Mississippi Today

On his last day as mayor of Jackson, Chokwe Antar Lumumba recounted accomplishments, praised his executive team and said he has no plans to...

Mississippi House Speaker Jason White outlined on Monday a list of priorities he will aim to advance during the 2026 legislative session, a...

A former federal probation officer who pleaded guilty will serve a decade in prison for receiving video and photos of child sexual exploitat...

The federal government is restoring $137 million in education funds to Mississippi schools.The U.S. Department of Education notified sta...

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality announced on Friday it lifted an extended water contact advisory for the Pearl River, wh...

Q: Why are there so many traffic lights out in the city?A: Aging infrastructure, vehicle collisions and arsonists.Q: Where do I go i...

Mississippi Today Editor-in-Chief Adam Ganucheau won the J. Oliver Emmerich Award for Editorial Excellence, and several of the newsroom’s jo...

John McKay, chairman and CEO of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association, talks with Mississippi Today’s Geoff Pender and Bobby Harrison ab...

A cacophony of children’s voices, punctuated by stomps and claps, echoed in the Cardozo Middle School gymnasium in West Jackson.“Hold on...

The recent announcement that state Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Andy Gipson plans to run for governor has fueled speculation about...

Mississippians next week will start paying higher taxes at the gas pump but lower taxes at the grocery store.A new state law that raises...

JUNE 28, 1942Joyce and Dorie Ladner discuss their roles in the civil rights movement. Credit: Library of CongressDorie Ladner was b...

Reena Evers-Everette, daughter of civil rights icon Medgar Evers speaks during the “Daddys’ Daughters” Medgar Evers 100 event, held Thursday...

The superintendents for Leake County and Hollandale school districts and a consultant have been indicted on four federal counts of conspirac...

Editor’s note: This essay is being published on the 10-year anniversary of the week that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled there is a constitutio...

Got extra pens, paper or other office supplies? Jackson Public Schools will take them. The district, in partnership with Women for Progr...

Four years ago, agents from the state auditor’s office arrested Tunica nonprofit operator Mardis Jones in what the office trumpeted as the s...

James Meredith, who became the first Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962, inspects a painting of himself during...

When incoming Jackson mayor John Horhn takes the reins next week, he will have the power to renegotiate many of the city’s hundreds of contr...

Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest serving and oldest death row inmate, died by lethal injection Wednesday evening at the Mississippi Sta...

Kerlin Moreno-Orellana is facing deportation over a misdemeanor charge that usually results in a fine. He was picked up by Immigration and C...

Take a look at the photo above. The guy about to deliver the pitch is Will Warren, the New York Yankees star rookie pitcher. Warren stands a...

Barring a last minute reprieve, the state of Mississippi is set to execute Richard Jordan this evening. Attorneys representing the 79-ye...

Deep South Today is pleased to announce that it has received a $300,000 grant from theWalton Family Foundation (WFF) to expand education rep...