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Officials from the Mississippi State Department of Health have confirmed the state’s second pediatric flu death of the 2023-2024 flu season...

A prisoner at the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility, a state prison once deemed among the worst for sexual misconduct in the nation, has p...

The Mississippi Braves are moving to Columbus, Georgia, after this coming season, and I can’t say I am shocked. That’s because I can’t begi...

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Leaders of a recently formed organization hope they can finally convince a new slate of state lawmakers to restore a process for Mississipp...

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Greg Flynn, director of external affairs and media relations for the Mississippi State Department of Health, talks about Mississippi...

Most college football teams play an offensive style that pundits have started calling basketball on grass. They spread the field, go fast,...

Jan. 10, 1966 Vernon F. Dahmer. Sr. Statue was dedicated and unveiled during a ceremony at the Forrest County Courthouse Monday, J...

Incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker will face at least two competitors in the GOP primary this year after a state legislator and a...

Jonathan Tate Reeves, Mississippi’s 65th governor, took what is likely to be his final oath for statewide office Tuesday morning on a brisk...

Gov. Tate Reeves was sworn into office on Tuesday and delivered his second and final inaugural address. Below is a complete transcript...

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Ty Pinkins, a civil rights lawyer and 2023 candidate for secretary of state, reiterated his intent on Monday to seek the Democratic nominat...

Mississippi Today has announced a $300,000 commitment from the Pittman Family Foundation to support the mission-driven work of its nonprofi...

Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann is actively considering running for governor in four years, making him the first statewide official to...

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Brandon Presley, the former Democratic nominee for governor and former public service commissioner, will not run for the U.S. Senate in 202...

Jan. 8, 1815 More than a century and a half after James Roberts published his narrative of fighting in two wars, the memoir is sti...

Mississippi Today’s Julia James and Bobby Harrison hear from Becky Glover, policy analyst with Parents for Public School, and Will Bard...

Mississippi birth numbers are roughly the same as last year, despite the state health department predicting at least 5,000 a year more fro...

The moment in legislative time when rank-and-file Mississippi lawmakers might have the most impact is during the opening weeks of a new fou...

Jan. 7, 1891 Zora Neale Hurston Credit: WikipediaNoted author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, was born in Alaba...

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Attorney General Lynn Fitch no longer represents State Auditor Shad White in two defamation cases after determining his upcoming book about...