Mississippi Today

Dec. 28, 1954Publicity photograph of Denzel Washington Credit: Paramount Pictures, photo by Mark SeligerTwo-time Oscar winner Denze...

Another client of former licensed professional counselor Wade Wicht is accusing him of sexual abuse, joining two other women who have alread...

Leisha Pickering, founder of Musee, with a few of the popular fragrance and bath products her company creates at her Canton facility, Wednes...

Dec. 26, 1908Jack Johnson Credit: WikipediaPro boxing pioneer Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns, becoming the first Black heavyweig...

New programs to train early-career doctors and help Mississippians enroll in health insurance are at the top of the state Department of Heal...

Dec. 25, 1956Civil rights activist Fred Shuttllesworth Credit: WikipediaFred Shuttlesworth somehow survived the KKK bombing that too...

CANTON –  Georgia Sloan is home, back from a potentially life-derailing stint in prison that she was determined to instead make meaningful. ...

Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison talks with Ray Higgins, executive director of the Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System, about p...

A program aimed at increasing access to mental health services for mothers has taken off at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. ...

Dec. 22, 1997Myrlie Evers and Reena Evers-Everette cheer the jury verdict of Feb. 5, 1994, when Byron De La Beckwith was found guilty o...

About the time people ring in the new year next week, the digital tracker on Mississippi Today’s homepage tabulating the amount of money the...

Homeownership has long been a reliable and valuable investment for many Americans. Mississippi’s housing market is witnessing a subtle uptic...

Mississippi high school students who take dual-credit courses go to college at the nation’s highest rate, according to a recent report. ...

A former Capitol Police officer has been accused of violating the civil rights of a handcuffed man whose head he slammed into the hood of a...

For centuries, hunters have trained dogs to be their poaching companions. First President George Washington even had a collection of hounds...

New hires by state and by local governments would receive less benefits upon retirement under recommendations approved Wednesday by the 10-m...

Chris Beard has his second Ole Miss basketball team ranked No. 17 nationally in the latest Associated Press basketball poll. Beard, whose fi...

As Mississippi grapples with the opioid epidemic, individuals and local organizations are leading efforts to fight addiction using personal...

Dec. 17, 1938L.C. Dorsey worked for Head Start in 1964 and later Operation Help before meeting Fannie Lou Hamer, who inspired Dorsey to...

Marshall Ramsey: D.O.G.E. Mississippi Today.

Lawmakers want to make it easier for medical facilities to add in-demand health care services by loosening provisions in a law that requires...

Marshall Ramsey: Drone On Mississippi Today.

T.O. Richarson, 36, rolls up after transporting a log load to Hermanville. Dust devils swirl in his wake, dancing behind the log hauler he c...

Dec. 16, 1976Andy Young with Martin Luther King Jr. on a people to people speaking tour in 1966. Credit: Bob Fitch Photography Archive,...

Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender recap a wild situation in which three prominent Republicans with 2027 gu...