The Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Senate has given final approval to a bill restricting electric car manufacturers from opening new brick-and-mortar car dealerships in the state unless they comply with the same laws traditional carmakers follow.…
The Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - An Alabama man was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for burglarizing two gun stores, possessing stolen firearms and transporting those weapons to states in the Midwest and East, federal prosecutors…
The Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has filed lawsuits accusing the Mississippi state auditor and two national sportscasters of defaming him in public discussions about the misspending of welfare money. The suits against Auditor…
The Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Patients have started buying medical marijuana in Mississippi, nearly a year after the products were legalized in the state. The Mississippi Medical Marijuana Association says the first purchases happened Wednesday in Brookhaven and…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Nursing programs at Mississippi's public universities are turning away hundreds of potential students every year because of insufficient faculty sizes. The students are being turned away amid a nursing…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's top health officer says the state doesn’t have the medical workforce to address a wide range of poor health outcomes. These outcomes include high rates of maternal and…
The Associated Press GREENWOOD, Miss. - A trial has been delayed for the former leader of a Mississippi grain storage and processing company who is accused of tens of millions of dollars in fraud. John R. Coleman of Greenwood, Mississippi,…
The Associated Press CARROLLTON, Miss. (AP) - The owner of five now-deceased pit bulls has been arrested after the dogs mauled a Mississippi electrician who had just left a service call. The electrician had to be airlifted to a hospital…
The Associated Press BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say two police officers in coastal Mississippi were shot and killed by a woman early Wednesday as they checked on a call at a motel. The Mississippi Department of Public…
The Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi wildlife regulators Thursday warned hunters to be on the lookout for sick and dead birds across the state as an apparent outbreak of avian influenza is underway. The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries…
The Associated Press Bay St. Louis, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man is out on bond after being accused of biting a person’s nose off. The incident occurred Monday night in the parking lot of the Hollywood Casino in Bay…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is asking to be removed from a civil lawsuit by the state of Mississippi that seeks to recover millions of dollars in misspent welfare money…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A federal judge will decide whether to block Mississippi from using three drugs when it puts inmates to death. His ruling could determine whether the state carries out its next…
The Associated Press JACKSON, Miss (AP) - Police in Mississippi’s capital city say they discovered a decapitated body after they got a call about a dog carrying a severed human arm. Jackson Deputy Police Chief Deric Hearn says the body…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi expects 5,000 more births each year as a result of the Supreme Court ruling denying abortion rights. Mortality data show these children are more likely to die before…
ITTA BENA, Miss. - One man has died and two have been injured after falling into a grain storage bin in the Mississippi Delta. Multiple law enforcement and rescue personnel cut into the large metal structure to find the workers…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - An attorney is trying to force former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to release text messages or other communications about the state improperly using welfare money on development of a concussion…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A former director of Mississippi’s welfare agency is set to plead guilty to new federal charges in a conspiracy to misspend tens of millions of dollars that were intended to…
STARKVILLE, Miss. - A woman has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $3 million in restitution for embezzling money from a Mississippi State University sorority. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that…
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says he wants Mississippi’s capital city to receive “its fair share” of federal money to repair a troubled water system. Homes and businesses had no…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi’s capital city is struggling with multiple water problems - too much on the ground after heavy rainfall in the past week, and not enough safe water…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Pearl River flooded streets and at least one home in Mississippi’s capital city, days after storms dumped heavy rain. But water levels were starting to recede…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - The Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture has received a $1,450 grant to create a map highlighting the civil rights movement in Natchez. Mayor Dan Gibson said the map will help tell the full…
As the Mega-Millions jackpot grows, WVUA 23 News drove across the state lines to Columbus, Mississippi Wednesday to talk with Alabamians waiting in line to take their chances…
