Mississippi State News

Shivangi last week assumed the office of chair of the Board of Mental Health which is the second largest state agency with a budget close to billion dollars with the staff of 8,500.

Commissioners for the Mississippi State Port Authority have approved a letter of intent with a company Friday for a potential five to seven acre lease on the West Pier, according to a release from the Port of Gulfport.

The Mississippi Supreme Court says they are not going to rehear State Senator Chris McDaniel's request for unredacted poll books.

With the Southern Miss football season opener a little over a month away, Golden Eagle fans can mingle with head coach Todd Monken and players today in Long Beach.

Sometimes in recruiting this old adage applies: When it rains, it pours. Things are coming a flood for Mississippi State and Dan Mullen right now, fresh off the heels of the annual Big Dawg Camp which was held last Friday night at Davis Wade.

From left, Yolanda Pruitt, Project Director; Christi Webb, Executive Director; Donna Barnes, Assistant Project Director; Debbie Underwood, Fiscal Agent; and Johnna Rogers, Special Projects Director of the Mississippi State Department of Health.

Gulfport coach Eddie Pierce said Smith will likely be signed by Ole Miss and placed at a junior college next year because he doesn't have a qualifying ACT test score.

The Clarion-Ledger ranks the Batman movies , as today is Batman Day. Personally I can't get behind any list that has Batman Begins at #2.

Last month, Mississippi State Senator Chris McDaniel lost a close runoff to four-decade long incumbent Senator Thad Cochran .

On March 21-22, 1968 a snowstorm blew into North Mississippi with accumulations up to umpteen inches according to those who survived to exaggerate the story.

Mississippi Association of Coaches executive director Johnny Mims, right, addresses the move of the Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Football Classic to Southern Mississippi's M.M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg in 2015 and 2017 from venues in Alabama, during a news conference at the Mississippi High School Activities Association offices in Clinton, ... (more)

By announcing the hiring of Samantha Ricketts Monday, Mississippi State took care of its assistant softball coaching vacancy created when Beth Mullins left to become the head coach at Troy.

An announcement is scheduled to be made Monday morning on where state high school playoff games will be moved to from Jackson.

Ryan Wilson and Matt Plitt combined on a six-hitter and Louisiana-Lafayette beat Mississippi State 5-3 on Monday night to advance to the NCAA super regionals for the first time since its last and only College World Series appearance in 2000.

More than a month after his recruitment saw SEC offers come in daily, Matt Womack committed to LSU.

Mississippi defensive tackle Fletcher Adams is being recruited by the likes of Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Alabama and Florida, but he's still waiting for the one offer he covets the most.

The Mississippi State Bulldogs made quite the recruiting splash Saturday, picking up eight verbal commitments including Bassfield's Jamal Peters.

Mississippi State's Women's golfer Ally McDonald picked up two wins Friday to advance to the semifinals of the North & South Amateur, a championship she won in 2013.

The Times-Picayune's James Smith he planned to visit Mississippi State for its Big Dog Camp July 18. He also said planned to visit Florida and Florida State.

MSU's biggest summer recruiting weekend comes to Starkville this weekend, and a host of talented prospects from across the state and the south will be attending.