MDE looks to take over Noxubee School District
The Commission on School Accreditation is set to meet on July 18, 2018, to discuss taking over the Noxubee County School District. The meeting is...
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State gains over $80M at end of FY2018
by Alex Paton
July is the first month of Fiscal Year 2019 for the state of Mississippi and in the past two months, the revenue report for the...
One inmate still at large after four escape Leake County
by Alex Paton
Three of the Four inmates have been captured after they escaped from the Leake County jail. Sheriff Greg Waggoner said the inmates escaped between 8:30...
Number of jobs outweighs workforce
by Alex Paton
Mississippi is seeing unemployment numbers lower than they have been in decades and Mark Henry with the Department of Employment Security said that while Mississippi...
Shad White sworn in as State Auditor
by Alex Paton
Shad White has been sworn in as the 42nd State Auditor of Mississippi. White was selected by Governor Phil Bryant to take over after State...
$7.6M in FEMA grants make Mississippi safer
by Alex Paton
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, Cindy Hyde-Smith, and Congressman Steven Palazzo announced the approval of $7.3 million to construct eight additional safe rooms in Forrest County. ...
Featured Mississippi Blood Services needs your help
It is an annual trend for blood donation numbers to decrease in the summertime because schools are out and people travel more, and that is...
Tips to keep energy bills low this summer
by Alex Paton
It’s summertime in Mississippi and heat indices are breaking triple digits. Entergy Mississippi says that for every degree the thermostat is lowered below 78 degrees,...
First case of West Nile Virus reported for 2018
The Mississippi State Department of Health has confirmed that the first case of West Nile Virus in Mississippi for 2018 has been diagnosed. According to...
What Mississippians want: early voting, automatic registration
by Alex Paton
Mississippians support several potential policy changes to help improve the state’s electoral process, including the expansion of early voting and automatically registering eligible voters upon...