Most popular baby names: Mississippi has No. 1 girl name for 11 years

Olivia and Liam are the most popular baby names in the U.S. for the sixth consecutive year. Ava remains the top girl's name in Mississippi for the eleventh year running. While Mississippi's top boy's name fluctuates, William, John, James, Noah, …

Class of 2025: Mississippi State University celebrates commencement

Austin Frayser/Special to the Clarion Ledger Mississippi State University celebrates graduates at the Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Miss., on Thursday, May 15, 2025.Austin Frayser/Special To The Clarion LedgerMississippi State University …

Mississippi Department of Education Begins Process to Comply With New Anti-DEI State Law 

The Mississippi Department of Education is taking steps to comply with a new state law prohibiting diversity, equity and inclusion in Mississippi’s schools.  During its May board meeting, the members voted unanimously to begin the Administrative Procedures …

Mississippi high school baseball championship brackets, scores from MHSAA 2025

Small fly prompts concern across the state of Mississippi

MISSISSIPPI (WCBI) – A small fly is prompting big concern across the Southern portion of the U.S. The United States suspended the importation of live cattle, horses, and bison from Mexico on May 11, due to the expansion of New World Screwworm flies in …

Mississippi Board of Animal Health issues alert for New World Screwworm

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Mississippi Board of Animal Health urges animal owners to be aware of New World Screwworm, an invasive pest that poses a serious threat to livestock and other warm-blooded animals, including pets, and in rare cases, humans. …

'Reprehensible': Pastor demands Mississippi sheriff resign over racism scandal

At Thursday’s standing-room-only Board of Supervisors’ meeting, several Rankin County citizens called for Supervisor Steve Gaines to resign because of remarks that some have called racist. The Rev. Ava Harvey, pastor for the Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist …

Serial killer Glen Rogers was executed this week. A Mississippi woman was one of his victims

Glen Rogers, known as the Casanova Killer, died Thursday, May 15, in Florida. A Mississippi mother was among his known victims. He murdered a man and four women in their 30s with reddish hair, including Linda Price of Jackson, who was found dead in her …

Woman found shot to death inside Mississippi home, police say

HERNANDO, Miss. - Hernando police said a 28-year-old woman was found dead with gunshot wounds Thursday night after officers responded to a welfare check on Magnolia Ridge. Officers found the woman in a back bedroom while securing the residence. She was …

Children’s of Mississippi Kid Coach: Luke Puckett