New research from the University of Mississippi suggests that telling stories – from ancient campfire tales to modern-day digital communication – may be tied to how human memory evolved.   It also ...

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves and Mississippi Treasurer David McRae today announced that S&P Global Credit Ratings has improved the state’s outlook from “negative” to “stable.” The announcement ...

My transplant coordinator, Anna, called around 7 the night before surgery,” Wade said. “I thought she was calling to change my labwork time, which I thought was odd given it was after her normal ...

Robert St. John says some bridges get you to the other side while others change the direction of everything. Two years of planning a year-long trip collapsed in a single sentence at a Volvo dealership ...

Cooperation has been in short supply for the last three years, as the Republican leadership of the two chambers has sparred over nearly every major issue, including the budget.  The 2026 Mississippi ...

Advocates say state leaders must address Mississippi’s 11-month child care crisis but warn the $15 million would only alleviate a fraction of roughly 20,000 households on a waitlist.

Leflore County consistently leads the nation with one of the highest gun homicide rates This is the first story in a series about gun violence in the Mississippi Delta.

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Mississippi is on track to increase spending on prisons for the coming fiscal year, a spike attributed to its medical care contract and rising payments to private prisons, according to a top budget ...

Governor Tate Reeves said the residents of the state are praying for those deployed in harm’s way in the Middle East.

Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced the recent sentencing of Pamela Latrice McNutt, 44, for one count of Embezzlement by a Public Official. McNutt stole nearly $150,000 in funds from the City of ...

He will always be remembered as one who tried to get the races to come together,” said Constance Slaughter-Harvey.  Pioneering pastor and civil rights leader John Perkins left the world Friday, but ...