A Republican-dominated committee listened to speakers who shared their views on whether Mississippi should redraw its electoral maps, a move that could reshape the state’s political representation ...

Christa Pike was still alive Thursday, a day after she survived Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her for the 1995 murder ...

A North Mississippi farm worker died of extreme heat exposure in early September amid one of the hottest summers in recent state history.

Biloxi, Hattiesburg and Jackson Metro areas month over month and year over year at 3%, 2.9% and 3% respectively, accompanied ...

Trump has nominated Butler, a labor and employment lawyer with Phelps Dunbar, to replace Judge Leslie Southwick.

The Mississippi Supreme Court allowed a death row inmate to go to the Rankin County Circuit Court to seek post-conviction relief based on the changing science of shaken baby syndrome.

Pearl River County is installing license plate readers at four locations along Interstate 59 and on other highways, with the possibility of adding more units over residents’ concerns about privacy ...

Mississippi is one of 30 states that have opened in to the Federal Scholarships Tax Credit, the first national school choice ...

This will be the third time that Booker has visited Mississippi to try to oust Republican Sen. Hyde-Smith and flip her seat ...

The deadline for Mississippians to register to vote in the 2026 midterm elections is Monday, Oct. 5. All mail-in applications ...

A Mississippi death penalty jury was seated. With one Black juror. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal this month from death row inmate Terry Pitchford who was denied relie ...

I cover criminal justice, courts, and legal issues in Mississippi. My reporting examines how systems operate and the real-world impacts they have on people — from those who are incarcerated or ...