Hayes Patrick and Price Wallace advanced from a field of five candidates Tuesday in District 77 in parts of Rankin and Simpson counties.

Superintendent Maurice Smith says the district is trying to plan for contingencies, but says school's start may be delayed.

The animal welfare group says the dogs and cats were housed "in conditions typically seen in severe neglect situations."

Police officials tell WAPT-TV that the girl was alert and talking.

The original prediction was for about 180,000 visitors the first year.

Candidates run without party labels in Mississippi special elections, although many tell voters their party affiliation.

The suit, filed Monday, asks a judge to declare that Senate District 22 violates the federal Voting Rights Act.

MDOC says Wilson was taken back into custody without incident. Officers from several law enforcement agencies were involved with the search for him.

MHP is investigating the fatal crash.

He also says he wants a spending plan for $700 million in oil spill damage payments.

He replaces Stacey Pickering, who resigned recently to become executive director of the Mississippi State Veterans Affairs Board.

The escapee was serving two consecutive life sentences for the murders of Carmen Dale Edwards and Kenneth Gibson in Biloxi and Gulfport in 2014.

Wilson was sentenced to two life sentences in September 2015 for killing two people in coastal Harrison County a year earlier.

Barbershop owner, Jill Lewie Case, sadly doesn't have insurance and will have to foot the bill for the "unhappy customers."

During the 2017 Fourth of July enforcement period, the patrol investigated 183 crashes with three fatalities.

If you are in the left lane and have a bunch of cars stuck behind you and encounter an officer, chances are you will get pulled over.

The office runs a program to help the state's 82 counties build and maintain roads and bridges that are not owned by the state.

If you know or have seen anything, call the Jones County Sheriff's Department at 601-425-0223.

A number of witnesses already jailed for their parts in Broadus' 2015 death testified to the suspect's guilt.

Lawmakers will decide whether and how to cover the state's share in the 2019 legislative session, months before elections.

First responders performed life saving measures and airlifted him to a hospital, where he died.