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…
Absentee ballots now available for Mississippi’s presidential primary election
Less than two months remain until Mississippians will be able to cast their vote in the 2024 presidential primaries, with absentee ballots now becoming available in county circuit clerk's offices…
Mississippi one step closer to mobile sports betting as House committee passes bill
Mobile sports betting is one step closer to coming to Mississippi as lawmakers made a necessary step in the process on Tuesday. House Bill 774, also being referred to as…
Two Alabama men charged after string of golf cart thefts in Madison
Two Alabama men have been arrested and charged with auto theft and grand larceny after Madison police received reports of a stolen golf cart. Officers responded to the Reunion subdivision…
Former Mississippi political candidate charged with hate crime after destroying Satanic display in Iowa
A former Mississippi political candidate accused of vandalizing the Satanic Temple’s Baphomet display in the Iowa Statehouse has been charged with committing a hate crime. Michael Cassidy, 35, was initially…
Former Fayette pharmacy employee going to jail after stealing hydrocodone
A Fayette woman will spend time behind bars for using her position as a pharmacy technician to illegally obtain hydrocodone pills. 57-year-old Rosie Marie George, on Tuesday, pleaded guilty to…
Biloxi man sentenced to prison after being caught with 4,000 fentanyl pills
A Biloxi man has been sentenced to just under five years in federal prison for possessing thousands of pills containing fentanyl. 28-year-old Raushaud Ladarius Davis in June 2023 was pulled…
