Voters with a qualifying excuse can vote absentee in person at their circuit clerk’s office until noon Saturday, Oct. 31. Mail-in absentee ballots must be postmarked by Election Day, Nov.

State lawmakers plan to take up school district consolidation in the next session. Residents of the communities likely to be ...

State lawmakers want to reduce the number of Mississippi’s public school districts. Get answers to key questions about school ...

SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy has lost its charter and must halt instruction by the end of the year — a first-time penalty for a Mississippi charter school. The Mississippi Charter School ...

Mississippi’s capital city is a finalist for a U.S. Department of Justice grant that could pump tens of millions of dollars ...

Democrats have grown hopeful that their U.S. Senate nominee in Mississippi, Scott Colom, might flip a seat in what has been a ...

It would take a significant hike in the sales tax to offset cities’ and counties’ loss of the homestead property tax revenue, ...

Phil Proctor, a Lucedale native, was chosen to create two sculptures for the Ocean Springs Gateway Sculpture Project inspired by Walter Anderson’s artwork.

Immigrants who enter the United States without appointments with immigration officials can be detained indefinitely and are ...

Fitch’s threat is the latest salvo between Colom’s campaign and the state GOP in a race that has generated national attention and millions of dollars from national party interests leading up to ...

Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2027, left to right: Shirley Gibbs Walker, LaToya Thomas, Seth Smith, Kris Mangum, Bianca Knight, Rod Davis, and John Bond. Not pictured: Dave Clark. Credit: ...