The Mississippi State Board of Education announced changes to grading and passing requirements Thursday in response to the difficulties presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Southaven police say a toddler who was abandoned with a bag of clothes and a note Monday morning is now in the custody of Mississippi Child Protective Services.
Governor Tate Reeves has released a statement concerning the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department saying they will not enforce a state mandate on social distancing nor issue citations for not wearing a mask.
A Marshall County man has been charged after intentionally setting his girlfriend on fire, resulting in her death, according to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office.
While President Donald Trump pledged to get a coronavirus vaccine to the American people before the end of the year, Mississippi’s leading infectious disease expert said that’s not likely.
Undercover operations conducted by the Hernando Police Department lead to the arrest of nearly two dozen individuals who were allegedly attempting to meet children for sexual purposes.
Elvis Presley’s “Sun Sessions” guitar, which is currently on display at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, will be up for auction this week.
The Confederate statue on Court Square in Oxford will remain right where it has stood since 1907 after a unanimous vote Monday night by the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors.
A FedEx spokesperson released a statement Thursday afternoon, saying, “We have communicated to the team in Washington our request that they change the team name.”
With the lawsuit dropped, Memphis Greenspace can move forward with legal proceedings to move the bodies of Forrest and his wife who were buried under his statue.
As of Monday, four inmates have tested positive -- two at the Mississippi State Penitentiary and two at Winston-Choctaw County Regional Correctional Facility. Two more tests are pending -- one at Marshall County Correctional Facility and one at Delta Correctional Facility.
According to the sheriff’s office, the deputy was trying to stop two suspects in the stolen vehicle on Highway 22. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office says the suspects ran over the deputy.