Mississippi

Mississippians have until Tuesday to intervene in a proposal for a natural gas pipeline that would span nearly the full width of the state. The pipeline, called the “Mississippi Crossing Project,” would start in Greenville, cross through Humphreys, Holmes, Attala, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Lauderdale and Clarke counties and end near Butler, Alabama, stretching nearly 208 miles.

A tropical weather system near the Florida Panhandle is showing a moderate chance of becoming a tropical depression. The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday that the system could impact southeastern Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Heavy rain is expected, with New Orleans bracing for up to 10 inches in some areas through Saturday.

Rail passengers can soon buy tickets to ride Amtrak between Mobile and New Orleans. The service announced the resumption of travel between the two cities for the first time since Hurricane Katrina halted Amtrak’s route along the Alabama Gulf coast back in August of 2005.

One credit union based in Mississippi, and one based in Louisiana, have announced plans for a merger. Jefferson Financial Federal Credit Union would be merged into Keesler Federal Credit Union. The organization would have assets of just under $5 billion, with more than 900 employees in 55 locations, including in Alabama.

Public health experts from some of the nation's leading research universities have deployed a massive medical trailer to rural parts of the South as part of an ambitious and unusual new health study. The researchers aim to test the heart and lung function of rural residents of Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi.

The plan to restore AMTRAK rail service from Mobile to New Orleans may be in trouble. City Council members in Alabama’s Port City now appear to be wavering in their support for resuming passenger rail service to New Orleans.

Approximately 40 people with connections to multiple states and Mexico were arrested Tuesday after a four-year federal investigation exposed multiple drug trafficking operations in east Mississippi, federal prosecutors announced. The suspects include at least one person in Alabama.

Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, have seen a promising turnaround in their student reading scores after passing a series of similar literacy reforms.

Alabama and Mississippi closed government offices on Monday for Confederate Memorial Day as efforts have stalled to abolish or rename Confederate holidays.

An Alabama man has been sentenced to more than seventeen years in prison for burglarizing two gun stores. Marquis McCray was also convicted of possessing stolen firearms and transporting those weapons to states in the Midwest and East.