Mississippi taxpayers will get significant relief with the incremental elimination of the state's income tax, which will drop from 4.7% to nothing in a few years.

When a flag is displayed on a flagpole on shore, the correct term is half-staff. Bonnie Bolden is the Deep South Connect reporter for Mississippi with Gannett/USA Today. Email her at bbolden ...

Mississippi is now the 14th state to sanction girls flag football as an official sport. Their inaugural season will kick off this Thursday, March 27, with 12 high schools participating in the program.

It represented the first Mississippi High School Activities ... Florida — a state with over 400 high schools fielding a flag team — is recruiting for its first official college flag season ...