The Mississippi Department of Archives and History unveiled a state historical marker at Rosa Scott School in Madison on ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The capital city and Mississippi’s current capitol building have played big roles throughout Mississippi’s history, but so have many others over the last 226 years.

One such story revisits the notorious “Vicksburg Gamblers,” a group of rowdy card players who disrupted a Fourth of July ...

Art, history and great food top the reasons USA Today named one Mississippi city the best small town in the South. See why ...

However, a firing squad execution has never been conducted in Mississippi's long history with the death penalty. The only methods that have been used to execute prisoners are hangings, the ...

The seeds of America's most destructive flood were planted the previous summer, but it shifted into higher gear this week in history. The staggering death toll and scope marked a turning point in the ...

In the vast history of Mississippi, there have been item that were once presumed lost due to the ongoing Civil War. We’re taking a look at some of those lost ...

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed the "Build Up Mississippi Act" into law, marking the largest tax cut in state history. The bill includes a phased elimination of the state income tax, a ...

TODAY, THE MISSISSIPPI HISTORY TRAIL UNVEILED ITS NEWEST MARKER IN RIDGELAND. THE CORNERSTONE PLAZA MARKER HONORS THE LEGACY ...