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From Rick Ray to Ben Howland Lightning Fast

When Rick Ray took over the head-coaching job at Mississippi State University in 2012, he had an uphill climb from the beginning.

Nick Griffin

Former Mississippi State University running back Nick Griffin represented Mississippi in this year's International Federation of American Football Championship.

Charge: 2 Mississippi Residents Aimed to Join Islamic State

Two Mississippi residents were arrested over the weekend on charges that they were trying to travel abroad to join the Islamic State militant group.

Survivors Tell of Deep Grief from Colorado Theater Massacre

In trembling, tearful voices, two daughters of a man killed in the Colorado theater shooting told a judge Monday his death shattered their lives and left them in a black hole of sorrow.

White House Fence Jumper Held Without Bond

The 23-year-old Maryland man who climbed over the White House fence was ordered held without bond in an appearance Thursday before a federal magistrate judge.

AC/DC's Phil Rudd Accused of Murder-for-Hire Plot

Drummer Phil Rudd of Australian rock band AC/DC whose hits include "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" was accused Thursday of trying to arrange two killings as well as possession of drugs.

Nick Taylor was down on his game over the summer, struggling with his putter as he fought to earn a PGA Tour card. So even he was a little stunned Sunday when he was holding a big bronze rooster and celebrating a comeback victory in the Sanderson Farms Championship.

Jay Hopson

Jay Hopson will always be the answer to a trivia question as the first white football coach hired in Alcorn State University and SWAC history. The New York Times, ESPN and many national news outlets covered Hopson's hiring in May 2012.

Josh Robinson

It took time, but the spotlight finally found MSU running back Josh Robinson. His story to just get to this point is amazing, and it took a whole community to get him here.

Another Side of Mother Nature

As I made my morning drive to work the other day, I recalled last spring and how I needed to get my car washed because yellow pollen and dust covered everything.

Black and Jewish WWI Heroes Finally Getting Medal of Honor

Two World War I Army heroes—one black, one Jewish—are finally getting the Medal of Honor they may have been denied because of discrimination, nearly 100 years after bravely rescuing comrades on the battlefields of France.

Schools Funding Now Up to State Supreme Court

The fate of an education ballot initiative now rests with the Mississippi Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments in the case this morning in Jackson. The nine justices will decide whether a lower court overstepped its authority when he rewrote an alternative proposed ballot initiative.

Supreme Court Rules: Same-Sex Marriage Legal Nationwide

The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States.

Beheading, Explosion at Factory in France; Suspects Captured

A man with suspected ties to French Islamic radicals rammed a car Friday into an American gas factory in southeastern France, triggering an explosion that injured two people, officials said. The severed head of a local businessman was left hanging at the factory's entrance, along with banners with Arabic inscriptions, they said.

The Festival Game

Warm weather has finally arrived, and that means it's that time of year: music festivals.

Unsavory Twists in Mississippi's GOP Primary Grabbing Headlines Among Eight Races This Tuesday

WASHINGTON (AP) — Strange, unsavory twists in Mississippi's Senate Republican race are grabbing the most attention of Tuesday's primary elections in eight states.

A Canon, If You Please

RJ La Canon, brewed by Les Brasseurs RJ in Montreal, Canada, is a German Doppelboch (double boch) that is heavy on the malt and light on bitters with a heavenly 7.65 percent ABV.

Zero the Blue Heeler

Zero, Swell-O-Phonic owner Ron Chane's blue heeler best bud, has been a Jackson icon practically since birth.

Video of Cop Killer Tweeted by Trump Denounced as Racist

Luis Bracamontes, an immigrant in the country illegally who was convicted this year of murdering two law enforcement officials, is now the centerpiece of a video President Donald Trump tweeted out that some Democrats and Republicans alike immediately denounced as racist.

Jordan Johnson

Running back Jordan Johnson left JSU's 34-28 win over Prairie View A&M University with a lower leg injury on Nov. 3, but before the injury, Johnson was having a great day with 74 yards and a touchdown on just eight carries.

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