JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers have revised and passed the final version of a bill designed to make the state’s criminal justice system more efficient and less expensive. On Thursday, the House voted 105-13 […]
HATTIESBURG, Mississippi (AP) — Hattiesburg police are investigating an incident in which several shots were fired into the Islamic Center. Police Department spokesman Lt. Jon Traxler says police initially received a report about 11:45 p.m. […]
FOREST, Mississippi (AP) — Authorities believe carbon monoxide probably poisoned four people whose bodies were found Wednesday in a house in rural central Mississippi. Scott County Sheriff Mike Lee said deputies found a generator running […]
NEW ORLEANS — In the first federal oil lease sale since the government said BP PLC can again get federal contracts, BP has bids on 31 tracts in the central Gulf of Mexico. The sale […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The lawyer for a man convicted of killing a woman in Tunica County nearly two decades ago argued Tuesday to the Mississippi Supreme Court that DNA evidence prosecutors used to link […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Corrections is asking a state judge to rule that information on execution drugs and suppliers is confidential and exempt from the state’s Public Records Act. The motion […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — State senators have confirmed Carey Wright as Mississippi’s state superintendent of education. Senators voted 46-6 for Wright Tuesday after a brief debate. Opponents say they’re concerned about Wright’s advocacy of Common […]
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (AP) — Two deputies were wounded Tuesday in a shooting in a Lowndes County subdivision. Chief Deputy Marc Miley says the shooting happened about 1:15 p.m. in the Drake Hill subdivision in the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The universe was born almost 14 billion years ago, exploding into existence in an event called the Big Bang. Now researchers say they’ve spotted evidence that a split-second later, the expansion […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi corrections officials have added netting, body scanners and monthly prison searches to a growing list of steps to keep illegal cellphones, drugs, tobacco and other contraband out of prisoners’ hands. […]
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