NATCHEZ, MS - Organizers have announced the entertainment lineup for the 41st Annual Natchez Balloon Festival, offering a mix of nationally recognized artists, Louisiana favorites, blues talent and regional performers for this year's celebration. Now entering its 41st year, the Natchez Balloon Festival has become one o...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The former mayor of Mississippi's capital city and the former City Council president have pleaded guilty in a bribery scheme one week before they were set to face trial. Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and former Jacks...

A Mississippi family whose 1-year-old child was killed when police fired into a moving car offered evidence Wednesday that they say challenges the officers' account of being in danger when one opened fire. A preliminary autopsy requested by the famil...

DETROIT (AP) - Nature's oven was on high Tuesday for millions of people in the Midwest and Great Lakes states as intense heat and humidity baked the regions with no immediate relief before the misery shifts to the eastern U.S. The National Weather S...

States that allow mail ballots to be counted after Election Day reacted with relief Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Republican effort to outlaw the practice. A decision favoring the state of Mississippi over the Republican National Com...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day, a persistent target of President Donald Trump. The 5-4 decision rejected a Republican-led attack on laws in more than half the states an...

A new Mississippi law will authorize the state's top law enforcement agency to compile a list of all immigrants illegally living in the state. What's to be done with that information is a bit open-ended. But the law set to take effect Wednesday is s...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Holiday gatherings and major life events have come with an empty seat. Certain dates on the calendar meant time at a cemetery, standing before granite stones. They are a relatively small group of people, scattered across different ...

Organizations supporting Black women and girls across the American South can expect a bit more joy - and more money - this summer following a new round of grants. The Southern Black Girls and Women's Consortium will grant $350,000 to two dozen South...

NATCHEZ, MS- Tuwanna Williams has been selected as the next Adams County Administrator following a unanimous vote by the Adams County Board of Supervisors. Board President Angela Hutchins said the county reviewed eight applicants before interviewing three finalists. Williams was unanimously chosen by the board and is e...