Achievement gaps in eighth grade math are growing in every state across the country. But in reading, they’re actually a bit worse. In fact, 10 states — Arkansas, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,

Memphis-based Mid-South Food Bank serves 440,000 meals a year. It saw a huge spike in demand during the pandemic. Fortin said that has since decreased. But in general, food banks across the country are reporting increased demand, according to a 2023 survey by Feeding America.

South-central parts of the United States are likely to experience severe weather next week, with the potential for damaging thunderstorms and tornadoes in some areas, meteorologists warn. Warm and moist air and storms forecast to move in from the Pacific will contribute to the likelihood of severe weather conditions,

Voters from 10 Senate districts in Mississippi will have to re-decide in November special elections who should represent them in Jackson under a resolution the Senate approved.

TERRY, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed while responding to a call outside the state’s capital city of Jackson, authorities said. Deputy Martin Shields ...

Mississippi celebrates George Washington's Birthday on the ... Closings vary by state and district, so check your local school district's website for school closures. The United States Postal Service is closed on Presidents Day, meaning no usual mail ...

A Mississippi state judge ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial criticizing city officials from its website, a move that First Amendment experts say

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After Mississippi’s lieutenant governor collapsed on the floor of the state Senate Wednesday, he released a statement saying he had been dehydrated. Video from the Senate ...

“Latsch was found on the bank of the Mississippi River near the town of Winona in 2016,” he said. “He’d probably just fledged. But because he’s blind in one eye, he couldn’t hunt for food and would have died without our care.”

Two men have been arrested and accused of burgling an ATM in Cleveland, Mississippi. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety and the Cleveland Police Department said Thursday that Winker Herrera, 33, and Jose Rojas, 21, both from Venezuela, had been arrested.

A Mississippi woman has pled guilty to defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal program intended to help small businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic, of over $5 million, said Reagan Fondren,