The Belhaven baseball team has found a new home for the upcoming season, which begins next month.The Blazers, who compete in the Division III Collegiate Conference of the South, will now take the field at Trustmark Park in Pearl. The professional stadium was announced Friday as the home field for th
A top-25 Magnolia State matchup will be on the docket this weekend as No. 15 Mississippi State is set to welcome No. 21 Ole Miss for what is expected to be a must-watch battle on the hardwood.The Bulldogs (14-3, 2-2 SEC) will enter the contest on a two-game losing streak and look to feed off of thei
After a series of appeals, court hearings, and a long waiting period, Southern Miss basketball’s John Wade III has been granted immediate eligibility via a confidential settlement with the NCAA.Wade, who transferred to Southern Miss ahead of the 2024-25 season from Division II Stanislaus State, was
A jailer in Stone County is now on the other side of justice after allegedly smuggling contraband into a county-owned garbage truck for inmate use.Bryan Rodgers, an inmate work supervisor at the Stone County Regional Correction Facility, is accused of hiding illicit items in the truck. Investigators
A large sum of federal dollars has been allocated to fight nuisance creatures and ailments in the Magnolia StateU.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., announced Friday that more than $667,000 in funding from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been awarded to Mississippi to combat agricultural
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 mi
Aspiring attorneys earning an education at the University of Southern Mississippi can now access an accelerated law school pathway through a new partnership with Mississippi College.A recent memorandum of understanding between the public university out of Hattiesburg and the private college’s law sc
Amid remediation efforts at Thalia Mara Hall, Jackson officials have announced that the downtown theater’s reopening will be briefly delayed.The capital city venue has been shut down since August after mold was discovered in the facility. The city’s indoor air quality assessment confirmed that micro
A Vicksburg man will spend more than three decades in federal prison for his role in a major healthcare fraud scheme.U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate sentenced Laron Evans to a lengthy jail stint after he admitted guilt in conspiring with co-defendant Travious Quinshad Jackson and others to execute
Mississippi’s lawmakers paid homage to the hometown college football champions of its capital city, the Jackson State Tigers, with a resolution passed through the Senate this week ahead of a parade and other festivities Friday evening.The title-winning Tigers were commemorated via Senate Continuing
A bill opening the door for prayer in public schools has been introduced in Mississippi.Oscar Denton, D-Vicksburg, authored House Bill 488 to require local public school boards to designate a period of reflection at the beginning of each school day, during which voluntary student-initiated prayer ca
The Mississippi House of Representatives had one item on Thursday’s calendar – a bill to eventually eliminate the state’s income tax and slash its grocery tax – and after over an hour of debate, enough lawmakers came together to easily approve the package and send it to the Senate.Intentionally file
A settlement has been reached between victims of a deadly propane explosion in Copiah County and a Mississippi gas company one year after the devastating incident.On January 14, 2024, an explosion at a home on Wilderness Road claimed the lives of four people and left two others with injuries.Houston
The entirety of Mississippi will be blanketed in winter weather warnings in the coming days as forecasters are projecting frigid temperatures to cover the state.A cold front blasted the northern part of the state last week, but a bout of wintry weather expected to freeze the Magnolia State from Sund
A new bill introduced in the Mississippi House of Representatives would label child grooming as a crime punishable by up to a decade behind bars.HB 571, authored by Rep. Sam Creekmore, R-New Albany, is also known as “The Juvenile Offender Parole and Rehabilitation Act.” The catalyst for the measure
The Mississippi National Guard will have a strong presence in the nation’s capital on Monday to help secure the area for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.Per a release, 200 soldiers and airmen from the 112th Military Police Battalion, the 172nd Airlift Wing, and the 186th Air Refueli
Mississippi’s leading workforce development agency has appointed a new leader to help meet industry needs.Blaise King, who most recently served as the director of Career and Technical Education and Career Academies for Madison County Schools, has been tabbed by AccelerateMS as the new director of wo
In a departure from President Joe Biden’s order for flags to be flown at half-staff for 30 days following the death of former President Jimmy Carter, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has ordered flags to be raised back up in recognition of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday.Reeves all
Officials confirmed the first surrender of an infant at a Safe Haven Baby Box in Mississippi.The baby was brought to Covington County Hospital in Collins safely and anonymously in late December. Hospital staffers cared for the child, who is now in the care of state professionals legally obligated to
A Georgia woman is charged with trafficking a controlled substance after being arrested in Rankin County on Wednesday.According to a release from the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department, a deputy pulled over 24-year-old Amely Dominguez for failing to travel in one lane on Interstate 20. During the tr
Legislation has been authored to modernize the way first-time voters can register to cast a ballot in Mississippi.Mississippi is one of just seven states without online voter registration. Rep. Zakiya Summers is looking to change that this year. The Democratic lawmaker from Jackson introduced House
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks will soon unveil a new online platform to ease the process for outdoorsmen to access essential services.On February 18, the public will have user-friendly access to purchasing hunting and fishing licenses, renewing boat registrations, appl
An educator at Mississippi State University has earned a historic honor from the White House.Associate Professor Amy Dapper earned the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, making her the university’s first-ever recipient of the award since its inception in 1996.
A round of concert-only tickets will be available for sale to the public Friday for two sold-out shows at the upcoming Dixie National Rodeo in Jackson. Music fans will have a final chance to grab tickets for headline acts Zach Top, who takes the stage on February 13, and Ella Langley, who performs t
