Mississippi News

Miriam Berry is thrilled to play a small role in a Lifetime movie to be filmed at Mississippi College and downtown Clinton. The Lifetime production is titled “Teacher’s Watching,” and it is among four film projects across the Magnolia State … Continued

Story written and submitted by UMMC  Diabetes is rampant in Mississippi, and right now, so is the COVID-19 infection. But when those two collide, a study authored by a University of Mississippi Medical Center faculty member warns, Black patients coping … Continued

Photo courtesy of CDC.gov A large chunk of federal funding will aid Mississippi’s vaccination distribution efforts.  $32 million in grant funding has been awarded to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to support the rollout of the vaccine at public facilities … Continued

The Mississippi Supreme Court has set a date for oral arguments to be heard in the city of Madison’s lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of Initiative 65—the medical marijuana program approved by an overwhelming majority of Mississippi voters. Arguments in the … Continued

A local businessman has admitted to dumping over three million gallons of waste into the City of Jackson’s sewer system. Andrew Walker, owner of Rebel High Velocity Sewer Services, pled guilty in Federal District Court before Judge Kristi Haskins Johnson … Continued

After 25,000 National Guardsmen were deployed to D.C. for the inauguration of President Biden, several thousand soldiers were later forced to relocate from the Capitol complex to a nearby parking garage.  While the 100 members of Task Force Mississippi were … Continued

The acting Capitol Police Chief wants to make the razor-wire lined fencing around the US Capitol permanent, an idea MS Senator Roger Wicker opposes. Wicker issued this statement in response to a proposal that would not only make the fencing … Continued