Batesville woman arrested for making bombs tried to escape from jail, sheriff says
A Batesville woman accused of making homemade explosives and trying to kill another person with one of the explosives is now facing an additional charge after allegedly trying to break…
Ex-gymnastics coach in Mississippi and Iowa arrested after years of abuse reports
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. gymnastics world was only just recovering from a devastating sexual abuse scandal when a promising young coach moved from Mississippi to Iowa to…
Ole Miss basketball alum Murphy Holloway joining radio broadcast as analyst
A familiar face in Ole Miss basketball will be returning to Oxford, but this time as a radio analyst. Joining Gary Darby on the radio broadcast for men's basketball games…
Romanian national sentenced for card skimming scam in Mississippi
The final defendant of a major card skimming scam case has been sentenced. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced on Monday that Romanian national Bogdan Gabriel Radu will spend 15…
AVAIO Digital to construct $6 billion data center in Rankin County
The data center revolution in Mississippi is continuing, this time with a company eyeing Rankin County as the new home for a multi-billion-dollar investment. Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Tuesday…
Mississippi State now offering culinary arts transfer pathway to ECCC students
Future chefs and other aspiring culinary art professionals now have an easier way to get their degree in Mississippi. Mississippi State University and East Central Community College announced a partnership…
Recruiting the future: What Mississippi can learn from college sports
As the college football season approaches, Mississippians pick back up on their water-cooler sports conversations, which inevitably die off each year between the College World Series and SEC Media Days.…
Your Mississippi forecast for Tuesday, August 19
Dangerous heat continues to grip Mississippi. Heat index readings are expected to climb as high as 110 today, raising the risk of heat exhaustion and heat-related illness. Here’s your statewide…
Thunder & Lightning: What Preseason Questions Has Mississippi State Answered in Camp?
Mississippi State started preseason camp with a number of questions that needed to be answered before the Bulldogs take the field in Hattiesburg August 30. At the halfway point, what…
UMMC School of Nursing gifted $2 million for new scholarship program
The University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing is establishing a new scholarship program courtesy of a $2 million donation. Students at the nursing school's Jackson and Oxford locations…
