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The Mississippi Republican Party is asking the state Supreme Court to dissolve an emergency order a judge issued on election night keeping...

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Republican House members chose Jason White as the chamber’s next speaker, elevating a new person to one of the most powerful political role...

Lebby, the Ole Miss-Missouri controversy, the Southern Miss overhaul, the Iron Bowl Miracle, Georgia-Alabama, Patrick Shegog and a fabulous...

Longtime state Rep. Earle Banks, a Democrat from Jackson who pleaded guilty in May to evading the payment of federal taxes, has been senten...

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As the state seeks to set his execution date, Willie Jerome Manning continues to maintain his innocence, challenging a double-murder convic...

So much happening in Mississippi sports and so much upon which to comment. Here goes:Mississippi State hired Oklahoma offensive coordin...

Note: This story will be updated.Incumbent Public Service Commissioner Brent Bailey’s examination of ballots and other materials in his...

Nov. 27, 1942Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Credit: WikipediaLegendary Jimi Hendrix, whom Ro...

Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison, Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance discuss the relationship between Gov. Tate Reeves, Lt...

Nov. 26, 1883Credit: WikipediaAbolitionist and women’s rights advocate Sojourner Truth (whose original name was Isabella Baumf...

Ronnie Musgrove, Mississippi’s last Democratic governor, and incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves, a proud Republican, have something in common — per...

Nov. 25, 1915Credit: WikipediaA week before the silent film, “Birth of a Nation,” premiered at an Atlanta theater, William Sim...

Nov. 23, 1867Extract from the Reconstructed Constitution of the State of Louisiana, 1868. Credit: Library of CongressThe Louis...

If Mississippians want to qualify to run for state office as a Republican, they’ll first have to open their wallets wider than ever.Mis...

Incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves garnered 50.9% of the vote in winning reelection on Nov. 7 — the closest Mississippi governor’s race since 1999....

A private, for-profit Texas-based organization is seeking to reopen St. Dominic Memorial Hospital’s behavioral health beds in Jackson, acco...

Nov. 22, 1961Credit: Courtesy: Georgia Tourism & TravelFive Black students, made up of NAACP Youth Council members and two SNC...

Two state officials confirmed to Mississippi Today that state and federal authorities are examining what role, if any, Rankin County Sherif...

The Delta State University faculty senate called on the dean of the liberal arts college to immediately resign last week in a no-confidence...

An unsuccessful candidate for the state Legislature wants to file an election challenge over the Hinds County ballot shortage issues, but s...

Nov. 21, 1934Ella Fitzgerald sings at Downbeat, a New York City jazz club, while Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt (Milton) Jackson...

On Monday, the mother of Dexter Wade finally got to tell her son goodbye.The 37-year-old man, who had been battling mental illness, wan...