By JEFF AMY, Associated PressGULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Rocking on his front porch overlooking the Mississippi Sound, former Gulfport Mayor Bil...

The large number of Mississippians with voting rights stripped for life because they committed a disenfranchising felony was a significant f...

A panel of lawmakers on Monday heard from national education officials who whole-heartedly encouraged them to expand school choice in Missis...

Health officials in Mississippi have declared a public emergency over the state’s rising infant mortality rate, which is the highest it’s be...

Mississippians can no longer access the Bluesky app after the social media platform blocked access to users in the state.Bluesky said on...

Veteran editors Bobby Harrison, Geoff Pender and Emily Wagster Pettus recall the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and a monumental special leg...

Police in Mississippi have confirmed that beloved comedian Reggie Carroll was killed in a shooting that took place last Wednesday. He was 52...

Baltimore-based comic Reginald “Reggie” Carroll died after a fatal shooting in Mississippi, according to Southaven Police, CBS reported. He...

Mississippi's infant mortality rate nearly double the most recent national average of 5.6 deaths per 1,000, according to the state Departmen...

ARLINGTON, Virginia, 22 de agosto de 2025 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- El 21 de agosto de 2025, el Departamento de Salud del Estado de M...

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 21, 2025, the Mississippi State Department of Health declared a public health emerge...

Bluesky has decided to block its service in Mississippi, rather than comply with the state's age verification law.

Twenty years ago this month on Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Mississippi Gulf Coast, destroying thousands of homes and much o...

Mississippi isn’t ensuring special education students receive all the services they’re entitled to federally, according to the U.S. Departme...

The Mississippi State Department of Health on Thursday declared a public health emergency in response to a rising infant mortality rate in t...