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 ...

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 ...

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.