Just hours after he took office in January, Trump instructed the US Board on Geographic Names to make the change.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would back President Trump and rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. What we know ...

Maps have been around since humans could communicate through drawings to describe the location of a specific place. Some of ...

The outages come as the Baton Rouge area braces for a threat of severe weather and possible flooding. According to ...

A federal judge panel on Wednesday morning approved of a state-proposed plan to redraw several Senate districts in Desoto ...

Mississippi State University researchers have uncovered a large mosasaur vertebra near Starkville, potentially the largest of ...

The states with the lowest school spending per pupil are largely in the South, indicating educational inequalities nationwide.

Some longtime residents argue fighting growth is about more than zoning lines on a map; it’s about preserving the character ...

Three corrections officers were stabbed by inmates in a "premeditated" attack Friday at Wallens Ridge State Prison, the ...

Private companies, the lawsuit says, will have a ‘virtual monopoly’ on state oyster reefs that have for centuries been open ...

The National Weather Service warns of damaging winds and large hail, with cities like Houston, San Antonio and Nashville in the higher risk zone.