Mississippi State News

A teacher at St. Martin High School is out of jail on bond following his arrest on a multiple drug charges, including marijuana cultivation.

A St. Martin High School teacher was arrested Wednesday night and accused of growing marijuana in his home. Watch This Video

Talk of merging Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over underfunding those schools.

Warren County is paying a big medical bill for an inmate awaiting a murder trial.

Ocean Springs police are searching for a suspect in a robbery at First Bank & Trust on U.S. Highway 90.

The Clarion-Ledger reports Wednesday the city of Jackson has been awarded a $1.7 million federal stimulus grant to make its buildings and facilities more energy efficient.

The long fight to win state approval for a hospital in Olive Branch has taken another step forward.

Quarterback Martevious Young has put Southern Miss in striking distance of winning a Conference USA championship.

A juror from the 2008 capital murder trial of Curtis Giovanni Flowers in Montgomery County has pleaded guilty to two counts of perjury.

Hinds County will borrow $6 million from BancorpSouth to cover operating expenses for the first three months of this fiscal year.