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Mississippi school districts have until Nov. 1 to adopt new attendance policies required by state law.

An ex-Capitol Police officer’s testimony in his manslaughter trial varies from the original statement he gave after the fatal shooting of Jaylen Lewis in 2022.

Five candidates took part in their first forum ahead of a Nov. 3 special election to serve out the term of former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, who left office earlier this summer after pleading guilty in a federal bribery case.

The Sierra Club gave an “F” grade to Entergy and a “C” to Mississippi Power Co. in its latest analysis of how electric utilities across the country are transitioning to clean energy sources.

U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly, a Republican representing Mississippi, hopes to become the highest-ranking GOP member on the House Armed Services Committee next year.

Priest urges Mississippi to repeal nitrogen hypoxia as a form of execution after witnessing a death row inmate suffocate for 19 minutes before dying.

A handful of recipients accounted for a substantial share of the first round of federal awards to boost rural health in Mississippi, according to an analysis of funding conducted by Mississippi Today.

While artificial intelligence and data centers have come up in midterm elections in other states, and have already become an issue for Mississippi’s statewide elections next year, they have not been a driving issues in Mississippi’s congressional races to date.

Steven Frederick Jr. and Michael Lamar Rhinewalt told investigators that on Sept. 25, 2022, they stopped a Jeep Grand Cherokee that matched the general description of a car suspected in auto burglaries after the Cherokee ran two red lights.

A drug task force is urging people to avoid kratom after authorities found packages of the substance while investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students.