Results released Thursday show 40% of students in Mississippi scored proficient or advanced in English/language arts, reading and writing.

Clay Chandler, a spokesman for Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, says he will issue a call for a session to begin Aug. 23.

Federal officials allege Brewer protected an illegal drug dealer for 15 years in exchange for bribes.

Health officials want to remind everyone to use bug spray when out doors, wear light colored clothing and stay away from areas where mosquitoes are present.

This is part of a nation-wide attempt to renovate McDonald’s across the U.S. The chain is investing $6 billion to modernize most of its restaurants by 2020.

Professional wrestler, DeAngelo Williams and N'SYNC founder, Chris Krikpatrick and a few other celebrity guests placed the first bets at Horseshoe.

The prison is the same one from which a convicted murderer escaped for two days in July.

Deaton pleaded guilty in July 2017 in Kansas to attempted first-degree murder and aggravated robbery.

Plaintiffs want a judge to order state officials to redraw the district before 2019 elections.

Spokesman Logan Reeves says the auditor's office has built up expertise in looking for such overpayments and offered assistance to Medicaid.

The defendant faces up to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors also want him to forfeit more than $26 million in financial assets, vehicles and property.

Tellis is accused of killing Jessica Chambers in 2014. She was found in a burning car and later died. The first murder trial ended in a hung jury.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the National Trails and National Wild & Scenic Rivers systems.

Olive Branch police say 14-year-old John Aubrey Peal III turned himself in to a fire station in Illinois on Sunday.

SMW says it will spend $4 million and add the jobs over four years. The company says it's expanding because of new contracts.

Mediation on the contract continues, and the health system will continue providing in-network costs to Blue Cross Blue Shield patients in the interim.

Koch Foods has agreed to take specific actions to prevent future discrimination, including training and creating a hotline.

Director Kathryn Rehner says that continuing funding was cut to $100,000, which is insufficient to sustain the program.

After the first bests are taken by their guests, sports betting will officially be open to the public.