The child's death stirred anger in the small Mississippi city

Fired Chief Harold Vanderford routinely used racist language in text messages, including writing that he hoped his neighbors heard him shout...

Leaders of a Mississippi city where police shot and killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley earlier this year unanimously voted to fire its police c...

At age 79, civil rights veteran Hezekiah Watkins would do it all over again.As a teenager, Watkins became the youngest of the Freedom Ri...

Attorneys argued in a federal appeals court on Monday whether a state law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs in Mississippi...

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Cooling from air conditioning saves lives — more than 5,000 a year in the United States alone — but it also heats up the planet and taxes ou...

A group of Mississippi University for Women alumni and Columbus residents is asking the state’s college board to consider a prominent alumna...

CLEVELAND — Just 30 minutes down the road from the Mississippi prison where they are serving time, Lee Andrew Smith and six other incarcerat...

Housing advocates are pushing for stronger protections for Mississippi renters, arguing state law leaves tenants with limited options when p...

Mississippi mayor Ken Adams is sparking fierce online debate after disagreeing with the White House’s decision to lower all American flags t...

On the Fourth of July, a picture of a black bear sitting on the edge of a Tennessee cornfield sparked a social media flurry.It was the b...

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

Mississippi State University campus police detained a student Wednesday after an employee reported that he had threatened to blow up the fin...

More than 100 Mississippi healthcare providers gathered Wednesday to confront a growing challenge: how to better support pregnant and postpa...