The truncated campaign for Hinds County district attorney means candidates will only file a single financial disclosure statement.

Five candidates took part in their first forum ahead of a Nov. 3 special election to serve out the term of former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, who left office earlier this summer after p...

Legislation advancing through each chamber would lead to harsher punishment for an unknown number of children in the state by creating new avenues for prosecutors to charge minors as adults.

A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights.

A state judge dismissed former Gov. Phil Bryant’s defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today, ending a nearly two-year case that became a beacon in the fight for American press freedom.

As enrollments fall, rural-serving universities are shedding degree programs ranging from music to chemistry.