and the best vaccination rates for kids that age. Along with Mississippi, West Virginia is the U.S. state with the worst health outcomes and lowest life expectancy rates.

The college football season is over, which means it's time for the first men's basketball Bracketology. And the field is full of SEC teams.

The West Virginia Mountaineers have signed former LSU lineman Kimo Makane’ole. Makane’ole was a highly-rated prospect coming out of Niceville, Florida, and chose the Tigers over opportunities from Arizona State,

North Carolina transfer linebacker Ashton Woods has officially signed with the West Virginia Mountaineers. Woods appeared in four games last season with the Ta

A couple of top 15 SEC teams are facing off on Tuesday, Jan. 21 when the No. 14 Mississippi State Bulldogs take on the No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers at Food City Center in Knoxville, Tenn.

Jen Fisher can do only so much to keep her son safe from the types of infections that children can encounter at school. The rest, she said, is up to other students and parents in their hometown of Franklin,

Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots.

Mississippi has 12 connections to the Super Bowl between the Chiefs and Eagles. Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Southern Miss are all represented.

Holy Cross at Boston U., 7 p.m. Towson at Northeastern, 9 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Alcorn St., 6 p.m. Southern Miss. at Troy, 6 p.m. Houston Christian at SE Louisiana, 7 p.m.

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After another big victory against a highly ranked team, no team can match the season Auburn is having. It was also a big weekend for Houston.