Speaker Gunn: Mostly Silent on Mississippi Flag Since Call Last Year to Change ItMississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn, who became the first prominent Republican last summer to call for Mississippi to remove the Confederate battle emblem from its flag, said Monday that if the flag design is going to be reconsidered, it should …
Upgraded 'Fondren Point' Will House Wier Boerner Allin ArchitectureWier Boerner Allin Architecture, which opened in the Fondren Corner building in 2010, is renovating and building out Fondren Point and will be moving its offices there sometime between April and July 2016.
1 Officer Dead, 3 Wounded in Iuka, Miss. StandoffIUKA, Mississippi (AP) — One law enforcement officer was killed and three were injured early Saturday after an hourslong standoff in rural north Mississippi ended in gunfire, authorities said.
Cleaning Up Jails, Carjackings on Rise, Escapee Still at Large, Citizen's Police AcademyHinds County Sheriff Victor Mason held a press conference Tuesday, Feb. 16, to discuss recent developments at the Hinds County jails, including improvements to the Raymond Detention Center and two detention officers being arrested for bringing in contraband into the …
'Discrimination Act' Would Give Clerks 'Kim Davis' PowersKim Davis went to jail in Kentucky for not issuing same-sex marriage licenses, but circuit clerks in Mississippi might not have to if the "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act" becomes law.
Stuart KelloggEarlier this month, the Old Capitol Inn played host to a retirement party for Stuart Kellogg, former president and general manager of news channel WAPT-TV, who held his post for 24 years and two months before his Dec. 31 retirement.
Mississippi Bill: OK to Not Help With Same-Sex MarriagePeople couldn't be punished for acting on religious beliefs that marriage should only be between a man and a woman, under a bill advancing in the Mississippi Legislature.
Voucher Bill Moves Forward in Mississippi LegislatureA bill moving forward in the Mississippi House of Representatives would vastly expand a small program to use tax money to pay private school tuition or for home-schooling.