The Ole Miss men’s basketball team has now lost three straight games — the most in the first half of the regular season in the Chris Beard era in Oxford. On Tuesday, the Rebels were bested by Miami by a score of 75-66 in the SEC/ACC Challenge, marking the first non-conference loss in the SJB Pavilio
The final two seats of an election year in Mississippi that included 17 legislative seats on ballots statewide were decided Tuesday night with Justin Pope and Kamesha Mumford being voted into office in Senate District 24 and Senate District 26, respectively.Pope will represent portions of Leflore, P
The Conerly Trophy bragging rights belong to Ole Miss for the second straight year with Rebel quarterback Trinidad Chambliss being named the top college football player in Mississippi on Tuesday night.Ahead of the 2025 campaign, the idea of Chambliss even being considered for the award would have du
It’s official — Ole Miss will appear in its first-ever College Football Playoff, barring a completely unprecedented move by the committee that determines which teams will compete for a title. Rebel fans can also take a breath of relief, knowing their favorite team is still in the driver’s seat to ho
The Sojourn 250, an American flag set to fly in every state and territory before next Fourth of July, was raised above the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion in Jackson on Monday afternoon.The flag’s trek through the U.S. is part of official semiquincentennial celebrations, honoring the incoming 250th a
It’s been over a decade and a half since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill happened, spewing more than 130 million gallons of BP-owned oil into the Gulf of Mexico across 87 days. What’s considered the largest maritime spill in history resulted, five years after, with Mississippi, Louisiana, Alaba
Mississippi has secured yet another major economic development project with a $316 million terminal facility coming to Pascagoula.The Mississippi Development Authority announced Tuesday that bulk liquid storage and logistics services provider BWC Terminals, which already has a footprint in the area,
The man who killed former University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee will spend 40 years in prison.Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. was handed his sentence on Tuesday in the Lafayette County Courthouse. Herrington, on Monday, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and tampering with evidence
Bralan Womack, the top high school safety and the No. 2 overall prospect in Mississippi, flipped from Auburn to Mississippi State on Monday.The five-star from Hartfield Academy made the announcement to stay in state on Monday. He went to social media and wrote, “I’m home,” paired with a dog and a ho
Air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID will be charged a $45 fee beginning in February, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.The updated ID has been required since May, but passengers without it have so far been allowed to clear security with additional screening and a wa
You’ve blinked, and the high school football season in Mississippi has neared its conclusion but not without championship games crowning title winners from each of the state’s seven classifications.While the MidSouth Association of Independent Schools has already held its title matchups, the Mississ
Three men were rescued from a boat that had become stuck in a Mississippi lake on Black Friday.Officials with the Bolivar County Emergency Operations Center confirmed that a team was dispatched to DeSoto Lake after receiving a report that a boat had been stuck in the mud, stranding a trio of unident
The Mississippi Highway Patrol has concluded its Thanksgiving enforcement period, reporting over 6,000 citations issued and two fatal crashes.From Nov. 26 at 5 p.m. through Nov. 30 at midnight, state troopers were out in full force to ensure extra safety, according to Capt. Criss Turnipseed.Turnipse
Special election runoffs are happening in some parts of Mississippi with voters in over a dozen counties asked to head to the polls on Tuesday, Dec. 2.After a majority of 17 legislative seats on ballots this year were decided on Nov. 4, two state Senate seats remained without a clear-cut winner. In
Clinton native Jacob Dillard recently shared what it meant to step onto one of country music’s most iconic stages after making his Grand Ole Opry debut as the pedal steel guitarist for Walker Montgomery’s band.For Dillard, who grew up learning piano and guitar in Mississippi before moving to Nashvil
Ole Miss and Mississippi State’s quarterbacks, Trinidad Chambliss and Kamario Taylor, have been heralded by the Southeastern Conference for their Egg Bowl performances. Chambliss was awarded SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week and Taylor got the nod for SEC Freshman of the Week.Chambliss, in the Reb
A north Mississippi grandfather is behind bars after allegedly attempting to pull a gun on a school resource officer.Law enforcement authorities reported that the incident happened on the campus of Alcorn Central in Glen on Monday morning when a student’s grandparent arrived. Police added that the u
One of the founders of the Mississippi-based telecommunications and technology company C Spire has passed away at the age of 91.Wade H. Creekmore died Nov. 28 at his home in Ridgeland, “in the arms of the love of his life, wife, and caretaker extraordinaire, Betsy,” according to his obituary. Creekm
The Ole Miss football team’s historic season will continue without head coach Lane Kiffin on the sidelines. According to a Sunday afternoon announcement by Kiffin, the Rebel frontman’s time in Oxford has come to an end as Kiffin is pursuing a new venture at LSU.No. 7 Ole Miss capped off its first-ev
With an opportunity at hand to secure the program’s first-ever Sun Belt championship appearance, the Southern Miss football team couldn’t find enough production on Saturday afternoon, falling at home to Troy 28-18.Southern Miss (7-5, 5-3 Sun Belt) had a chance down three points with just over three
Mississippi may soon require hunters to report every deer they harvest, a move lawmakers and wildlife officials say would provide essential data to better manage the state’s deer population and monitor chronic wasting disease.Most states in the country mandate deer harvest reporting. A bill expected
With Thanksgiving now in the books, why not immediately turn our attentions toward Christmas? Mississippi is home to plenty of snow-globe towns, and even in the places you wouldn’t necessarily think should be the setting of a Hallmark movie, there are light shows set up each year that truly help bri
Danica Hart, formerly the lead of chart-topping country trio Chapel Hart, recently embarked on a solo career and has now released her first studio single.“Amazing Grace” dropped Thursday on all streaming platforms. It may have the same name as the often-remade hymn. However, it’s not an exact cover,
The annual Christmas by Candlelight Tour will return to Jackson a little over a week from now.On Friday, Dec. 5, from 4 to 8 p.m., the tour presented by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History will be open with stops at the Two Mississippi Museums, the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion, the
