Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann gavels in the Mississippi Senate for the first day of 2025 legislative session on Jan. 7, 2025.

President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Civil Rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, who is the 11th ...

On Monday, legislative leaders unveiled their plans for the 2025 Session, and on Tuesday they gaveled in the session to begin their work.

In a news conference at his Florida home, Trump said he wanted to change the name of the Gulf "pretty soon." A Mississippi lawmaker already tried.

MEN: Where Mississippi State basketball stands in updated March Madness bracket predictions MSU has reached the NCAA tournament once in coach Sam Purcell's two seasons. In 2022-23, MSU won in the ...

Ole Miss did not make the NCAA tournament in coach Chris Beard's first season last year. The Rebels finished 20-12 (7-11 SEC) last season and were a bubble team. Beard has March Madness success on his ...

Here is where MSU stands in the latest NCAA tournament projections.

The first human bird flu death was reported out of Louisiana on Monday, Jan. 6. The same case was the first serious case of H5N1 in humans in the U.S.

President Joe Biden declared all federal offices close Jan. 9 to honor Jimmy Carter. Is it a federal holiday? What else will be closed?

The calendar has turned again on Mississippi, which became a state in 1817. Its 207th anniversary was recently acknowledged online by the Census Bureau.

See the Clarion Ledger's Mississippi high school girls basketball Super 25 rankings for the 2024-25 season, with three new additions.

President-elect Donald Trump. Inauguration Day also falls on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday. Here's how to ...