State Rep. Shanda Yates says Jackson property owners would collect the utility fees but not pay the bill. Renters believed the bills were being paid, that is until their utilities were disconnected.

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As the number two MHSAA basketball seeds from Region 5-1A, McAdams boys and girls teams opened the playoffs at home and came ...

The Lady Whippets entered the bottom of the fifth trailing 12-1, needing two runs to prolong the game. They got one on a ...

The Ethel Tigers went 2-1 on the diamond last week, picking up a pair of wins over French Camp Academy and taking a loss to ...

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Revenues from mobile sports betting are projected near $100 million per year should Mississippi lawmakers pass the legislation. The House wants $50 million of that to go to support PERS.

The Twenty-First Century Club met on Wednesday, February 18, in the parlor of the First Baptist Church. Pam Chadick and Angela Thomas served as co-hosts. As members arrived, they were greeted with a ...

R.W. “PeeWee” Miller, 91, of Vaiden, died Feb. 20, 2026, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services were at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, at Vaiden Baptist Church with the Rev. John ...

See what Mississippi political leaders had to say about President Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address.

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The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal featured Mississippi education recently. In a surprising story entitled “These Three Red States Are the Best Hope in Schooling,” the Times writer told ...