The city of Jackson has issued the following statement in response to the sexual harassment lawsuit: “The City of Jackson has been made aware of a vicious and scandalous lawsuit filed by a former ...

The swearing-in of Mayor John Horhn and the Jackson City Council was held Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at the Jackson Convention Complex, where the Honorable Bennie G. Thompson presided. A large diverse ...

For months we have been covering the Canton Public School District Board of Directors. We followed the termination hearing of Cassandra Williams, former superintendent. We shared how some school board ...

Despite welcoming the school’s largest freshman class, the University of Southern Mississippi saw the total number of students fall for the fourth straight year. (File) (AP) Enrollment at ...

Rev. C.J. Rhodes, pastor of Mount Helm Baptist Church, and Gov. Phil Bryant cut the ribbon for the official opening of Helm Place July 14, in downtown Jackson. Standing with them are several local and ...

Stanley Cole was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the 2007 murder of his ex-girlfriend, Latasha Norman. A Hinds County jury took just two hours to convict Cole. Police said Cole led them to ...

Ollye Brown Shirley, Ph.D., described as a Mississippi icon in education and civil rights, died Sept. 10, of natural causes at her home in Jackson. Family and friends of Shirley, 82, will cherish her ...

BELZONI – A woman who was arrested for perjury during the capital murder trial of a Winona man last September plead guilty to those charges in court on Monday. Mary Annette Purnell, of Winona, and her ...

On Tuesday, May 28, the newest marker on the Mississippi Freedom Trail was unveiled on East Capitol Street in downtown Jackson. The marker was erected at the site of the 1963 Woolworth’s store, where ...

MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) — A onetime Ku Klux Klan leader is charged with burning a cross in a mostly black neighborhood in southeast Alabama, federal prosecutors said Friday. Steven Joshua Dinkle, 28, ...