Mississippi News

Like most property owners on the Gulf Coast, churches are facing staggering insurance costs. MPB’s Rhonda Miller reports one more storm like Katrina could make a big dent in the spiritual life of the Mississippi coast.

Mississippi’s diverse musical heritage is earning national recognition. 

An expansion of a program aimed at identifying those who are working illegally in the U.S. will be getting a test run in Mississippi.

Construction crews will soon be moving into a Natchez biofuels plant to convert it into a high tech renewable chemical producer.

While the national graduation rate is predicted to increase this year, many Mississippi students are failing to get a diploma. 

The levee system along the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers saved thousands of acres from going under water.

Four conservation groups are threatening to sue Mississippi for failing to protect sea turtles from being killed by shrimp nets. MPB’s Rhonda Miller reports state officials and shrimpers say they’re doing their part to protect turtles.

The Mississippi Supreme Court is now deciding if a proposed "personhood" amendment to the state constitution can be on the ballot in November.

The political wrangling over how the federal government responded to the BP gulf oil spill is revived again more than year after the rigged exploded.

MPB's Jeffrey Hess reports that global climate change and the river levees could make future floods more frequent and worse.

What dangers and damages await those that are returning home after the flood waters recede?

MPB's Daniel Cherry reports on how communities spent Memorial Day remembering the fallen.

This month, exactly 75 years ago, a huge tornado destroyed Tupelo, killing more than 200 and wiping out close to 50 city blocks.

Today, exactly a month ago an EF-5 tornado leveled most of Smithville in northeast Mississippi.