Lawmakers on Thursday finally passed a $7.1 billion state budget to fund government agencies, but it wasn’t a master class in ...

The House pulled an all-nighter then left Jackson, leaving the Senate to either concur with bills it sent … or lump it. The ...

The conservative incumbent, Ashby Foote, is facing stiff competition as Ward 1, the city’s whitest ward in wealthy northeast ...

The House pulled an all-nighter then left Jackson, leaving the Senate to either concur with bills it sent … or lump it. The ...

Senators expressed frustration with the House of Representatives leaving Jackson early Thursday morning before both chambers ...

A Scott County Grand Jury meeting this week in Special Session continued  “for further investigation” the one case they were ...

Local news coverage is critical for a strong and vibrant community. Unfortunately, local publications are dying because of ...

“Reliability is a critical component of our mission to serve customers during any weather event,” said Kamisha Quates, ...

Barbara Daves Arnold passed away on May 28, 2025. She was born on Aug. 21, 1935 to Robert Ward and Willie Daves and grew up in Greenwood. Later, she married David Walker Arnold and had one daughter, ...

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Education Secretary Linda McMahon today agreed to work together to reach a long-sought goal of allowing students to use Pell Grants funding to finance short ...

Shamarion Rashawn Lee Ellis, 5, graduated from kindergarten. He will join his classmates in the first grade at McCoy Elementary School. He is the son of Shanunterra Ellis and the grandson of Edith ...

Melanie Davis Hardy of Bentonia, a sixth-grade science teacher at Yazoo County Middle School, has been named a 2025 National STEM Scholar, one of only ten middle school science teachers selected from ...