A federal judge has blocked parts of Mississippi's ban on diversity, equity and inclusion practices in public schools while a lawsuit against the law is underway.

Mississippi is one of the states that has sent guard troop to Washington, D.C., to fight crime, but its own capital has one of the highest murder rates in the country.

U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate on Monday, Aug. 18, indefinitely blocked Mississippi’s new law banning diversity, equity and inclusion, also known as DEI initiatives, in public education, calling the measure likely unconstitutional and overly vague.

A federal judge has ordered Mississippi to redraw its Supreme Court electoral map, after finding the map dilutes the power of Black voters. U.S.

A federal judge has ordered Mississippi to redraw its election map used in voting for state supreme court justices after finding the current one dilutes the power of Black voters in violation of a landmark federal voting rights law.

U.S. Marshals have arrested a man in connection with the shooting death of a Panola County, Mississippi, woman.

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The Bulldogs enter their final week of preseason practices with plenty of unanswered questions still to be resolved.

The 2026 Mississippi Gulf Coast St. Jude Dream Home campaign began on Wednesday with a groundbreaking ceremony. The home will be on Artisan Green Boulevard in the Florence Gardens neighborhood of Gulfport.

AVAIO Digital’s new Brandon data center campus will be named AVAIO Digital Taurus and will provide new workforce development opportunities.

A Romanian man was sentenced in Mississippi in connection to a multi-state card skimming scam. Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R-Miss.) said on August 12, 2025, Bogdan Gabriel Radu, 23, was sentenced to 15 months in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons on one count of illegal possession,

Mississippi State also brings back key contributors in forwards Cameron Matthews and Jimmy Bell Jr. Both started multiple games last season and are expected to play complementary roles alongside the new additions. Matthews, a senior, is regarded as the team’s defensive anchor, while Bell provides size in the paint.