Southern Miss’ Wizard of Oz guides one of…

Walker Powell and Hunter Stanley are the starters and Ryan Och is the reliever. They had 24 wins against six losses and an average earned run of just under two runs per game. They struck…

Sight Savers America helps kids with free vision…

On Tuesday, a national nonprofit donated special technology to 10 children who have severe visual impairments that can't be corrected with glasses, contact lenses or surgery. These children came from the Jackson and Hattiesburg regions.…

Senate wants to spend $300 million on emergency…

This proposal could accelerate the repair of more 200 bridges in state that have been closed or posted for structural issues. It now heads to Congress. "Right now we have millions in federal relief funds…

Senate unveils plan for spending $18 billion in…

The 52 members of the Senate were also presented with their plans to spend $1.8 billion more in ARPA funds by Senate leaders. Briggs Hopson (R-Vicksburg), Senate Appropriations Chair, stated that bills to allocate the…

Senate sends its state income tax cut to…

Senate Bill 3164 was passed by 40-11. It now heads to the House. Republican leaders want to abolish the income tax and not cut it. They have called the Senate plan a "token cut" and…

Senate says it wasn’t in on House teacher…

However, Senate leaders stated Thursday that they were not involved in any of the compromises, haven’t had any conversations with House leaders and haven’t reviewed the House proposal. They were puzzled by the fact that…