Mississippi’s longest-serving mayor has announced that she has been undergoing treatment for cancer. Mayor Mary Hawkins-Butler, Madison’s leader of 43 years and the second-longest-serving female mayor ...

Eleven Mississippi high school band members were taken to the hospital due to heat-related illnesses suffered during band camp. Officials with the Tupelo Public School District confirmed that the ...

It’s no secret that Ole Miss alum Harold Burson, co-founder of public relations powerhouse Burson-Marsteller, was the driving force in helping former university chancellor Robert Khayat get rid of ...

Lawmakers refused to increase an infamous prison’s funding. Then, chaos erupted Understaffed, underfunded and plagued by gang violence, inmates in Mississippi’s Parchman prison have been living in ...

A lake popular for water sports and camping is now the place for potential disaster. A dam failed at Archusa Creek Park in Quitman just around sunset Sunday. The National Weather Service issued a ...

Mississippi officials hope that a $1.5 billion bio-refinery plant will break ground as early at 2023, bringing hundreds of jobs to the state. Officials in southwest Mississippi said Velocys could ...

One person was airlifted after an 18-wheeler and a pickup truck collided on the Mississippi interstate Monday morning. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, the wreck occurred near the 61-mile ...

One of Mississippi’s iconic estates, including seven buildings, 15 bedrooms, 13 full baths, and four half baths on 40 acres has been sold. The historic Canemount Plantation Inn has been sold in a ...

A former University of Mississippi Medical Center doctor has been indicted stemming from alleged incidents with teenage patients. A Hinds County Grand Jury has indicted Dr. Mehul Dixit on 25 counts ...

The Lafayette County Metro Narcotics Unit, with assistance from Lafayette County Sheriff’s Dept., Oxford Police Dept., The University Police Dept. Mississippi Attorney General Office, Mississippi ...

A Mississippi woman was injured while trying to escape the flames of a boat fire on an Alabama lake Sunday evening. Officials from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Marine Patrol Division report ...

A call from a worried mother in Arkansas led to the swift arrest of a Mississippi man on domestic violence charges after officers located the man’s vehicle and performed a high-risk traffic stop with ...