JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - On July 1, 2020, the old state flag flew for the final time above the Mississippi State Capitol.

A person waves a small Mississippi state flag while driving past the Governor's Mansion in Jackson in April 2020. Rogelio V. Solis / AP ...

The new state flag for Mississippi, foreground, is raised and joins other state flags along Freedom Way at Liberty State Park in Jersey City during a ceremony on Friday, April 23, 2021.

Mississippi is getting closer to picking a state flag that residents can vote on in November. The commission tasked with designing a new state flag selected five final options on Tuesday for the ...

JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi will soon have a new state flag after voters signed off Tuesday on a proposed blue, red and gold design featuring a magnolia flower.. Under mounting pressure, state ...

Mississippi state flag is lowered from the state Capitol Building during a ceremony in Jackson, ... More Mississippi, the United States, on July 1, 2020.

Mississippi’s flag has included the Confederate emblem – a blue cross with 13 stars over a red background – since 1894. Critics of the state flag say it’s racist, while others believe it ...

JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi lawmakers voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag this weekend after fierce debate that Gov. Tate Reeves called "as divisive as the flag ...

Mississippi on Tuesday voted to replace its state flag, which had been the last one in the U.S. to include an image of the Confederate-themed battle flag. The new state flag will feature the ...

The state flag of Mississippi flies at the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Mississippi, on Friday, April 26, 2019. Rogelio V. Solis / AP ...

Mississippi has the last state flag featuring the Confederate battle emblem — a red field topped by a blue tilted cross dotted with 13 white stars. Skip to content. Local News.

More than 150 years after the Civil War, Mississippi is the last state in the nation to have a Confederate symbol a part of the state flag.