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The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office’s newly-created fentanyl strike force completed an operation ahead of the Christmas holiday which resulted in over a dozen felony and misdemeanor charges. On December 14, the task force completed “Operation Checking the Naughty List,” with 13 felony and 12 misdemeanor charges reported. The charges included...

Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. A.K. Dixon, of Philadelphia Rt. 3, are serving their country in the armed forces. Pvt. Sam B. Dixon has been in the service almost three years, and is now somewhere overseas. Paul G. Dixon is somewhere in England and has been in the service since March of this year.

CARTHAGE — AgLine Distributing & Equipment has set up operations in the east central Mississippi community at a Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians facility and is already shipping its agricultural implements to retailers in-state and out-of-state.

The Study Committee on Foreign Purchase of Farmland in Mississippi has released a report showing that nearly 800,000 agricultural acres across the state are currently owned by foreign entities. The Mississippi legislature passed House Bill 280 during the 2023 session which requires a study committee to create a report showing...

A Neshoba SO app that aims to increase connectivity and transparency between the Sheriff’s Office and the public, among other features, is being rolled out.

Daniel Pickens scored two rushing touchdowns in the Eagles’ first postseason win since 2019. “Resurrection’s not dead.”

Mississippi Today's two-month probe into MDOC since Burl Cain became corrections commissioner found some gain but more work to be done.

When Purdue Pharma first began sales of OxyContin in the late 1990s, it was advertised as relief for cancer patients and people with chronic pain. Aggressive marketing fueled the drug’s popularity, along with that of other opioid pain management drugs on the market. But as the company touted OxyContin to physicians, it downplayed the drug’s […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

The Mississippi Department of Health on Thursday announced a number of services at the Lauderdale County Health Department will be affected as the building, located at 5224 Vally Street, receives

A former Leake County sheriff's deputy officer pleaded guilty to a roughly two-year-long, 31-count charge of drug evidence tampering Tuesday.