Mississippi Rep. Kevin Felsher is one of five state lawmakers nationwide to win a Mental Health America award for championing policies to reform the state’s troubled...
The board of the Jackson Public School District approved a plan Tuesday night to close 13 school buildings, with one board member dissenting. In October, JPS...
The Mississippi State Board of Education has named Mississippi native Lance Evans as the next state superintendent. Lance Evans was named the new state superintendent of...
The board overseeing Mississippi public universities failed to pass a series of policy changes in November that would have increased its oversight of off-campus degree programs...
A federal judge will decide whether to approve another injunction to prevent state appointments to a new, separate court system in Jackson set to go into...
Melvin Jones, a 64-year-old native of Cleveland, was in his 30s when he was diagnosed with diabetes. He knew he was at an increased risk because...
The high school football season is in the history books, which means it’s time for the best, biggest and fastest to decide where they are going...
At Jackson State Deion Sanders smiles as he holds the Orange Blossom Classic trophy after winning an NCAA college football game over Florida A&M on Sunday,...
Mississippi welfare officials for years directed federal funds intended to serve the state’s poorest residents to suspicious causes such as a university volleyball stadium, drug rehab...
For the first time in a court filing, a key defendant in the Mississippi welfare scandal is alleging that former Gov. Phil Bryant was behind the...
