First Zika cases of 2017 confirmed in Warren County
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports its first cases of mosquito-borne illness of the year. The two travel-related cases of...
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Historic Super Bowl had many Mississippi ties
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The 51st Super Bowl is one that might be impossible to forget. Matt Ryan and the NFL’s best offense jumped out to a seemingly insurmountable...
Black History Month: Mississippi Music
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Black History is a celebration of African American contributions to our culture, and Mississippi boasts a wealth of these contributions. Mississippians were strongly influential in...
Mississippi kids recognized for participation in Promote the Vote
Forty-seven of the thousands of K-12 students who participated in 2016 Promote the Vote activities left the Mississippi Capitol today with a special award from...
UPDATE: Bill would allow for breweries to sell onsite to buyers
The craft beer industry in Mississippi has grown over the past ten years. There are now nine breweries in the state, where in 2004, there were...
Parents Campaign: School choice distracts from problems at hand
This week, News Mississippi has walked you through the various aspects of school choice, from your options to the logistics of making the choice for...
House bill proposes resurrecting the dying art of cursive
You may remember the manuscript pads from school. You’d bring them home each day and show off your new “big letter” and “little letter” skills,...
School choice is there, but more work to be done
Parents, teachers, students and advocates rallied at the Capitol Tuesday to share stories of how school choice had positively impacted their lives, but also to...
Congressmen honor fallen storm victims
It was back to work as usual for many Congressmen in D.C. Monday. But for Congressmen from Mississippi and Georgia, they were returning to work...
Pine Belt tornado damage worse than originally thought
As response crews with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and volunteer groups continue to asses and clean up from Saturday’s EF-3 tornado that heavily...