Mississippi songwriter Glen Ballard to be honored with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Natchez native Glen Ballard will soon have his name etched among some of the biggest stars in American entertainment history. The six-time Grammy Award winner and Songwriters Hall of Fame…
Biden ‘declines’ to step aside and says it’s time for party drama ‘to end’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, in a letter to congressional Democrats, stood firm against calls for him to drop his candidacy and called for an "end" to the intraparty…
Mississippi erases some restrictions on absentee voting help for people with disabilities
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is revising the restrictions it put in place last year on who can provide absentee voting assistance to people who have disabilities or cannot read…
William Faulkner conference to celebrate 50 years from July 21-25
No place is better at celebrating William Faulkner as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century than Faulkner’s hometown of Oxford. Registration for the 2024 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha…
Rebel Report podcast: Ole Miss regains recruiting momentum
Ole Miss has started off July with a bang on the recruiting front. We'll talk about that, plus who I would bring to Media Days, and of course your comments
Some Mississippi legislative districts dilute Black voting power and must be redrawn, judges say
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three federal judges are telling Mississippi to redraw some of its legislative districts, saying the current ones dilute the power of Black voters in three parts…
FEMA closing 5 disaster recovery centers in Mississippi; 2 to remain open
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that five of its disaster recovery centers in Mississippi will be closing permanently. The centers closing are in Hancock County, Madison County,…
Hattiesburg man arrested for making bomb threat toward Smith County plywood plant
A Hattiesburg man has been arrested and charged in connection to a bomb threat that led to an evacuation at a plywood plant outside of Taylorsville. Tobias Smith, 27, was…
From Mississippi to the MLB: Garrett Crochet earns first All-Star nod
From Mississippi to the majors, Garrett Crochet is heading to his first all-star game as a big leaguer. Crochet, born and raised in Ocean Springs, was announced on Sunday as…
Your Mississippi forecast for Monday, July 8
Northern Mississippi Today will be partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and highs in the lower 90s. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with more showers and thunderstorms…
