The Alcorn County tax collector has stepped down from his position after pleading guilty to attempting to defraud the government on Friday. Larry Ross entered a guilty plea to one count of false representations to defraud the government in Lee … Continued
Jim Butler, the husband of Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler, has passed away at the age of 74. Hawkins Butler posted the news to Facebook on Friday night. According to WAPT, Butler died of natural causes. Butler began his professional … Continued
Longtime Republican lawmaker Rep. Mac Huddleston has passed away at the age of 79. Huddleston, who had represented Pontotoc since 2008, had been battling multiple myeloma. The news of his passing was announced in the obituary section of The Daily … Continued
Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to intensify into a Category 3 hurricane, bringing life-threatening surges and flooding to Florida when it hits later this week. Forecasters expect the storm to become a hurricane on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico, … Continued
Northern Mississippi Mostly sunny with a slight chance of thunderstorms through this evening. Highs will be in the upper 80s, with lows tonight in the upper 60s. Central Mississippi Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms through … Continued
An offseason unlike any other before it at Mississippi State comes to an end today, as Game Week is finally upon us. Brian Hadad and Robbie Faulk look back at the months since the Egg Bowl, the untimely passing of … Continued
Shuwaski Young, the Democratic Party’s candidate for Mississippi’s secretary of state’s office, has announced plans to withdraw from the election. Young, who was running on the platform of improving the state’s election process and investigating Mississippi’s $77 million public welfare … Continued
Diddy has fulfilled his promise to Jackson State. The “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper presented a $1 million check from the Sean Combs Foundation to JSU Football during Saturday’s Cricket MEAC-SWAC Challenge Kickoff in Atlanta, Ga. RELATED: Jackson State begins … Continued
T.C. Taylor’s debut as Jackson State’s head football coach began with a dominant 37-7 revenge win over South Carolina State in front of a national audience. Questions surrounding how JSU would perform in a post-Deion Sanders era were answered during … Continued
Alligator hunting season is officially underway in Mississippi and a new state record has already been broken. On Saturday, four hunters captured what the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks is confirming as the longest-harvested alligator in state history. … Continued