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A 7-year-old girl who is one of the victims of a mass shooting in Clay County was the intended victim of sexual assault by the man accused o...

Dr. Adair Blackledge, a physician who practiced facial plastic surgery in the Jackson area for 22 years and was the subject of a five-month...

The audio version of this story is AI generated and is not human reviewed. It may contain errors or inaccuracies.The man suspected of setti...

The Ole Miss Rebels enter college football’s Final Four as the decided underdog, which quite likely is the way they prefer it. It has served...

Mississippi Today’s team prognosticates on some major issues the state Legislature will tackle in this year’s session, which kicks off Jan....

Gov. Tate Reeves and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann may not be lame ducks, but perhaps they could be described as limping ducks going into the 20...

Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor (1) dives for a touchdown against Wake Forest in the second half of the Duke’s Mayo Bowl NCAA c...

WIGGINS — What began as a woodturning studio has grown into a coffee shop and gift store that is helping revitalize downtown Wiggins. Southe...

When she is not caring for her 6-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son, Amaya Jones is working full time at Kroger. Jones wants to go back to...

NEW ORLEANS — Notes, quotes and an opinion or two from a Crescent City still buzzing Friday morning from Thursday night’s instant college fo...

Editor’s note: This essay is part of Mississippi Today Ideas, a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share fact-based ideas about our s...

NEW ORLEANS — Trinidad Chambliss continues to write one of the most fascinating stories in college football history. If this wasn’t football...

Could the outcome have been different? A statewide group tasked with reviewing domestic violence homicides and other related deaths will...

NEW ORLEANS — For much of Thursday night’s Sugar Bowl showdown with Georgia, it looked as if Ole Miss’ dream football season was careening t...

When the Mississippi Legislature reconvenes in the Capitol’s marbled halls in January, one voice will scarcely be heard: constituents’. ...

For the fifth straight year, lawmakers will debate restoring Mississippi’s ballot initiative when they convene at the Capitol in January. ...

Archie Manning proudly hoists the 1970 Sugar Bowl MVP Trophy during post-game ceremony . (Photo courtesy Sugar Bowl)NEW ORLEANS — If 7...

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has purchased a new building in Southaven to boost its computing power. This is the te...

For the next year, Mississippi will take part in America250, a variety of projects, initiatives and programming aimed at unifying Americans...

You might be interested in what were Mississippi Today’s 10 most-read sports stories of 2025. I was. Some were surprises, some not. From...

Ole Miss running back Kewan Lacy , shown here running for a touchdown against Tulane, has pronounced himself “ready to go” in the Sugar Bowl...

This article is republished from Verite News, one of Mississippi Today’s partner publications in Deep South Today.Sally was 14 years old...

Mafia hitman Gregory Scarpa Sr. pocketed millions from drug dealing, donned a seven-carat pinky ring and shot to death so many people that h...