Mississippi environmental groups hope a federal bill President Donald Trump is expected to sign will end a proposed project they say is destructive.

Crews from Mississippi state agencies and utility workers are in Florida to help communities recover from one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the country in more than 50 years.

Thousands of Mississippians are still without power as tropical weather moves northward through the state. Tropical Storm Gordon never became a hurricane, but, as MPB's Evelina Burnett reports, it did bring heavy winds and rain to parts of the Gulf Coast.

Tropical Storm Gordon never became a hurricane but it was deadly all the same, killing a child by blowing a tree onto a mobile home as it made landfall late Tuesday just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border.

Forth-seven million people are expected to travel this Fourth of July according to AAA and many of them will be on Mississippi roads. Troopers will be out in full force and a new law will be in affect as well.

Today marks the start of the 2018 Hurricane Season. Mississippi Emergency Management officials say last week was a good dry run.

Officials are warning Mississippians to stay off the roads and stay warm. Weather experts say this winter storm could be a lot more dangerous than last week's cold spell.

Shelters across the state are making adjustments to house more homeless people from the coldest air this season.

There's a high demand for fresh Christmas trees in Mississippi. Farmers are raising a larger number of trees to meet that demand.