Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame announces 2025 class
The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame announced its 2025 class on Tuesday afternoon, featuring eight new names set to be inducted next August. The list...
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Mississippi-based Dirt Cheap closing all stores after parent company files bankruptcy
by Caleb Salers
Sad news for discount shoppers in Mississippi. Hattiesburg-based retailer Dirt Cheap will be shutting the doors to all of its locations. Channel Control Merchants, the...
Mississippi brother, sister arrested for unemployment scam
by Caleb Salers
A pair of Mississippians are now behind bars for an unemployment benefits scam. State Auditor Shad White announced on Tuesday that special agents from his...
State health department launches new mobile app to ease public access to services
by Caleb Salers
The Mississippi State Department of Health has launched a new mobile app to give the public easier access to medical services and resources offered by...
Retrial set for Brookhaven white men charged with firing upon Black FedEx driver
by Ben Milam
After a mistrial was declared last August in the case involving a white father-son duo who are accused of shooting at a Black FedEx driver...
MHSAA: Allegations received of high school football teams using illegal electronic devices
While direct communication between the coaching staff and the quarterback is now allowed in college football, the memo that the practice is still illegal may...
Canton man gets 40 combined years for stabbing gas station owner, drug charge
by Ben Milam
A Canton man has received a prison sentence of 20 years after pleading guilty in Madison County Circuit Court to the stabbing of a gas...
Lt. Gov. Hosemann recognizes schools with high attendance rates
As Mississippi continues to battle chronic absenteeism inside schools, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann is taking some time to recognize schools where the issue isn’t as...
Monroe County woman busted for committing SNAP fraud
by Caleb Salers
A Monroe County woman has been taken into custody for defrauding a federal food assistance program. A SNAP fraud investigation conducted by the Investigations Division...
School bus driver arrested in Jones County on meth charges
A school bus driver was one of three people arrested in Jones County on charges related to meth. Daniel Anderson, 72, was charged with trafficking...