Republicans, including Rep. Trent Kelly, jockeying for top spot on House Armed Services

These Yazoo City families overcome hurdles to own their homes

Forty families in Yazoo City learned Wednesday they will soon become homeowners — without the burden of a mortgage — after overcoming obstacles that threatened to derail their dreams of owning homes.

Sen. Raphael Warnock says Scott Colom could flip Senate seat Democratic like his Georgia upset

Warnock said Mississippi, the state with the highest concentration of Black voters in the nation, is ripe for the Democratic Party to flip the Senate seat if only they’ll consistently spend money in the Deep South state and keep working to register voters. 

Coach who recorded young gymnasts undressing is sentenced to 90 years in prison

A former youth gymnastics coach was sentenced Wednesday to 90 years in prison for secretly videotaping young female students undressing and using the bathroom at a gym in Purvis, Mississippi. Sean Gardner, 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kristi Johnson. She ordered him to serve 30 years for each of the three child pornography production charges to which he pleaded guilty.

AccelerateMS seeks $2.5M budget increase to expand staff and workforce programs

The request comes as the state prepares for thousands of jobs to open in the next decade.

Officials work to ‘modernize’ plan to improve health of Mississippians

The new Comprehensive State Health Plan will establish priorities and strategies for enhancing access to care, addressing workforce and system challenges and supporting the sustainability of the state’s public health systems, said State Health Officer Dr. Daniel Edney at a Board of Health meeting Wednesday.