TUPELO – Mississippi residents who spoke on Tuesday at the first of several public hearings on redistricting around the state urged lawmaker...

Mississippi Today is pleased to welcome Blake Barnes as its new multimedia producer.Barnes joins a multimedia team responsible for colla...

Mississippi Today Ideas is a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share their ideas about our state’s past, present and future. Opinion...

Mississippi Today, in partnership with Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and The New York Times, has won a National Edward...

Only one Mississippi baseball team in history has advanced to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and the Little League World Series, which turns 74...

Ed Blackmon Jr. was 16 years old, locked in a Canton jail cell with the roar of a poultry truck engine still fresh on his mind, when he deci...

Joseph Cranney is a reporter with the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center in collaboration with The New York Times. Learn more a...

Showing up to Black Men’s Wellness Day might have saved Joseph Holiday’s life, he said while attending the 5th annual event in Mississippi. ...

Democrat Scott Colom is trying to do what has not been done since 1942 – defeat an incumbent United States senator from Mississippi.Colo...

As it would for the typical U.S. Census taker, the work of counting bears in the woods starts with a clipboard and a blank piece of paper....

Mississippi faith leaders on Friday denounced recent comments about Muslims made by state Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson, a gubernator...

The Mississippi Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council approved monthly reimbursement for all 13 of the attorney general’s office funded gr...

Seven human cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed this year, but Mississippi State Department of Health officials suggest the actual...

The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX) in Meridian adds another batch of star power to its towering Hall of Fame with fiv...

As more Mississippians struggle to afford healthcare, Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney is working to make short-term health plans more acc...