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Members of the Mental Health Task Force Committee listen to presentations during their meeting at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday,...

Drew Snyder, Mississippi Division of Medicaid executive director, answers questions from the media after Gov. Tate Reeves announced his plan...

So much to discuss and dissect this week: Vandy toppling Bama, Ole Miss righting the ship and preparing for LSU, a banner Sanderson Farms C...

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In a capital city infamous for its crumbling roads and lack of money to fix them, powerful House Ways and Means Chairman Trey Lamar helped...

A Mississippi Today investigation shows millions in state dollars flowed to improve the north Mississippi neighborhood where top lawmaker T...

Big Blue Sky members Sophia Landis, left, Jon Stravers, Folko Landvogt and Jason McCullick perform during a music cruise Friday, September 1...

Pharmacist Dawn Dozier fills prescriptions at Brandon Discount Drugs in Brandon, Miss., on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Independent pharmacies ar...

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Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison talks with former Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. about his life after retir...

Kevin Yu, of Taiwan, holds the Sanderson Farms Championship trophy following his win of the 2024 tournament hosted at the Country Club of Ja...

In this Sept. 17, 1965, file photo, Fannie Lou Hamer of Ruleville speaks to Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party sympathizers outside the Ca...

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The May 28, 1998 arrest of three Jones County men for the 1966 firebombing death of Vernon Dahmer, Sr., a Hattiesburg, Miss., businessman an...

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Delta Health Center and G.A. Carmichael Family Health Center beat out applicants from several southeastern and midwestern states.The post...

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Amari Marsh of Orangeburg, South Carolina, was charged with murder/homicide by child abuse three months after losing her pregnancy in 2023....

Catherine Crews, a retired Oxford resident, was given just six months to live in May. She wanted to live long enough to cast her vote in th...

Sanderson Farms Championship: David Skinns made 12 birdies en route to a career-best round of 60, which broke the course record at Country...