Tropical Storm Bertha brought heavy surf and some flooding to southern Louisiana and Texas as it came ashore on the Gulf Coast for a second time Thursday, hours before weakening to a tropical depression. The National Hurricane Center said wind gusts ...

JACKSON, Miss. - A Claiborne County woman has been indicted following an investigation by the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) Office of Inspector General into the alleged fraudulent receipt of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. According to MDHS, Kia Mays of Claiborne County was ...

Tropical Storm Bertha crawled into southern Louisiana on Wednesday, making landfall and packing strong winds far from its center after closing beaches from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi. The National Hurricane Center said Bertha made landfall ...

CHICAGO (AP) - An independent autopsy commissioned by the family of Nolan Xavier Wells found the 18-year-old's cause and manner of death to be "undetermined" pending further investigation. The civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the...

The Adams County Board of Supervisors has approved the installation of automatic license plate readers in Natchez. Sheriff Travis Patten says the technology will help locate stolen, wanted, and missing vehicles while privacy advocates raise concerns.

Tropical Storm Bertha strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday but was expected to weaken this week as it chugs closer to the U.S., potentially bringing coastal flooding and heavy rain from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana. Those areas along t...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tropical Storm Bertha formed Monday evening in the Gulf of Mexico south of the Florida Panhandle as it drifts erratically toward populated coastal areas bearing a threat of heavy rain, storm surge and damaging wind gusts, forecaste...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) - Family members and supporters of Nolan Xavier Wells filled a Mississippi church Monday to mourn and celebrate the 18-year-old, as the Rev. Al Sharpton pleaded for new evidence addressing the "many unanswered questions" aro...

The Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC) is proud to announce the launch of the Mississippi Stories Grant, a new funding opportunity to help communities across the state preserve, share, and celebrate the voices and lived experiences of Mississippians. The program is supported by the Mississippi Legislature through the...

Attorneys for the family of a Black teenager who went missing during a July Fourth boat trip to an island off the Mississippi coast said they will work with a local prosecutor's office to inspect the contents of his cellphone as the investigation int...