Mississippi’s public universities saw an increase in fall enrollment in 2023 compared to numbers from the same period last year. Fall enrollment for 2023 is 77,074 students, a 1.8 percent increase, partially due to record-breaking freshman classes at Ole Miss … Continued
College basketball is just around the corner and the preseason All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) team has been released with two Mississippi players featured on the list. Mississippi State center Tolu Smith (First Team All-SEC) Though the Bay St. Louis native suffered … Continued
A Mississippi couple will spend time locked up following an investigation into a drug distribution operation in Lauderdale County. Multiple agencies executed three separate search warrants in east Mississippi which led to the arrest of 39-year-old Richard Lee Harris and … Continued
A Flora man has been found guilty of first-degree murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle following a three-day jury trial in the Madison County Circuit Court. Jakeviyon Hunter, 22, was sentenced by Circuit Judge Dewey Arthur to serve life … Continued
The state of Mississippi has been the recipient of nearly $7 million in grant funding from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office. In all, a total of $6,972,455 in awards will be distributed across … Continued
Two Jackson businessmen have been sentenced for their roles in defrauding investors in a timber investment scheme out of millions of dollars. Attorney Jon D. Seawright, 51, and lobbyist Ted Brent Alexander, 58, are accused of forming a scheme to defraud … Continued
A man has been arrested for his involvement in two inmates escaping from the Lowndes County Jail on Tuesday night. Steven Jennings was taken into custody and charged with conspiracy to commit a crime one day after the escape was … Continued
Ole Miss has a HUGE game in Oxford this weekend with Texas A&M. So what’s “at stake” for the Rebels? We talk about that and give three keys to a win. The post Rebel Report podcast: What’s at stake this … Continued
A new round of applications for Mississippi’s wild hog control program is now open. Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson announced that the application period will close on November 15 and all landowners and property managers in the state are eligible to … Continued
New evidence has surfaced in the murder case of a Jackson State student showing that one of the suspects might not have even been in the capital city when the shooting took place. Police initially arrested Joshua Brown, a student-athlete … Continued