Truck and boat trailer pulled from Mississippi River in La Crescent

LA CRESCENT, Minn. (WKBT) -- A truck and boat trailer were towed out of the Mississippi River on Saturday after becoming fully submerged at the La Crescent Sportsman's Boat Landing on Monday.  The recovery effort was coordinated by the Houston County …

California has biggest state economy in the US. How does Mississippi rank?

Massachusetts has the best economy in the U.S., according to WalletHub's ranking. California has the largest state economy by GDP, while Vermont has the smallest. WalletHub's rankings consider factors like unemployment, GDP growth, and innovation …

MSU’s Rendon named Mississippi Veteran of the Year

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State’s own Andrew Rendon, the university’s executive director for veteran and military affairs, is the Magnolia State’s 2025 Veteran of the Year, designated by MilitaryFriendly.com. In addition to his civilian role as a longtime …

Civil rights activist granddaughter gunned down in Mississippi

Photo courtesy of Facebook (Karah Perkins, the granddaughter of civil rights activist and social justice advocate John Perkins). MIAMI – Karah Perkins, the granddaughter of civil rights activist and social justice advocate John Perkins, was shot and killed …

Northeast Mississippi farmers struggle as excessive rain has inundated fields, stunted growth

SHANNON – By now, Clay Mask should be standing knee high in soybeans. Instead, the soybeans are stunted, barely sticking out of the ground in water-logged fields that have seen more than enough rainfall this year. × Javascript is required for you to be …

Kids celebrate Kermit the Frog’s birthday while learning Mississippi art history

DIAMONDHEAD, Miss. (WLOX) – Kids at the East Hancock Public Library spent Friday morning celebrating a famous green icon – Kermit the Frog. Every Friday in June, the library’s ‘Art in Mississippi’ summer camp teaches children about artists who shaped the …

Former Mississippi Prison Employee Urges an End to Violence

GREENWOOD-From the outside, prison looks quiet, but in the inside it’s another world.  So, says Dazondria Curry, who worked in the Mississippi Prison System for three years. “Families are hurting we are experiencing tragic loss to our youth to the criminal …

Executed this week in the US: A Florida inmate with severe mental illness, a Vietnam veteran in Mississippi with PTSD

Twenty-five men have been sent to their deaths in the first half of 2025, the same number executed in all of last year. Executions took place in 10 of the 27 states, along with the US military and federal government, that still have capital punishment on …

Upper Mississippi Tour Continues In The PNW

A host of leaders from across the Northwest, and the country are set to wrap up their tour of the Columbia-Snake River dam system Friday.   Members of the Upper Mississippi Waterway Association, Iowa-based Riverview Tug Service, the Pacific Northwest …

Boater has close encounter with waterspout over Mississippi Sound