Former Ole Miss employee contends in appeal of dismissed lawsuit that Chancellor Glenn Boyce caved to hecklers

Former state Sen. John Polk dies at 77

Former state Sen. John Polk was a veteran of the Mississippi National Guard and served as an executive at his family's business, Polk Meat Products.

Judge questions Jackson officials about Lake Hico data center discussion

Emails between Jackson Mayor John Horhn and a local tech nonprofit detail the benefits of a hyperscale data center at Lake Hico, including up to $15 billion in private investment and up to $20 million a year in revenue for the city.

Photo gallery: Funeral of Nolan Xavier Wells

Mourners gathered Monday for the funeral of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells, whose body was found July 6 near Horn Island. He had gone to the barrier island with a friend group on the Fourth of July, and the death is under investigation.

Nolan Xavier Wells' mom challenges his mourners to be like her son, 'the light that brightens the lives of those around you'

Advocates at Nolan Xavier Wells' funeral Monday renewed a call for transparency and justice in the death investigation and offered $100,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Civil rights groups ask to intervene in lawsuit over majority-Black DeSoto County judicial subdistrict

Several DeSoto County residents, including former Republican gubernatorial candidate and current county Supervisor Robert Foster, filed a lawsuit July 2 seeking to break up a majority-Black judicial subdistrict.