Mississippi State News

While Jared Darby, Hernando's new planning director, hasn't found much time yet for any lofty, futuristic "visioning," he likes what he sees: a city on the move -- quite literally to his front door.

Briefly: Manager Ron Washington said he considered using both OF Craig Gentry and INF Alberto Gonzalez to pitch the ninth inning in Wednesday's 21-8 loss to Seattle, but not 1B Mitch Moreland, who was a part-time pitcher at Mississippi State.

Pinpoint Weather Forecast A mostly cloudy and breezy Friday with a good chance of mainly morning and afternoon showers and thunderstorms.

Samford exploded for four runs in the eighth inning to push its lead to 5-0 over Mississippi State after eight innings Friday in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional Baseball Tournament.

Ole Miss and Mississippi State will play games again this basketball season in the SEC/Big East Challenge, the SEC announced today.

Jerry Latch isn't interested in shelling out extra money to express himself with a car tag promoting a particular group or cause, but he knows plenty of people who do.

But in the meantime lets talk about a former Mississippi State player who embodies 2 of my favorite things.

Mississippi State pitcher Chris Stratton of Mississippi State has been named SEC Pitcher of the year in a vote by the league's 12 head baseball coaches.

After winning the 2012 SEC Baseball Tournament yesterday, State learned its fate today with regards to NCAA Tournament seeding.

Today marks 100 days until the 2012 Mississippi State football season kicks off, and what better way to kick it off than to give you a football fact each day leading into the season.

Wow. This matchup is the classic head to head of comeback/walk off games, in my opinion, in the history of modern Mississippi State athletics.

They've been best friends since middle school and on Monday Valedictorian Savannah Mitchell and Salutatorian Danielle Winans thanked parents and teachers on behalf of their class at St.

More than 13,000 people visited the Municipal Art Gallery on North State Street in Jackson last year.

Hundreds gathered at the stadium of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College's Perkinston campus on Friday as Stone High School's class of 2012 celebrated their graduation.

Ulysses S. Grant, 17th President of the United States, is pictured. His presidential library is now permanently housed at Mississippi State University's Mitchell Memorial Library.

Proud parents and excited students filled the Hancock High School football stadium Thursday night to celebrate the graduation of the class of 2012.

May 16, 2012 -- Chris Stratton, Mississippi State's candidate for national college baseball player of the year, was named the winner of the 2012 C Spire Wireless Ferriss Trophy as the state's most outstanding college baseball player at a Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame awards luncheon program.

Devonta Pollard is a five-star 6-8 205-pound forward from Porterville, Mississippi.

A USA TODAY report on Monday showed Mississippi State to be one of only 22 self-sufficient athletic departments in Division I, turning a profit of $7.4 million in the 2011 fiscal year.

Mississippi State pitcher Chris Stratton, of Tupelo, Miss., poses with the Ferriss Trophy, an award that is given to the state's top college baseball player, Monday, May 14, 2012 at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in Jackson, Miss.