A Mississippi County program aimed at growing the county’s population celebrated a milestone on Monday. The “Work Here. Live ...

The torture of two Black men by white Rankin County, Mississippi, sheriff's deputies in the self-named "Goon Squad" was "horrific," says Grace Elizabeth Hale. But abuse under all-powerful ...

Credit: Edward Hollander Over the course of the summer of 1964, members of the Klan burned 20 black Mississippi churches. On June 16, Klan members targeted Neshoba County's Mt. Zion Baptist Church ...

In order to determine where people stay put in your home state, Stacker compiled a list of counties with the most born-and-bred residents in Mississippi using data from the Census Bureau.

A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood on the courthouse square since 1910 — a figure that was ...

To get a glimpse of regional variations in employment, Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rates in Mississippi, using BLS data. Counties are ranked by their ...

Some Mississippi counties have opted to move away from traditional voting machines and voting software sold by large scale companies and, instead, transitioned to machines maintained by a ...

The dry conditions have led to burn bans in seven Mississippi counties.According to the Mississippi Forestry Commission, active burn bans are in place in Adams, Carroll, Clay, Franklin, Montgomery, ...

Hurricane Francine will strike Louisiana on Wednesday and bring strong winds and possible tornadoes to South Mississippi as it moves inland and north, forecasters say. Western Hancock and Pearl River ...

A 41-year-old man incarcerated at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County died Thursday of an apparent overdose. Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain ...

No. 5 Mississippi has one more seemingly easy game before opening Southeastern Conference play. The Rebels host heavy ...