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A federal judge is allowing appointment of members to a new Metro Jackson Water Authority Board but is barring the board from taking any action.

Offensive mastermind Mike Leach is among the nominees for the 2027 College Football Hall of Fame class. Leach’s last job was as head coach at Mississippi State. He was 61 when he died in 2022.

The Mississippi Public Service Commission declined to rule on Prado AI’s proposal to build a private power plant and AI industrial campus, saying it lacked enough information.

Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and former Jackson City Council Member Aaron Banks declined to plead guilty by a federal judge’s Friday deadline on charges they face in an FBI operation that roiled Jackson officials in 2024. But a law professor says they are allowed to change their plea at any time.

Jurors convicted Tameshia Shelton of murder without seeing the victim’s apparent suicide note. If freed, her case would mark a state record: seven exonerations in the same judicial district.

Marshall Ramsey’s editorial cartoon depicts a blues man standing at a crossroads where signs point to a data center, an ICE facility and a closed hospital.

Is it OK to gerrymander to eliminate majority-Black districts after the Supreme Court’s Callais redistricting decision?

A lab in Louisiana is a hub for chronic wasting disease research detection in deer. Outside, scientists face skepticism and backlash.

Louisiana lawmakers have passed a new congressional map to pick up a Republican seat while leaving the state with one of its two majority-Black U.S. House districts.

Consultant: Mississippi has a law requiring student performance expectations to be raised once 75% reach proficiency or 65% of schools earn a “B” or higher.