CMSD Superintendent Stanley Ellis said some of the specific causes of chronic absenteeism he sees in Columbus range from personal hardships and gaps in community resources to a lack of access to ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A photojournalist who captured one of the most enduring images of World War II — the U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima — had a block in ...

A Columbus woman was arrested Wednesday after allegedly leading Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a chase in a stolen vehicle that ended on Highway 45 South. Mary Lee Jones, 42, is ...

STARKVILLE — Composite materials from Aurora Flight Sciences are finding new life at Mississippi State University’s Advanced Composites Institute, where they’re being used to train potential ...

A U.S. senator has called for mysterious drones spotted flying over sensitive areas in New Jersey and other parts of the Mid-Atlantic region to be “shot down, if necessary,” as it remains ...

NOXUBEE COUNTY — Two men were killed Wednesday in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 45 in Noxubee County, and another man was left with serious injuries. Jimmie A. James, 45, of Meridian and ...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s picking Kari Lake as director of Voice of America, installing a staunch loyalist who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor ...

According to federal authorities, when some crooked Magnolia State politicians wanted to launder bribe money, they didn’t use a shell business or offshore bank, they just used a good-old ...

WASHINGTON — What was once a bipartisan effort to expand by 66 the number of federal district judgeships across the country passed the House of Representatives on Thursday, though prospects for ...

Stellantis is recalling more than 300,000 Ram Heavy Duty pickup trucks because a faulty part could cause certain braking and tracking systems to fail. The Netherlands-based automaker said the ...

There is no condoning the cold-blooded murder of a UnitedHealth Group executive in predawn Manhattan. Moments after Brian Thompson was shot dead, a torrent of unsympathetic posts flooded social media.

WEST POINT — Nathaniel Matthews, 66, died Dec. 4, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at Union Star M.B. Church, with the Rev. Greg ...