Brittany Horne, an artist from Shuqualak, remembers being presented with a challenge from Esther Howard, with the Noxubee County Historical Society, in June. The organization hadn’t received any ...

WASHINGTON — Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible to take out higher federal student loan amounts — at least for now — after a ...

States that allow mail ballots to be counted after Election Day reacted with relief Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Republican effort to outlaw the practice. A decision favoring the ...

Don’t try to box Bryce Mitchell in. Mitchell, a musician and research professional, knows the stereotypes often associated with being from Mississippi. And while he understands why people are often ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans who were berated by President Donald Trump over opposition to his war in Iran held a late-night vote Wednesday to try to appease him, rejecting a war powers resolution ...

A judge on Tuesday barred the federal government from making arrests at immigration courts, ordering an end to a practice that took hold shortly after President Donald Trump took office last year. The ...

Whenever you walked through the wooden front door to Pheba’s Diner off Highway 50, there was always one thing that remained constant. Seated at the head of a large table in the middle of the main ...

A federal judge on Friday rejected former President Joe Biden’s attempt to block the Trump administration from releasing to a conservative group the recordings that Biden made with a ghostwriter. U.S.

A Mississippi family whose 1-year-old child was killed when police fired into a moving vehicle said Monday they want authorities to release video showing whether officers were in danger of being ...

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COLUMBUS — Gene A. “Effer” Sherrod, 63, died June 19, 2026, in Grenada. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at Pilgrim Rest M.B. Church in Brooksville, with Tommy Sherrod officiating. Burial ...

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, at Mt. Peiler M.B. Church. Burial will follow at Fox Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3-6 p.m. Thursday, at West Memorial Funeral Home. West Memorial ...