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A viral video showing two students making racist gestures outside a Black student’s apartment at the University of Mississippi has sparked nationwide outrage, while also drawing renewed attention to a Wisconsin auto dealership previously accused of discriminatory treatment toward Black customers.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mississippi now has a new State Supreme Court judge as of Thursday. Governor Tate Reeves attended the investiture ceremony for Justice Amanda Jones Tollison in Oxford. Tollison was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Reeves. She is the seventh woman to serve on the State Supreme Court. Currently, there are three […]
Federal regulators have officially authorized construction to begin on the $1.1 billion Kosciusko Junction Pipeline Project, moving the major multi-county energy effort from the planning stage into active development. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a notice to proceed to developers Gulf South Pipeline Co. and Texas Gas Transmission....
Northwest Mississippi Community College held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Centennial Bell Tower Nov. 5 on the main campus in Senatobia. The Centennial Bell Tower was prominently built […]
Attala County residents can now track ongoing power grid upgrades in real time following a recent push for better electrical reliability in the area. Northern District Public Service Commissioner Chris Brown announced that Entergy Mississippi has launched a dedicated online dashboard detailing the utility’s improvement projects and completion timelines across the county.
COAHOMA COUNTY — Donald Green and the Mississippi Delta Council for Farm Worker Opportunities Inc. donated bottled water to the Coahoma County Fire Department to help keep firefighters hydrated during emergency calls, training and daily operations. A photo shared by the department shows cases of bottled water stacked on...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Defendants and families are stuck in limbo in one Mississippi court circuit after two months of staggered closures. FOX13 Investigates found out a judge in Circuit District 11 issued an order to close courts in Coahoma, Tunica, Quitman, and Bolivar Counties for different weeks for two months. The order lasts from October 6 to the last week of November.
By the time Cleveland, Mississippi, gets its Christmas lights on, your sensible plan to be home by bedtime is in trouble. Downtown glows, somebody suggests another walk, and the car keys stay in your pocket. You came to see the lights. Now you’re wondering what tomorrow might hold if you booked a room tonight.
MISSISSIPPI. - Semar Electric selects Senatobia for first U.S. manufacturing facility. A global electrical company is bringing its first American manufacturing operation to Mississippi, state officials announced. Semar Electric has chosen Senatobia as the site for the new facility, marking a significant international investment in the state. The project is...
GREENVILLE- It's official...Scott Colom is Mississippi's new senate elect. "It's not something that i did y'all it's something that we did. All I did was have the courage to imagine a night like this." Colom said. The district attorney from Columbus will be Mississippi's first democratic senator in years and...
GREENWOOD- The Leflore County community came out to pay their respects to late ward 6 city councilwoman Dorothy "Dot" Glenn. As the city of greenwood revealed a new marker in her honor at Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Park. The crowd was filled with those who were fond of glenn,...
Local emergency personnel and medical staff will participate in a full-scale emergency response exercise Thursday, Nov. 12, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The joint agency drill will center around Kosciusko High School’s Landrum Field (Whippet Stadium) and involves all local emergency services, alongside Baptist Memorial Hospital–Attala. Thursday’s scenario will...
GREENWOOD- Wednesday, the Zeta Amicae Auxiliary of Itta Bena came together to give thanks to those who've served the country over a hot meal. Vets were provided with a multiple prayers, remarks and resources that Veterans George Ellis and Roosevelt Sanders say were not taken for granted. "I served about...
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - Engineers gave the Madison County Board of Supervisors updates this week on several major road projects east of Interstate 55, with one project closing in on completion and others still years from construction. South Wheatley Street. South Wheatley Street in Ridgeland is the closest to...
A road in Batesville that has been known locally as Stone Drive for years has finally received official recognition under that name, following a discussion by the Board of Aldermen […]
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Madison County officials cut the ribbon on the redeveloped Calhoun Station Parkway on November 10, 2026. Gluckstadt Mayor Walter Morrison and Canton Mayor Tim Taylor joined other Madison County officials to celebrate the work improving their cities. The road intersects between Gluckstadt and Canton and will lead drivers from Gluckstadt […]
CLARKSDALE, Miss. - Clarksdale Municipal School District is requiring masks to be worn inside school buildings and transportation due to an increase in respiratory illnesses. The school district provided the following statement:. "Wildcat Nation!. We need your help keeping our schools healthy. If your child is not feeling well, please...
Democrat Scott Colom is overperforming among affidavit ballots in two Mississippi Delta counties in the race for U.S. Senate, continuing a pattern MFP has reported on elsewhere in Mississippi. Hyde-Smith needs significant gains in affidavit ballots to overcome Colom’s more than 2,500-vote lead, but so far, affidavit ballots are only...
Appalachian Community Histories – Scobey, Yalobusha County: From Preston and Garner to a Mississippi Railroad Town. In the southwestern corner of Yalobusha County, Mississippi, the community of Scobey developed along a railroad that helped reshape the settlement patterns of northern Mississippi during the nineteenth century. Although its population never approached that of larger towns such as Grenada, Coffeeville, or Water Valley, Scobey became an important local connection between the agricultural countryside and the expanding transportation network that linked Mississippi to markets across the South.
Students at the Kosciusko Attala Career and Technical Center (KACTC) recently welcomed SFC Robert Oswalt of the Mississippi Army National Guard for a special Veterans Day presentation focused on service, sacrifice, and personal responsibility. Speaking to the student body, SFC Oswalt shared a message of gratitude honoring the dedication of...
