Mississippi News

LUCEDALE, Miss.--Authorities said 20-year-old Brandon Pierce of Mississippi was arrested on a charge of animal cruelty after he set his 5-year-old Chihuahua mix, Socks, aflame, reported CBS affiliate WJTV .

C Spire Wireless, the only U.S. provider that offers consumers and businesses a suite of personalized wireless services, announced plans today to expand its 4G high-speed mobile broadband services to nearly a half million consumer and business customers in Mississippi this year.

The College Board has started a program trustees hope will ease the procurement process between minority-owned businesses and state universities.

"The whole economy of the south west of the Appalachians depended on the Mississippi river.

The YMCA is sponsoring a spring family fun fest outdoor pool opening on Friday from 4-6 p.m. The event includes face painting, crafts, spring egg jump in pool, free nachos, popcorn and lemonade.

Representatives from Mississippi Main Street Association and Mississippi Development Authority , Division of Tourism, recently traveled along Mississippi Highway 82 as part of a regional tourism initiative to celebrate its designation as the state's first Heritage Highway.

At Mississippi Studios tonight, a veritable armada of Portland folk and country types pay tribute to Bob Dylan , who turns 72 years old tomorrow.

Alabama trailed 3-0 early in the elimination game, but rallied for two runs in the fourth, one in the fifth and two more in the sixth to take a 5-3 lead.

The owner of an environmental laboratory in Mississippi has been convicted on federal charges of falsifying records on industrial wastewater samples that she was hired to test.

Top AIDS scientists were optimistic Wednesday of finding a cure for the disease that has claimed 30 million lives -- but said it might not work for all people.

Camp Shelby's annual Laying of the Wreaths Ceremony scheduled Thursday will include a special ceremony for the family of Sgt.

The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report .

As the United Auto Workers continue to try to win a union organization vote at Canton's Nissan plant, they and their friends have begun public outpourings of crocodile tears over Mississippi's economic development incentives utilized to bring the global automaker to the state.

Meridian City Council members Mary Perry and Jesse Palmer were attending Tuesday night's council meeting as the last votes were being cast in the run-off elections.

The Storm Prediction Center issued a tornado watch from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. CDT Tuesday covering 34 counties including Attala, Holmes, Humphreys, Washington, Choctaw, Webster, Montgomery, Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Monroe, Chickasaw, Calhoun, Yalobusha, Tallahatchie, Sunflower, Bolivar, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Union, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, ... (more)

An approaching line of intense thunderstorms with a history of producing widespread wind damage has prompted the Storm Prediction Center to issue a severe thunderstorm watch for much of central Mississippi .

A line of damaging wind storms raced across portions of northern and central Mississippi Tuesday night, leaving thousands without power.

Kenny Glavan is the new councilman for Biloxi Ward 6. He beat incumbent Ed Gemmill by a large majority.

My old friend Ray Smithhart would have loved the irony of union-fighting manufacturer Nissan making a gift of $100,000 to the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute.

Young corn had emerged in late April at Mississippi State University's Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville.