Central Mississippi to Central Louisiana

In 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that led to the gold rush of ’49. I...

B ATON ROUGE, La. -   Edward Richmond Jr. , an Army  veteran from Louisiana, was charged with attacking police officers with a baton during...

It's going to be a wet week in Mississippi. There are a  couple of weather models showing the potential for strong storms , and the Stor...

In a federal lawsuit filed Jan. 22, organizations affiliated with the Mississippi Sound Association is asking the U.S. District Court in Gul...

Unemployment rates were higher in December in 15 states, lower in one,  and stable in 34 states and the District of Columbia, according to t...

MEMPHIS -   Thompson Energy Solutions , a division of Thompson Machinery, is expanding its team in  the  Memphis-North Mississippi region  t...

NEW ORLEANS   – The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) Board of Commissioners passed two resolutions to expedite the St. Bernard Transportatio...

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -  NASA continued a critical test series Jan. 17 for future flights of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket i...

In 1788,  English poet Lord Byron is born In 1901, Britain’s Queen Victoria died at age 81 after a reign of 63 years. She was succeeded by h...

A newly re-established  Louisiana State Police   contingent, dubbed Troop Nola, is set to launch in New Orleans after   Mardi Gras , with a ...

WASHINGTON   – In Baton Rouge, newly-elected GOP Gov. Jeff Landry, a Trump supporter, is backed by veto-proof Republican supermajorities in ...

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi has improved some of its poor health outcomes, but residents are still more likely to die unnecessarily than re...

In 1793, o ne day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention,  King Lo...

Private jet travel has   surged in the US   over the last few years and now accounts for one-in-six flights handled by the Federal Aviation ...

The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $6M to Purdue, Indiana, and Mississippi State universities to fund a collaborative progra...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Global all-domain defense provider HII announced Jan. 19 its Ingalls Shipbuilding division here awarded $100,000 in gran...

Last week, officials at the Mississippi University for Women (MUW) caused a firestorm of controversy over its  gung-ho announcement  that th...

Mississippians continue to battle the highest grocery tax (7%) in America.  A report  from HelpAdvisor  shows just how much U.S. households ...

Mississippi continues to make major strides in its K-12 education system. This past week, the Mississippi Department of Education announced ...

A  Palestinian-American teenager, who grew up in Gretna, La., was reportedly killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank, on Jan. 19, accordin...