Funeral arrangements for the two children killed in a Lowndes County fire were finalized. 15-year-old Willie Baldwin III and 10-year-old Taeveion Kidd both died after the May 28 blaze.
A vehicle was damaged after a shooting in Artesia. The gunfire happened on Front Street on Wednesday afternoon.
Across the political scale, there is concern. Some voters are concerned about the age and policies of one candidate, and others are concerned about the legal and ethical issues of the other. This is just the tip of the iceberg for voters across the country.
Bulls on Main will be a live event hosting over 25 bull riders in action, sheep riding for the kids, food, and a lot more for the public.
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Pickens County leaders are helping connect businesses that need employees with job seekers in the area.
Baptist churches with women as pastors and in leadership roles, narrowly escaped being banned by the Southern Baptist Convention.
A Lowndes County man was served an indictment from 2021 for a child sex crime. 21-year-old Jacob Gottschalk was indicted by a Lowndes County grand jury for fondling.
Two arrests have been made in the shooting deaths of two Noxubee County natives. The shooting happened on May 1 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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The State Fire Academy is seven weeks of intense training to take on the intense job of becoming a certified firefighter.
Several stakeholders from Mississippi’s agricultural and forest industries met at Mississippi State University. They discussed ways Mississippi State can improve its agricultural and forestry industries.
Mississippi has ranked near the bottom in education for a long time. Over the last decade, the state has inched its way up through the ranks.
The Baptist Memorial Hospital in the Golden Triangle had a ribbon-cutting ceremony to show the new name of the Graduate Medical Education Building.
For the first time in several years, residential and commercial construction is steady throughout Northeast Mississippi.
The Columbus Municipal School District is moving forward with a $36 million bond issue. Board members voted to adopt the resolution authorizing the sale of the bond.
The weather’s not the only thing heating up. Crews from Columbus Fire and Rescue have had their hands full.
The city of Starkville is collaborating with other entities to land grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission and MDOT.
Eupora police have a new way of getting to crime scenes. The department now has a Tesla patrol car. It is the first of its kind in Mississippi.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is ready to welcome a new class of troopers. MHP announced the start of the application process for Cadet Class 69.
A months-long investigation landed a Tupelo man in the Lafayette County Jail. That investigation began on April 15 when Oxford police took a report of a sexual assault.
A popular Lowndes County boat ramp is closed after an industrial accident. A large piece of equipment coming off of a barge is now on the boat ramp at Leroy’s Landing.
Mississippi’s Back to School Sales Tax Holiday will be earlier and longer this year. With more schools following the modified school calendar, the state legislature moved the Tax-Free Weekend up two weeks.
The 2024 Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids County Data Book places the state’s education ranking at 30th in the nation. That’s the highest ever for the Magnolia State.