The winners of the 2024 College Savings Mississippi art contest have been awarded. State Treasurer David McRae announced that 12 Mississippi students and one teacher are taking home more than a combined $7,000 worth of scholarships courtesy of their submissions … Continued
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has issued an initial damage report from Thursday’s severe weather that swept across the state. According to MEMA, one person in Rankin County was injured. Homes were damaged in Hinds, Lowndes, and Rankin counties … Continued
Mississippi officially has a new funding formula for K-12 public education. Republican Governor Tate Reeves’ signature on House Bill 4130, or the Mississippi School Funding Formula, has enshrined a new mechanism to determine how to allocate money to public school … Continued
A Copiah County woman is in legal trouble for fraudulently receiving money from a federal food assistance program. The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) reports that Ashley Johnson was served an arrest warrant by authorities in mid-April after an … Continued
A Biloxi man could be receiving the death penalty after being found guilty of killing his two-year-old stepson. Joseph David Heard, 40, and Hailey Leann Heard, 24, were first taken into custody in January 2022 on charges of felony child … Continued
The conviction has been upheld for a Jackson woman who killed another woman with her car. Back in 2017, Brittany Carter purposefully struck Chornell Mayfield with her vehicle, leaving Mayfield in a state of comatose for two years before dying … Continued
Residents of Mississippi’s capital city are being asked to conserve water as power is out at one of the main water treatment plants. JXN Water issued a release Friday morning following a severe round of weather that swept through central … Continued
A Mississippi man is reported to have passed away at a job site in Bruce. Calhoun County Sheriff Greg Pollan confirms that Dennis Bennett died while operating a large piece of equipment at the Weyerhaeuser sawmill on Highway 9 in … Continued
Following Thursday night’s severe weather, thousands of power outages are being reported across Mississippi. As of 5:30 a.m., the lights were still out for over 58,000 customers. Counties with the most outages: Rankin – 20,443 Hinds – 9,743 George – … Continued
Sunshine is expected to help kick off the weekend in Mississippi. Here’s your forecast for Friday, May 10, from the National Weather Service. Northern Mississippi While temperatures won’t be as high as the earlier parts of the week, more consistent … Continued