Legislation introduced to improve NOAA’s extrene weather forecasting and communication
Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Michigan Senator Gary Peters, introduced the Flood Level Observation, Operations, and Decision Support (FLOODS) Act to…
Mississippi Weather Outlook for Sunday, August 9th
Here's a look at your statewide forecast: To the north, patchy morning fog, otherwise mostly sunny with a slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90's.…
Mississippi State Picks Up Two Commitments in Two Days
Its been a good few weeks for Mississippi State on the recruiting trail, as the Bulldogs have racked up five commitments in the past 10 days. State made it two…
Lawmakers called back to Jackson, legislature to reconvene Monday
Mississippi lawmakers will make their way back to the capitol on Monday. A post on the Mississippi Legislature’s website confirmed that Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann and Speaker of the House…
Multiple suspects arrested in shooting death of Mississippi State Trooper
Three suspects are in custody in connection with the shooting death of off-duty state trooper Lieutenant Troy Morris. According to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, 24-year-old Treyon Washington was taken…
MSDH confirms 1,210 new cases of COVID-19
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) has confirmed an additional 1,210 cases of COVID-19 with 26 deaths induced by the virus. Mississippi, which stands at 5th per capita in…
Reward increased for information in shooting death of state trooper
A Lieutenant with the Mississippi Highway Patrol was shot to death early Friday morning in Jefferson County. Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) are investigating the incident which took…
Two former officers indicted for beating a black man
Former Laurel officers, Christopher Robertson and Bryce Gilbert, have been charged with aggravated assault for allegedly beating James Barnett, who is a black man, in May 2018. In a previous…
Long Beach man sentenced for child molestation
37-year old Jeremey Schmidt was sentenced to 30 years in prison after a year-long investigation. Schmidt pled guilty to two counts of the unlawful touching of a child. The conviction…
Wicker says, “It’s time to address online censorship”
This week, Twitter and Facebook removed a campaign video of President Donald Trump, saying the comment violated their standards. Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker is chiming in on the issue and…
