Mississippi News

Nissan Motor Co.'s Mississippi plant is on track to receive more state aid and tax breaks than what state and company officials have previously revealed, according to a study paid for by the United Auto Workers, which is questioning whether the state is getting enough for its money.

Simeon Gray was pulled from Spring Creek in the area that search and rescue K-9s teams indicated they had a hit.

Mississippi farmer Keith Morton continues to study, seek advice, and adopt practices that will enable him to increase yields and revenues while improving the land he farms.

People from as far as Mississippi are coming together to help the St. Amant family that lost their home to fire Thursday morning.

Multiple officers could be seen outside of Nick's Bar on 23rd Avenue around noon.

In a recent Tuesday the streets of many of our municipalities were lined with fellow citizens and supporters of mayoral, aldermanic and council candidates waving signs and banners in behalf of their favorites.

Gautier Police Chief Dante Elbin accepts the first "Golden Cat Award" from Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann Wednesday in the Gautier Municipal Court.

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, left, and Bill Krueger, vice chairman of Nissan Americas, talk before Kruegar spoke about models to be produced at Nissan's Canton, Mississippi, plant, Thursday, June 28, 2012, in Canton.

Seniors statewide are streaming to Mississippi State University to get over the hurdle and receive diplomas with classmates.

President Barack Obama has nominated Jackson attorney Debra M. Brown to be a U.S. District judge for northern Mississippi.

MADISON - All American Check Cashing announced today the completion of the acquisition of 10 payday loan retail stores today throughout Mississippi.

A Mississippi woman has been indicted by a Franklin County grand jury on a charge of using a hoax weapon of mass destruction.

In Mississippi, where the overall unemployment rate was 8.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 , African American families continue to bear the brunt of that economic pain.

After a shocking act of terror from within their own organization, the crew of The Enterprise is called back home to Earth.

Jodi Arias returns to court for the final phase of her trial as the same jury that convicted her of first-degree murder last week now weighs whether the former waitress should be sentenced to life in prison or death.

Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and representatives of LeadsOnline have presented Gautier Police Department with the first ever Golden Cat Award and a $1,000 grant.

The national board of the NAACP is meeting in Mississippi's capital city for the first time in 30 years.

"Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker" explores the life of the inimitable Booker, who Dr.

The board of trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning has unveiled an initiative to assist minority businesses and facilitate the procurement process between universities and minority businesses.

Founder Thomas Jefferson warned "Experience hath shown, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny." Medicaid must be reauthorized this year.