Featured Tobacco tax dies in House committee
While the use of tobacco products remains the number one cause of preventable death in Mississippi, a broadly supported policy to create a $1.50 per...
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Featured Final defendant sentenced in Delta drug trafficking operation
An investigation was launched after multiple fatal opioid overdoses and hospitalizations in the Mississippi Delta. The 12th defendant in the case has now been sentenced...
Featured Mississippi GOP chair talks legislative session, upcoming Senatorial race
by Alex Paton
News Mississippi sat down with Lucien Smith, Chairman of the Mississippi GOP to talk about the current legislative session and the upcoming Senatorial race. After...
Featured Third suspect in Frazier murder to be tried as an adult
The third suspect in the Kingston Frazier murder case will be tried as an adult and has been served with an indictment. D’wan Wakefield has...
Featured Community honors soldiers with early morning send off
by Alex Paton
More than 4,000 Mississippi National Guard soldiers are leaving their homes for a year as part of Operation Spartan Shield. The 155th Brigade, based out of...
Featured Governor announces appointments to IHL Board
Governor Phil Bryant has announced his four appointments to the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. Dr. Steven Cunningham, Jeanne Luckey,...
Featured BRIDGE Infrastructure bill passes House, heads to joint committee
by Alex Paton
By a vote of 103-6, the Mississippi House of Representatives passed a version of the Building Roads, Improving Development and Growing the Economy Act (BRIDGE)...
Featured 19 gallons of liquid meth seized on I-20 in Rankin County
by Alex Paton
Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said that around 1:15 a.m. on March 8th, 2018, Rankin County Interdiction Deputy Robbie Sanders conducted a traffic stop on...
Featured Make-A-Wish Mississippi’s Wish Challenge is almost over
Make-A-Wish Mississippi needs your help this week as their Wish Challenge comes to an end. The Wish challenge is a radio challenge where their goal...
Featured Cotton farmers to receive funds to offset economic hardships
by Alex Paton
U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker are praising Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s decision to take administrative action to help maintain and expand cotton production...