Requiring proof of citizenship to vote, though, is proving to be a different matter. It is losing its appeal even among ...

Local news coverage is critical for a strong and vibrant community. Unfortunately, local publications are dying because of ...

Tis the season to bask in the sun, but the Mississippi heat comes with serious safety hazards. So, while you’re making summer plans, prioritize safety.

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Education Secretary Linda McMahon today agreed to work together to reach a long-sought goal of allowing students to use Pell Grants funding to finance short ...

Shamarion Rashawn Lee Ellis, 5, graduated from kindergarten. He will join his classmates in the first grade at McCoy Elementary School. He is the son of Shanunterra Ellis and the grandson of Edith ...

The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has named 21 new schools as Military Star Schools for 2025-27, increasing the total number of schools to 103 in the state. This designation recognizes ...

More than two years out, the campaigns for statewide offices in Mississippi are well under way — and if anything, it appears that more people than ever are interested in running. The big news of late ...

Edmund E. McMaster, was born in Yazoo County on December 4, 1932, and passed away on August 4, 2024, in Vicksburg, MS. Edmund was a devoted husband to Jo McMaster for 65 years, and a cherished father, ...

Melanie Davis Hardy of Bentonia, a sixth-grade science teacher at Yazoo County Middle School, has been named a 2025 National STEM Scholar, one of only ten middle school science teachers selected from ...