Some Starkville students are showing their Mississippi pride by singing the state song, "One Mississippi." The song was designated as the official state song in 2022 through a bill signed by Governor Tate Reeves.
A Monroe County native retired from his spot as the highest-ranked officer for MHP. Randy Ginn was named Colonel of the Mississippi Highway Patrol in June of 2020.
West Point, Caledonia, Amory, Louisville, Winona, and Vardaman will have the sights and sounds of the season on display on December 4.
County road crews are moving closer to becoming designated as first responders. Lowndes County supervisors passed a resolution supporting the idea.
The Mississippi Supreme Court is delaying a ruling on whether to set an execution date for Willie Manning.
Alabamians will have a little more spending money this Christmas shopping season. Starting December 1, tax rebates will start being issued.
The Mississippi Lottery Corporation today announced the official end date and the 2nd Chance promotional drawing date for eight scratch-off games.
A lawmaker who represents portions of Attala County is set to become the next Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives.
This holiday season, the Mississippi Lottery Corporation reminds everyone to play and gift Mississippi Lottery products responsibly through its participation in the 2023 Gift Responsibly Campaign.
In spite of strides made in economic development across the state, Mississippi has the lowest labor force participation in the country.
A Mississippi state representative avoids jail time in connection with making false statements on an income tax return.
Two counties in the WCBI viewing area will have a runoff election on November 28. In Montgomery County, the School Board District 3 seat will be decided. In Pontotoc County, voters will decide on the Third District Election Commissioner.
Three people were killed on state highways over the Thanksgiving Holiday Travel Period, including a person in Choctaw County.
It is the busiest travel day of the year and the Mississippi Highway Patrol wants everyone to have a safe Thanksgiving holiday.
Dexter Wade received a dignified funeral and burial Monday in Mississippi's capital city, months after he was hit and killed by a police SUV and officials first buried his body in a pauper's grave without notifying his family that he was dead.
Jackson State University will soon have a new campus leader. The Institutions of Higher Learning named Dr. Marcus Thompson as the next president.
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting the state's first confirmed child flu death this season. Health officials did not release where the child lived or the child's age.
Attorney General Lynn Fitch asked the state Supreme Court to lift the stay of execution. Attorneys also asked to have an execution date set within 30 days.
Even with the prospect of rain in the forecast, there are new burn restrictions. The National Park Service is banning campfires and charcoal use on the Natchez Trace Parkway.
People in Mississippi's largest county are demanding answers about why some polling places ran out of ballots and voters had to wait for them to be replenished on the day the state was deciding its most competitive governor's race in a generation.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey took executive action to address fire dangers in the state. Ivey signed a statewide Drought Emergency Declaration, also referred to as a "No Burn Order".
