Requests for pay raises were the big take-away from a budget hearing Thursday, with Pike County supervisors considering 3 to 5% across-the-board increases and even some for themselves in order to lift ...

Pike County’s public defenders are asking for a $25,000 raise for each attorney on staff, calling the request a matter of equal justice considering their counterparts in the DA’s office make more ...

Selectman Tommy McKenzie wondered if any of his fellow board members had noticed a new flower, the “trafficona,” blooming all over the city.

The Mississippi State Department of Health has confirmed the first death from a human case of West Nile Virus this year.  The death occurred in Washington County.

McComb police Sgt. Jason Blake was off duty and answering a call for help when he was fatally shot at a Pike County residence ...

The festival’s closing grand finale, featuring 16-time ASCAP winner Clay Mills, three-time Native American Music Awards Song ...

A ninth-grade history schoolbook the state deemed controversial is back in print for the first time in four decades.  More ...

Deadline to submit comments to the survey is August 14. The Mississippi Division of Medicaid is seeking public input into the ...

Authorities are searching for an inmate who fled custody during transport in northern Pike County on Thursday afternoon.  the ...

An inmate who escaped during transport was captured in northern Pike County following an intense manhunt on Thursday evening.

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny. High near 92, with temperatures falling to around 89 in the ...

Among the 54 exhibitors, you’ll find three Mississippi locales at the American pavilion in the event known in the field as ...