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
For the first time in program history, it’s safe to say Ole Miss is headed to the College Football Playoff. The Rebels were able to keep outside noise from cracking a strong foundation and capped off an inaugural 11-win regular season, defeating Mississippi State 38-19 in an Egg Bowl rife with story
The MHSAA football playoffs continue with plenty of big games on tap as teams try to make it to the state championship game in their respective classification.Friday night consists of fourth-round games for 1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A. Third-round tilts are happening for 5A, 6A, and 7A, but no matter the cla
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
‘Tis the season for charitable giving. Whenever you go to the grocery store or any other major retailer this time of year, you can expect to see someone with the Salvation Army ringing a bell to spur donations to the famous red bucket. You can also expect to see TV commercials or hear radio ads from
The Southern Miss football team has lost two games in a row, but that doesn’t mean they’re out of the Sun Belt championship conversation.In fact, a win this weekend for the Golden Eagles (7-4, 5-2) over Troy (7-4, 5-2) would clinch the program’s first-ever Sun Belt West title and land Charles Huff a
Letitia Johnson and Kamesha Mumford, both running in a nonpartisan race to fill the vacant state Senate District 26 seat, will go head-to-head in a runoff on Tuesday, Dec. 2.The district encompasses portions of Hinds and Madison counties and includes parts of Jackson, Ridgeland, Edwards, Bolton, and
Maddie Watson, the daughter of Jamie Lynn Spears and niece of Britney Spears, is continuing the family stardom but not necessarily on the screen or in the studio. Rather, Watson recently signed a national letter of intent to play softball at Southern Miss.Watson, currently a senior at Oak Forest Aca
An Alabama woman has been arrested after police in Mississippi found two missing children.On Tuesday, just after 1 p.m., Capitol Police received a tip regarding the location of two juveniles who were reported missing out of Alabama. Officers located the two children near Capitol and Farish Streets i
Ole Miss right guard Patrick Kutas is this year’s Kent Hull Trophy winner, being recognized as the top college offensive lineman in Mississippi.The announcement was made Tuesday by the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and the Kent Hull Foundation. Kutas, a junior who transferred to Ole Miss from Arka
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a plane that potentially crashed in Lake Pontchartrain, La., leaving a flight instructor and student presumed dead.Michael Carastro, the owner of the plane, confirmed to WLOX-TV that the small carrier had departed Million Air in Gulfport on Monday night before l
The polls will be open in under a week with various runoffs, two of which are for state Senate, happening across Mississippi on Tuesday, Dec. 2.Secretary of State Michael Watson, whose office oversees elections, is encouraging all voters with races taking place in their areas to take the time before
The Gulf Coast Restoration Fund Advisory Board recently completed its review of applications and formally submitted a ranked list to the Mississippi Development Authority of projects to be considered for $69 million in remaining funds stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.The money, whi
A man who had been placed on parole after serving time in connection with the 2017 kidnapping and shooting death of 6-year-old Kingston Frazier will spend two decades behind bars for a different series of crimes.Madison and Rankin Counties District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced Tuesday that D’Al
An officer-involved shooting in DeSoto County has left one individual injured.The incident is reported to have occurred on Monday at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Miller Farms Road in Olive Branch. DeSoto County deputies were reportedly responding to a domestic disturbance call at a residence when an u
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Reserve Amier Ali scored 16 points and banked in a 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds left in overtime to help Mississippi State avoid an upset by beating New Orleans 81-78 on Monday night.Josh Hubbard scored 28 points, Ja’Borri McGhee scored 16 points and Quincy Ballard 11 for Miss
The Emmett Till Interpretive Center has acquired the Drew, Mississippi, barn where the civil rights icon was tortured and killed in 1955.Officials with the organization dedicated to is committed to accurately portraying the history and legacy of Till’s death announced that the acquisition was made p
A Mississippi high school football and basketball player was killed in a shooting over the weekend.Officials report that Rajuan Clark Jr., 17, died following a round of gunfire that rang out in the Gloster area on Saturday night. Multiple others were struck in the shooting, but their identities and
Country music star Zach Bryan is making a stop at Davis Wade Stadium in 2026.Officials with Mississippi State University announced on Monday that Bryan will perform in the football stadium on May 2, 2026. The announcement comes less than a month after the university’s athletics department partnered
On Monday, State Auditor Shad White released a report that shows how nonprofits spend money received through the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) from the federal government and administered by the Mississippi Department of Education. The audit shows that the program is following good proc
Southern Miss is this year’s Pensacola Invitational champions as the Golden Eagles cruised to a 70-60 win over UT Martin on Sunday.The most recent victory followed Saturday’s 92-83 win over North Florida. For their efforts on the floor, Tylik Weeks was named the Pensacola Invitational MVP, while Dja
