My birth certificate states that I was born at 8:30 a.m. on May 11, 1951, in the old Baptist Hospital on North State Street in Jackson. Nothing extraordinary about that.

Fifth graders at Jackson Academy recently got a hands-on look at anatomy and biology through a classic science rite of passage: the frog dissection. Working carefully through each step, students ...

Members of the Jackson Academy middle school show choir, Showtime ended its season at the Brandon ELITE competition taking home Best Overall Production, Best Vocals, and Overall Grand Champion. Tallan ...

St. Andrew’s seniors and their selected faculty members who have been named as STAR students and teachers by the Mississippi Economic Council include teachers (from left, back) Thomas Riesenberger, ...

The Friends of the USA International Ballet Competition are preparing for their upcoming Kentucky Derby Party and Bluegrass Concert. The annual fundraiser will take place Saturday, May 2, at 3921 ...

A chance of rain showers before 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South ...

The national debt is nearing $40 trillion, passing $39.5 trillion this month. The projected budget deficit this year, before ...

Mississippi’s senior US Senator, Roger Wicker, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, continues to support ...

Former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus has been called “one of the outstanding public servants of our time.” Now his legacy at the ...

Capitol Police officers were once the highest paid among metro law enforcement agencies, but that’s no longer the case.

SB 2001 — that handed it access to Entergy’s grid while keeping the contracts secret from the ratepayers who will subsidize ...

The state can keep the $1.25 million the Legislature allocated for a project to widen Harbor Drive in Ridgeland. “The city ...