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The University of Mississippi graduate accused of killing Jimmie “Jay” Lee was indicted for tampering with physical evidence, a new charge t...

Former Hinds County interim sheriff Marshand Crisler has been sentenced to 2 ½ years in federal prison for soliciting and accepting bribes d...

Five House seats will be re-decided in a November special election, pending court approval, under a resolution the House approved to comply...

The state House advanced a bill that would allow Mississippi children being home schooled to to play public school sports.Similar legisl...

Deep South Today is pleased to announce that it has received a $470,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) to expand health repor...

Feb. 11, 1644New Amsterdam depicted in a cartoon, circa 1642 Credit: Public DomainThe first known legal protest by those of African...

State Auditor Shad White on Monday continued to criticize legislation that attempted to alter the scope of powers his office has in auditing...

Marshall Ramsey: The Day After Mississippi Today.

Last week, with the legislative session clock ticking towards midway, House Speaker Jason White was growing more frustrated with the “cricke...

Last May, Brandy Moore immediately knew she wanted to tell her story. She had just been arrested and jailed on a four-year-old charge of ass...

Feb. 10, 1989Ron Brown became the first Black American to lead a major political party in the U.S. when he was elected chairman of the...

Mississippi Today’s health team outlines the major health care issues the Mississippi Legislature is dealing with in the 2025 session.RE...

Feb. 9, 1944Credit: Courtesy of Warner BrothersAlice Walker, novelist and poet, was born the eighth child born to sharecroppers in...

Marshall Ramsey: The Boss Mississippi Today.

Proponents of spending public funds on private schools are not proponents of letting the people vote on the issue.Their fear of letting...

The Mississippi House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday to limit kratom purchases to people 21 and older and to ban synthetic kratom...

There are 159,826 children in Mississippi whose custodial parents are owed child support, totaling $1.7 billion, according to data obtained...

Marshall Ramsey: Merit Mississippi Today.

Learning Tree daycare charges Lilly Darby, 4 and Kerrington Love, 4 create Valentine’s Day cards at the Greenwood facility, Thursday, Feb. 6...

The Mississippi Senate passed a bill Thursday that would eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs from the state’s universities, a...

The House on Thursday passed a bill to make it easier for K-12 students to transfer to other public schools outside their home districts, ad...

The federal grant spending freeze, announced in January then rescinded by President Donald Trump and blocked by federal judges, could have c...

Marshall Ramsey: Rescue! Mississippi Today.

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