The Mississippi River drains more than 40% of the continental U.S. Just how much trash does it take along with it? That's what a group of researchers and environmental advocates wanted to find out ...

A tug with a barge makes its way through the channel on the Mississippi River near the Quad Cities in September. Flight support provided by LightHawk. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) Buy Photo The ...

Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba speaks at a Sept. 6, 2022, news conference, at City Hall. regarding updates on the ongoing water infrastructure issues. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) JACKSON, ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Residents of Mississippi’s capital are scrambling to figure out what to do with their trash after garbage collection abruptly ended this week as contract negotiations failed between ...

Justin Ragin and Alexander Shaw are going on about four hours of sleep each night this week. The two entrepreneurial college friends from Jackson State University have been trying to take up slack ...

Jackson County also will not have garbage and recycling services on Christmas Day, and services also run a day schedule, ...

Mississippi's capital city of Jackson, recently reeling from decades of infrastructure neglect that led to a water crisis, now has garbage bags piling up as the city's leaders are at a standstill over ...

Who can negotiate contracts for the City of Jackson? Is it the mayor or is it the "governing authority," as multiple members of the Jackson City Council claim? That's the question at the heart of the ...

Governor Tate Reeves has awarded more than $553,000 in RESTORE Act funding to expand the Mississippi Sound Oyster Shell ...