Mississippi State News

It's not a done deal yet, but the high school football championships this year are on the verge of being played in Starkville.

The Mississippi State Department of Health has confirmed two more cases of chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne illness traditionally found in Africa and Asia.

Butler Snow is pleased to announce Neely C. Carlton has joined the firm's Ridgeland office.

Nine members of the Sun Herald's Elite 11 prospects in South Mississippi already have Football Bowl Subdivision scholarship offers.

Two South Mississippi service establishments were among nine in the state cited this week by the Mississippi State Department of Health for critical violations.

JUNE 22: Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Mississippi State Sen. Chris McDaniel speaks during a Tea Party Express campaign event at outside of a Hobby Lobby store on June 22, 2014 in Biloxi, Mississippi.

A former Mississippi State basketball player came to Meridian to talk to kids in Meridian's city summer basketball league about high character.

The City of Hattiesburg did not raise sewer rates in an effort to finance the wastewater treatment project due to a mayor's veto, but the possibility of that raise has been mentioned regardless of the type of facility chosen.

Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott continues to attract attention of pundits around the nation.

Starkville High School Principal David Baggett talks Tuesday. Baggett was born and raised in Ocean Springs and spent the last eight years as principal at Ocean Springs High School.

You may not recognize the word "zazzle" but I predict you will like the plant attached to it.

According to multiple media sources, Mississippi State Senator Chris McDaniel will file a legal challenge to the GOP Senate primary runoff election in which he narrowly lost to incumbent US Senator Thad Cochran.

Brig. Gen. Mark Brown told himself he'd never use the term "dream job," but he just couldn't help himself Thursday morning.

The Mississippi State House Gaming Committee commissioned a study of online gaming to investigate its impact in states where it has been legalized, according to a Clarion-Ledger report.

It looks like there had been some confusion about the uniforms Mississippi State will wear in their season opener against Southern Mississippi.

More grilling fires occur during the month of July than any other month, and Mississippi Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney urges all Mississippians to use grilling safety when celebrating the Fourth of July with friends and family this weekend.

N.C. State announced the scheduling agreement Tuesday, with the Atlantic Coast Conference program hosting the Bulldogs in September 2020.

Mississippi State and North Carolina State have scheduled a home-and-home football series for the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

Moving to comply with the ACC's newly adopted mandate to schedule at least one nonconference football opponent per season from a "power conference," N.C. State announced Tuesday that it has agreed to a home-and-home series with SEC program Mississippi State.

The University of Mississippi Medical Center is seeking an attorney general's opinion on whether the state Department of Archives and History has authority over the medical center's ability to relocate unmarked graves on its Jackson property.