Nation Mar 08 Mississippi’s capital city closer to resolving water service after winter storm It's been three weeks since the majority of Jackson homes and businesses lost service during a winter storm that coated parts of the South in snow and ice.
Nation Mar 04 Mississippi governor to sign bill limiting transgender athletes’ ability to compete Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says he'll sign a bill to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls’ or women’s sports teams in the state’s schools and universities.
Nation Mar 03 Water crisis continues in Mississippi, weeks after cold snap Mississippi's largest city is still struggling with water problems, more than two weeks after winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the system.
Politics Nov 04 Mississippi approves flag with magnolia, ‘In God We Trust’ It replaces a Confederate-themed flag that state lawmakers retired months ago as part of the national reckoning over racial injustice.
Politics Sep 18 Mississippi justices reject broad absentee voting during pandemic Mississippi law does not allow absentee voting by all people who have health conditions that might make them vulnerable to COVID-19. That's according to a ruling from the state Supreme Court on Friday.
Nation Sep 04 No 7th trial for Mississippi man freed from prison in 2019 Flowers was convicted four times in the 1996 killings of four people at a furniture store in the north Mississippi city of Winona: twice for individual slayings and twice for all four killings.
Nation Aug 18 Mississippi group narrows new flag design options down to five A group recommending a new Mississippi state flag has chosen five final designs — three with a magnolia blossom, one with a magnolia tree and one with a shield that has wavy lines representing water.
Nation Jul 22 Mississippi civil rights figure Charles Evers dies Charles Evers, the older brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers and a longtime figure in Mississippi politics, has died in Mississippi.
Nation Jul 14 Confederate statue being moved at University of Mississippi A Confederate monument that’s been a divisive symbol at the University of Mississippi is being removed from a prominent spot on the Oxford campus. It will be taken to a Civil War cemetery in a secluded part of campus.
Health Jul 09 Mississippi sees big virus outbreak in state legislature Mississippi is seeing the biggest outbreak of COVID-19 among legislators in any state. At least 1 in 7 Mississippi legislators has tested positive.