Man who shot at Greenville police officer’s home sentenced for illegally owning machine gun
A Greenville man has been sentenced to serve over two years in prison for illegally possessing a machine gun following a string of violent crimes. Johnny Watkins, 19, was identified…
Players with Mississippi ties suiting up for the 2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl
The Reese’s Senior Bowl, widely regarded as the preeminent college football all-star game, is set to kick off this Saturday with a handful of Mississippians planning to play. The Magnolia…
New round of applications open Thursday for wild hog control program
A new round of applications for the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce’s Wild Hog Control will be accepted beginning Thursday. Commissioner Andy Gipson announced that applications will close on…
Gov. Reeves issues FY2025 executive budget recommendations
Gov. Tate Reeves has released his Fiscal Year 2025 executive budget recommendations, highlighting an agenda that he believes will benefit Mississippians across the state. In a press release, Reeves expressed…
Rankins: Latest bond rating highlights IHL’s stewardship of Mississippi’s public universities
Good stewardship is critical to Mississippi’s university system and represents a fundamental component in the work of the Board of Trustees of Mississippi’s Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL). The latest…
Commission on judicial performance petitions to remove Carlos Moore as judge
A well-known Mississippi attorney's position as a municipal judge in the Delta could be coming to an end. The Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance is urging the state supreme court…
Glucksdadt mayor confident massive sports complex will come to fruition despite no financial backing from city
Plans have been announced for a $100 million sports complex to come to central Mississippi, but there have been doubts circulating that the project will actually come to fruition. The…
Double Decker Arts Festival to be held in Oxford on April 26-27
Oxford will be celebrating one of the city's biggest events when the 27th Double Decker Arts Festival takes place on Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27. The red double-decker…
CDC: Mississippians two to three times more likely to get sexually transmitted infections
A troubling report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Mississippi's sexually transmitted infection rates are alarmingly high compared to other states. On Tuesday, the CDC released…
25 Mississippi schools to receive $1.4M for career, technical education
Nearly $1.4 million has been appropriated to over two dozen high schools and districts throughout the state to promote career and technical education in Mississippi. According to Accelerate Mississippi, the…
