The bill introduced would impose fines of up to $10,000 on men who engage in unprotected sex without the goal of pregnancy.

State Senator Bradford Blackmon's bill would make it "unlawful" for someone to ejaculate without "the intent to fertilize an embryo."

Community mental health centers, counties and a state agency have reported vastly different numbers of people who spent time in jail while waiting to be treated for serious mental illness.

JACKSON, Miss. ( WLBT /Gray News) - A Mississippi state senator has filed a bill titled the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act.” The bill, written by Sen. Bradford Blackman, would make it “unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.”

Part of Mississippi under extreme cold warning after winter storm dropped snow across the Gulf Coast. When will temperatures warm up?

“Since the temps went back down to freezing, there have been five vehicles spin and slide on the icy bridge!!!” The Pascagoula Police Department posted on its Facebook page. “The driving conditions are dangerous right now. First responders are placing barricades on both sides to warn motorists not to drive on the bridge.”

Snowfall totals might have broken some county-level records in Mississippi this week. Current reports to NWS are unofficial, but here's what we know.

Manny Obaseki hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 13 seconds left to cap an 11-2 closing run in No. 13 Texas A&M's 63-62 victory over No. 16 Mississippi on Wednesday night. Obaseki's contested shot from the corner gave Texas A&M (15-4,

New Orleans tied its single-day snowfall record in a rare winter storm on Tuesday, just as official reports of snow on the Mississippi Coast shattered previous records in a ‘rare’ and ‘historic’ winter storm.

Several reports of busted pipes across the Coast meant plumbers raced against icy conditions to make sure customers had running water.

A boil water notice has been issued for nearly 1,000 customers in Hinds and Copiah counties. According to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH),

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