Prices for nearly every major U.S. crop are below what it costs to grow them. But a drop in rice prices means another blow to farmers in Mississippi’s agricultural belt. “What am I supposed to do with ...

A winter storm has covered nearly half of Mississippi's counties with ice. As many as 180,000 residents lost power, and officials are unsure when it will be restored. The state has opened nearly 60 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Vicksburg on Monday morning, roads were clear, but trees, power lines and most things high were covered in ice. The weight of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But it all started in 2016, when Marisol and a friend decided to bake a bunch of bagels to sell at the local farmers' market. “It ...

In Vicksburg on Monday morning, roads were clear, but trees, power lines and most things high were covered in ice. The weight of ice knocked over trees and power lines, some of which covered roadways.

“When It’s Darkness on the Delta,” by W. Ralph Eubanks, Beacon Press, 264 pages. The Mississippi Delta has long haunted Ralph Eubanks, a professor and writer in residence at the University of ...