This week, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) closed the State Route 18 bridge over Dabbs Creek in Rankin County as part of a critical bridge replacement project. The SR 18 bridge over Dabbs Creek at Rock Hill Rd./Kersh Rd. closed on Monday, April 24,...
By Clay Mansell I am honored to announce my candidacy for Mississippi House District 56. For twenty years, the people of House District 56 have benefitted from solid, conservative leadership with Speaker Philip Gunn as our representative. With his decision to not seek...
The 2023 MACCC Sports Hall of Fame includes Trojan football legend, Price H. “Buddy” Hodges. Born in Vicksburg but raised in Itta Bena, Price H. “Buddy” Hodges graduated from Leflore County High School in 1961 and then attended Mississippi Delta Junior...
National Geographic has selected Alcorn State University journalism student and Pass Christian High School graduate Joy Thornton as one of its scholarship program recipients. Thornton, a junior mass communications major, is one of seven students selected as National...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today April 24, 2023 A second lawsuit has been filed challenging the legality of controversial House Bill 1020, which creates a separate law enforcement and judicial district in parts of Jackson controlled by white state officials...
On April 18, a federal judge ordered the Mississippi State Department of Health to develop a policy that allows for religious exemptions for required childhood vaccinations for school entry. This action undermines our state’s record of public health success in...
Enviva Inc. (NYSE: EVA), the world’s leading producer of sustainably sourced woody biomass, issued a statement today thanking the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s (MDEQ) permit board for unanimous approval for the construction permit of Enviva’s...
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is alerting the public about a temporary directional median being installed in Oktibbeha County. The directional median will be placed at the intersection of State Route 25 and Longview Rd, near the city of...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today April 25, 2023 Mississippi’s struggling rural hospitals haven’t improved their financial outlook much over the past quarter, a newly updated report shows. A report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform shows that...
By Kara Kimbrough Just like almost everything in popular culture, positive and negative features arise. This applies to social media. In fact, one particular platform with Chinese owners is on the verge of extinction, at least in the U.S. As I recently told a group of...
April is designated Financial Capability Month. No matter how much or how little money you have, recovering from a disaster can be challenging and stressful. Preparing now makes rebuilding easier. “Banks, bankruptcy, and insolvency are in the news a lot lately,” said...
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today April 24, 2023 A man who sued the Lexington Police Department alleging violence and racism says an officer assaulted him in retaliation for that litigation. That man, Malcolm Stewart, is “still in pain” after being bonded out of...
U.S. Representative Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2023 Mississippi First Congressional District Art Competition. Allie Bullock, a New Albany High School student, submitted her oil painting titled “The Climbing Tree.” Brent...
Seems my own version of ‘tough men,’ are rarely found any more, and the modern version of tough men are weak in comparison. Politically, today the phrase characterizes a person who fights for the causes he believes will benefit his people – or likely himself....
One of the world’s most trusted consumer information publications has included a pair of advanced degree programs at Mississippi College among its 2023-24 listing of Best Graduate Schools in the nation. U.S. News and World Report, a multifaceted digital media company...
The 2023 Farmer Jim Neal Golf Classic was held on Friday, April 14 under sunny skies at beautiful Whisper Lake Country Club in Madison. Twenty-eight teams teed off to support the fundraising efforts of Friends of Mississippi State Hospital, Inc. The FJN Golf Classic...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today April 24, 2023 There’s a truck parked in the gravel lot of Greenwood Community Center, muddy from a recent spring shower. From the outside, it’s easy to overlook. But inside, people who need it are being provided critical, hard to...
For twenty-three of Thacker Mountain Radio Hour’s twenty-five years, host Jim Dees has donned his Hawaiian shirt on Thursday nights in Oxford, Mississippi, and with effortless humor and wit put the “C” in “cool,” introducing musicians and interviewing acclaimed...
Dr. Stephen W. Sachs, pianist extraordinaire, is featured soloist for the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra’s season finale, “Mid-European Promenade”, St. Andrews Episcopal Cathedral, downtown Jackson, May 7, 2023, at 3 p.m. He will be performing Mozart’s “Piano Concerto...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today April 23, 2023 Based on the budget passed hurriedly and with barely any debate in late March during the final days of the 2023 session, legislators apparently were saying all of the state’s problems had been solved. They were...
