booming,” according to its mayor.Mayor Walter “Bubba” Morrison, who was appoint
The Mississippi State Board of Education has approved a plan to incorporate new classroom policies aimed at building upon recent successes.Mississippi’s new strategic plan for pre-kindergarten through high school education was implemented after officials gathered broad stakeholder input, including a
A 2024 workplace shooting in Marshall County has resulted in the gunman being sentenced to 15 years behind bars on a federal charge.Keena Boyce, 44, of Holly Springs, was sentenced March 13 after previously pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. In addition to the prison time,
A couple of familiar faces now have positions in the Ole Miss football program as Pete Golding continues to round out his inaugural coaching staff.Former Rebel safety Marcus Woodson and former All-American offensive tackle Terrence Metcalf have been added to the staff directory. Woodson, who was hir
A pest that was eradicated from the United States 60 years ago could soon rear its ugly head once again.New World screwworms – flesh-eating, parasitic flies – once threatened livestock, pets, and people across the southern U.S. until being effectively removed in 1966. But a new wave of the flying sp
Some Mississippi farmers got a rare head start on corn planting this year.According to the Mississippi State University Extension Service, some growers began planting as early as the last week of February – nearly a month ahead of the state’s typical mid-March start and “likely a record for the stat
