Mississippi News

University of South Alabama trustees are prepared to approve adding a satellite campus at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has signed a bill to restore some of the budget cuts he made.

Secretary of state Delbert Hosemann made the official announcement on Monday that Mississippians will have the chance to vote on voter ID during the 2011 election.

An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday.

A new film studio, complete with sound stage and production office space, will be built in Canton to encourage movie production in the state.

This 2009 photo released by Constance McMillen's family via The ACLU of Mississippi, taken in Fulton, Miss., shows Constance McMillen, 18, a student at the Itawamba County Agricultural High School.

The Mississippi Senate approved a bill to let some indigent county inmates work to pay off their fees and restitution.

Haley Barbour to accept $56 million in stimulus funding. House Labor Committee Chairman Rufus Straughter , D-Belzoni, didn't bring the bill out for a vote in time to meet a legislative deadline for the House and Senate to act on bills originating in the opposite chamber.

State lawmakers and education leaders will discuss cuts in Mississippi's education system, starting at 7 tonight on Mississippi Public Broadcasting's series, Quorum .

A Jackson County grand jury indicted David Bruce Allen on three drug-related charges last week, and his lawyer, Michael Crosby, said Monday that he could call for a speedy trial for the retired heart surgeon.

The Mississippi Senate has honored performer Bobby "Blue" Bland with a resolution calling him "one of rhythm and blues' foremost artists." Bland was joined by singer Bobby Rush, civil rights activist Charles Evers and several others during Tuesday's presentation in the Senate.

A tobacco ban ordinance is expected to top the agenda of Brandon aldermen at their April 5 meeting.

Mississippi state Sen. Jack Gordon of Okolona remained hospitalized Monday and his condition was upgraded from critical to good.

An animal cruelty bill is on track to die under a Tuesday deadline in the Mississippi Legislature.

Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says petitioners gathered more than enough signatures to put a voter ID initiative on Mississippi's ballot in November 2011.

The Senate on Monday passed the bill, which had earlier passed the House. The bill outlines 20 course unit requirements for the so-called career track curriculum.

Walt Grayson, Mississippi Roads host, will speak at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Wednesday, March 10.

The University of Southern Mississppi celebrated the $28 million Trent Lott National Center for Excellence in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, as well as the man whose name it bears, Friday.

Longtime Mississippi state Sen. Jack Gordon is hospitalized with an undisclosed ailment.

The House bill up for debate this week in the Senate outlines 20 course unit requirements for the so-called career track curriculum.