Dr. Tracy Cook has had the interim tag pulled and will be the next president of Alcorn State University, according to a news release. The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) decided on Wednesday to move … Continued
Northern Mississippi Today will be cooler with a chance of showers through the afternoon and highs in the lower 60s. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with the possibility of more showers and lows in the upper 40s. Central Mississippi It … Continued
A massive round of layoffs took place at a Mississippi hospital on Wednesday. According to sources close to the situation, Jefferson County Hospital in Fayette laid off 16 employees as the hospital’s head administrator, Jerry Kennedy, told the board of … Continued
A lot of Mississippians unfortunately have already had their brackets busted as the Mississippi State men’s basketball team fell 69-51 in round one of the NCAA Tournament to Michigan State. After allowing the No. 9 seed Spartans to jump out … Continued
Lawmakers are working to provide some clarity over who actually controls the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s waterfront. In what has been an ongoing battle between elected officials, the secretary of state is lawfully in charge of land subject to ebb and … Continued
The city of McComb is being gifted a $50,000 check by T-Mobile to help establish the McComb Museum of Music. The check, which will be presented to officials through the T-Mobile Hometown Grant on Friday, will transform an existing building … Continued
As the restoration of Mississippi’s ballot initiative process looks unlikely at this point in the session, lawmakers are hoping another year’s worth of time will help put the House and Senate on the same page when it comes to letting … Continued
A Mississippi Gulf Coast inmate didn’t even make it two hours on the run before being caught Thursday morning. Chase Lizana, 25, was at the Harrison County Detention Work Center in Gulfport when he escaped around 8:15 a.m. By 10:15 … Continued
Mississippi will have one congressional primary runoff on April 2, which means in-person absentee will be open for the next two Saturdays across District 2. The race, which features Republicans Ron Eller and Andrew Smith, will put the winner head-to-head … Continued
Hopefully, your brackets are filled out by now because March Madness is here and one team from Mississippi will soon be suiting up to represent the state on college basketball’s biggest stage. Coming in as a No. 8 seed in … Continued