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Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Chief Cyrus Ben gave the keynote address at Mississippi State University’s Native American/American Indian History Month earlier this month.

Mississippi’s public universities saw an increase in fall enrollment in 2023 compared to numbers from the same period last year. Fall enrollment for 2023 is 77,074 students, a 1.8 percent increase, partially due to record-breaking freshman classes at Ole Miss and Mississippi State. In 2022, enrollment stood at 75,739 for...

In incumbent Democratic Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley, Mississippi Democrats have found their most formidable gubernatorial nominee in this century. However competitive the 2023 race, the numbers still favor Republican

Mississippi currently has 35 inmates on Death Row, according to Mississippi Department of Corrections data – 34 men and one woman.

STARKVILLE — While there does seem to be growing momentum for progress on Mississippi lawmakers taking up policies that could provide some financial stability for the state’s struggling hospitals, there

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on July 27 declined to consider the appeal by the family of a Mississippi attorney implicated in a 2014 GOP primary Senate race

Mississippi State University police found a male student dead in a vehicle parked on campus Sunday afternoon. Officials are still investigating.

MSU vice president for strategic communications, Sid Salter says safety is one of the top priorities at the university.

Mississippi State University has returned to normal operations after “an anonymous suspicious device threat” in one of the residence halls Friday night. Sid Salter, the university’s vice president of strategic communications, provided the update just before 9 p.m. MSU has returned to normal operations. Thanks to all law enforcement and...

Classes are back in session for colleges and universities across the state with a handful of schools reporting record freshman classes. According to Mississippi State vice president of strategic communications Sid Salter, the incoming freshman class in Starkville is shaping up to be over 3,700 students. Mississippi State kicked off...