An estimated 55,000 Mississippians are not able to vote after being convicted of one of 24 specific felonies that result in disenfranchisement, and the process to regain that basic right of ...

Dan Dye plants a bald cypress as Birdie the bluetick beagle inspects his finished work in the background. Dan and his father, Outdoors writer Brad Dye, spent the weekend planting native trees and ...

The 2024 efforts to expand Medicaid coverage to cover the working poor was ultimately logjammed on that reality. The working poor are those fellow Mississippians with jobs who don’t make enough ...

Meridian and Lauderdale County residents are invited to join in helping others receive lifesaving care as the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department hosts its Blue Blood Heroes Blood Drive Tuesday.

Lung cancer awareness will be the topic of a Community Health Improvement Network Lunch & Learn event slated for Thursday, Dec. 10, at NorthPark Church. Dr. Asad Khan, who specializes in ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Matt Gaetz for U.S. Attorney General puts Mississippi Congressman Michael Guest on the spot. Last week, Gaetz suddenly resigned from Congress just ...

The Meridian Community College Foundation welcomed new members into its distinguished donor circles during the 2024 Annual Membership Celebration. The foundation works to bring in private ...

JACKSON —With Christmas right around the corner, the Mississippi Department of Transportation is aiming to spread a little extra holiday cheer on Mississippi’s highways, and needs the ...

Academy Sports + Outdoors officially cut the ribbon Friday morning on its new store in Meridian Crossroads as a long line of shoppers stretched down the sidewalk past the entrance to Hobby Lobby.

Students in 34 classrooms across Lauderdale County will benefit this year from $26,700 in teacher mini grants awarded to local educators by the Junior Auxiliary of Meridian. A consequential ...

Visitors to Magnolia Cemetery may have a smoother ride in the near future as work is set to begin on a project to address the cemetery’s crumbling roads. The project comes after a group of concerned ...

STARKVILLE ­– The 2024 election saw a historic shift of power in which Republicans will soon control the White House, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. That outcome will ...