State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney made one big ask of lawmakers this year: $9 million to hire the nurses needed to fully staff county health...
Aaron Lochmann’s mom was driving him home from surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center when he looked at his phone and got what was...
Scientists have released their 2023 forecast for the so-called “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico — predicting it will be around 4,100 square miles this...
JUNE 7, 1875 Portrait of Sheriff Peter Crosby by high school student Michael Neal, winner of a Black History Month Art contest, May 21, 2015. Credit:...
PASCAGOULA — Massive tree branches stretch overhead, shading the small brick house decades past its prime. Rundown with a rotting carport, it shows every bit of...
When Hill Denson became the Southern Miss baseball coach, the USM program had never been to the post-season, had never charged for a ticket, didn’t have...
The president of Tougaloo College, a private historically Black institution in north Jackson, is leaving at the end of this month amid growing unhappiness with her...
TUPELO — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brandon Presley on Thursday called for state leaders to reform Mississippi’s notoriously lax campaign finance laws and expand the role of...
Under a mystic blend of pink lightning and green sky, Victoria Jackson called her daughter in a panic, warning her of the news: A tornado was...
Mississippi, a rural, low-income state vulnerable to a bevy of natural disasters, often looks for federal aid to support its recovery. But many Mississippians who either...