Armyworms ravaging yards, pastures
A severe outbreak of fall armyworms is wreaking havoc in yards and fields across Mississippi.
House nixes district for failing schools
Fears about loss of local control and more charter schools led Mississippi House members Wednesday to reject a plan for a separate statewide school district to take over individual failing schools.
Funding, turf issues stall emergency broadband
Mississippi’s attempt to create the nation’s first statewide emergency broadband network has come to a halt.
The state’s Wireless Communications Commission voted last week to freeze construction on the $56 million project, which is nearly 80 percent complete.