Public Divided on $3M Slot Win in Mississippi

On some rare occasions, one’s life can change in literally seconds, which is what happened to a gambler who just won over $3 million at a slot machine in Mississippi. Lucky Slot Machine Player Wins Jackpot Announced in a Facebook post, the man played a “ …

Music review: Parchman Prison Prayer — Another Mississippi Sunday Morning (album)

TWO years after the success of the first album of gospel recordings from Parchman Prison comes a further release, Parchman Prison Prayer — Another Mississippi Sunday Morning, which maintains the standards and authenticity of its predecessor. From the first …

Ole Miss baseball series key one for Mississippi State

Mississippi State pitcher Pico Kohn is expected to get the game one start once again against Ole Miss Friday night. Jeremy Miller Like many times in Bulldog baseball history, there have been some extreme lows and some extreme highs in the last five years. …

Mississippi Medical Cannabis Advertising Ban Challenge Declined by US Supreme Court

Earlier this week, the US Supreme Court decline to hear a challenge involving Mississippi’s medical cannabis advertising ban (1). Led by Clarence Cocroft, owner of Tru Source Medical Cannabis, he expressed in a statement how (2), “Tru Source is tucked away …

Mississippi Power finalizing storm plans ahead of Hurricane Season

GULF COAST, Miss. (WXXV)- Mississippi Power’s storm directors met this week to finalize their 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season storm plans. The meeting took place at Mississippi Power’s Operations Center in Lyman where company leaders from across the service …

Hellacious amount of hail poured down across parts of north Mississippi

Falling hail looked like snow on Thursday in Lee County. STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) — Large amounts of hail poured down across parts of north Mississippi on Thursday afternoon, May 8. WTVA received pictures and videos of hail from the Starkville area and Lee …

Mississippi struggles with maternal mortality

Vonetta Ball-Green's face lights up when she talks about her daughter, Harmony."Harmony was a makeup artist; she was a teacher, a dancer, a gospel singer," Ball-Green said. "That was my baby girl. I miss her."During the early …

Mississippi River named the most endangered of 2025 by non-profit American Rivers 

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood relief programs as severe weather threats grow. American Rivers, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization, has …

OSU men's tennis hosts Mississippi State in NCAA super regional

‘I Just Want My Babies to Be at Peace’: A Mississippi Single Mom on Surviving the System

A groundbreaking Ms. series, Front & Center first began as first-person accounts of Black mothers living in Jackson, Miss., receiving a guaranteed income from Springboard to Opportunities’ Magnolia Mother’s Trust (MMT). Moving into the fourth year and …