Authorities have released the identity of the 16-year-old accused of being involved in the Tuesday drive-by shooting at the Greentree Apartments in East Columbus. Ethan Hines faces charges of drive-by ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — As consumers worry about medication costs, states are trying to lower drug prices by reining in big companies that oversee prescription coverage for health insurers. Some of those ...

WASHINGTON — Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible to take out higher federal student loan amounts — at least for now — after a ...

A Mississippi family whose 1-year-old child was killed when police fired into a moving car offered evidence on Wednesday that they say challenges the officers’ account that they were in danger when ...

Khadijah Farrakhan, longtime wife of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, died Saturday, the Nation of Islam has announced. She was 90. “Mother Khadijah” worked alongside her provocative and ...

HAMILTON — J.W. Lowe, 89, died July 2, 2026, in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, at Hopewell M.B. Church, with Terry Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.

Brian Hutson had been here before. Four times to be exact. Leading his opponent, Lucian Anderson, by only two points, Hutson needed to win the obstacle course, dubbed The Eliminator, by one second.

To anyone in Columbus for the last 49 years, the giant building at 1404 Old Aberdeen Road has always been Leigh Mall. But the Hull Property Group, which bought the mall in 2019 with the goal of ...

STARKVILLE – An Oktibbeha County sheriff’s deputy was fired following a Sunday afternoon brawl with an umpire during a Grand Slam baseball tournament at Cornerstone Park. Lt. Darrell Holley, a coach ...

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STARKVILLE — Over the decades, the baseball facility at Mississippi State has acquired more names than a serial bride — official names such as Dudy Noble Field and Polk-Dement Stadium, but also more ...

For months, and sometimes longer, parents of kids with disabilities say they have waited for the Education Department to make progress on their complaints of bullying or other discrimination. Now that ...