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Lafayette County Circuit Judge Gray Tollison dismissed all felony and misdemeanor counts against Charlotte Fant Pegues because her husband said he was the sole provider for the dogs.

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s statewide “announcement tour” slated for later this week is fueling speculation that she will run for governor in 2027.

During more than 30 years of incarceration, Balfour used cleaning chemicals without protective gear, which likely contributed to her cancer, she argued the federal lawsuit she filed in 2024.  

Marshall Ramsey’s editorial cartoon depicts two children by an empty horn of plenty after reductions in spending for an anti-hunger program

The argument seems to be whether preventing be a few instances of voter fraud is more important than election access. How many people should be denied or hindered in their right to vote to prevent rare occurrences of voter fraud?

Colom has made health care a central focus of his campaign and has pointed out that thousands of Mississippians have dropped health insurance plans they had through the Affordable Care Act. 

Beginning with the 2027-28 school year, Mississippi public schools must provide financial literacy instruction for students in grades 6-8, covering topics such as budgeting and consumer rights.

In her new book, “If Emmett Till Lived,” best-selling author and historian Sarah Lewis uses essays and photos to imagine what the Black teen’s life might have been if he had returned to Chicago.

Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce, 27, of Sacramento, California, faces a federal charge of interstate transmission of threatening communication for allegedly sending a bomb and death threat to Jackson County Chancery Judge Ashlee Cole.

An ICE detention facility in Mississippi recently began placing three people in cells designed for two.