Top legislators are recommending only a slight increase in Mississippi state government spending for the coming year

One student is hospitalized and another is in custody Tuesday after a fight in a Mississippi high school’s bathroom ended with a stabbing

The Mississippi Department of Human Services is changing its demands against retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre in a lawsuit that seeks repayment of misspent welfare money

A suspect is in custody after the shooting death of a Jackson State University student in Mississippi

A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors has pleaded guilty in federal court to a hate crime

The Justice Department is making a rare intervention to try to bring improvements in the beleaguered water system in the Mississippi capital city

A federal judge will decide whether to block Mississippi from using three drugs when it puts inmates to death

The superintendent of a Mississippi Gulf Coast school district has announced plans to retire after 10 years in the post

The Mississippi State Board of Education has selected Robert Taylor to serve as Mississippi’s new state superintendent of education