The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

Mississippi is ditching a state song that’s based on the campaign tune of a former governor who pledged to preserve segregation

Eugene Cronley, from the city of Brandon, caught the 131-lb whopper in the Mississippi River on April 7th.

Florida will soon ban abortions after 15 weeks

The filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Mississippi was March 1, 2022. This year, 24 candidates—an average of six for each of the state’s four U.S. House districts—filed to run, including 16 Republicans, seven Democrats, and one Libertarian. The six candidates per district average…

Tate's proclamation also highlights that April 30 has been declared Confederate Memorial Day

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is defending his decision to again name April as Confederate Heritage Month

A Mississippi library is on track to receive its full budget, months after a mayor threatened to withhold money because the library displayed LGBTQ books for young readers

A former Franciscan friar has been convicted of sexually abusing a grade school student during the 1990s at a Catholic school in Mississippi

“Paint This Town” is indeed a party starter, but there are also powerful songs about racism, drugs, the abolitionist movement, environmental degradation and the Mississippi flag.

This is the third year that the Mississippi governor has declared the month of April be dedicated to commemorating the Confederacy

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is allowing the public to have access to additional papers from the late author Eudora Welty