1966: Texas Western won NCAA basketball championship

Mississippi's state budget wheels go round and round

The public work of enacting a $32 billion Mississippi state budget to fund various services began in earnest with hearings by the Legislative Budget Committee.

Crimson Tide makes short work of previously unbeaten Bulldogs and a hobbled Kamario Taylor

No. 7 Alabama raced past No. 16 Mississippi State 56-23 to remain undefeated. The Tide unceremoniously knocked the Bulldogs from the list of unbeaten teams.

Buddy Guy celebrated at Radio City Music Hall with a sold-out 'Buddy's Got the Blues' show

Blues great Buddy Guy was celebrated Thursday night with a sold-out show at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Fellow legend Bobby Rush said he would have walked from Mississippi to be part of the celebration.

Mississippi Medicaid seeks $179M budget increase, less than in 2025

The Mississippi Division of Medicaid asked lawmakers for a roughly $179 million increase in state spending for the coming fiscal year after receiving a steep increase last year that squeezed other parts of the state’s budget.

Christa Pike on a ventilator and unconscious after failed execution in Tennessee, attorneys say

Christa Pike's attorneys say she was placed on a ventilator in hospital and was unconscious hours after her failed execution in Tennessee.