by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today This past week, the Yazoo High basketball Indians painted Mississippi Coliseum bright red, knocking off defending state champion Raymond 53-43 for the State 4A Boys State championship. This week, Coach Anthony Carlyle’s team...
Four outstanding young women represented Southern Pine Electric at the Youth Leadership Workshop sponsored by Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi. Ruby Sage Rogers of Presbyterian High School, Claire Hennington of Union High School, Emma Grace Thomas of Morton High...
Critically acclaimed for their innovative combination of well-known masterworks and pieces from underrepresented modern composers, the Lysander Piano Trio will perform Tuesday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Marsh Auditorium on The University of Southern Mississippi (USM)...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today Just seconds remained. Louisville’s girls led Pontotoc 36-35. The State Class 4A Championship was the prize. Fans on both sides of Mississippi Coliseum were yelling themselves hoarse. Pontotoc had the ball, holding for the last...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today A reworked version of a controversial House bill that will add a total of five appointed judges to the Hinds County court system and expand Capitol Police presence throughout Jackson passed by a majority vote in the Senate Tuesday....
by Sara DiNatale, Mississippi Today A Delta health care center had to pay $201,000 in missing wages owed to its staff – including nurses – according to investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hours Division. The facility – North Sunflower Medical...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today Years after a federal lawsuit was filed on behalf of a mentally ill Mississippi man jailed in Clay County for 11 years, the case was settled this week. Steven Jessie Harris, now 42, was charged with murder, kidnapping and other...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today The House on Tuesday sent Gov. Tate Reeves a bill to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage for new mothers in Mississippi from 60 days to a year. Reeves, who for more than a year refused to endorse the idea, recently announced he would...
The IRS will open the Jackson Taxpayer Assistance Center on Saturday, March 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 100 W. Capital St., Jackson, Mississippi 39269. The special opening is part of its efforts to improve service this tax season. During the special Saturday opening,...
After highlighting some (notice, I said “some,” as there are hundreds more) of the best places to visit in Mississippi cities and towns north of the Capital City, it’s only fair that I mention a few spots further south. Spring, which seems to have...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today Lawmakers backing House Bill 1020 say Hinds County’s backlog of cases is an emergency that justifies having five non-elected judges to pick up the slack. Cliff Johnson, attorney and director of the MacArthur Justice Center,...
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson joined Governor Tate Reeves as he signed Senate Bill 2137 into law designating April as Mississippi Native Plant Month in order to preserve the heritage and importance of native plants for clean air, water and soil...
Senate, Hosemann want to spend $181 million more to ‘fully fund’ public education in Mississippi By Julia James Senate leaders announced Monday a plan to give an additional $181 million to K-12 public education and make changes to the state’s school funding...
The 100 Men Hall will relive its glory days as a “Juke Joint” on “the Chitlin Circuit” when Sunny War takes the stage from 6:30 – 8:30 pm on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. This year, Sunny War was named best new voice in Roots music by Rolling Stones Magazine, and last...
Lawmaker kills bill to raise truancy officer pay after it passed unanimously in the Senate by Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today Terri Hill from Jones County has been working as a school attendance officer for 26 years. After taxes, she takes home about $28,000....
‘As long as I’m needed’: JSU acting president has no timetable from IHL for appointment by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today Jackson State University’s temporary acting president said she has no timeline for her appointment at an on-campus press conference Monday. Elayne...
‘Leaving for greener pastures’: Mississippi’s nurse vacancy rates are their highest in at least a decade by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today Amid continued risk of closures, Mississippi hospitals are increasingly missing one critical piece of their staff: Nurses. Many of...
With the federal government ending the continuous Medicaid coverage requirement on March 31, the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) is notifying Medicaid members that eligibility renewals will begin on April 1. DOM urges all Medicaid members to make sure their...
Mississippi Food Network is excited to announce an “Open House” celebration for their brand refresh. The event will take place at their location at 440 West Beatty Street, Jackson, MS on Thursday, March 9, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The event will feature...
By: Capt. Kandi Murphy, MSNG Public Affairs Chaplain, (Col.) Terry Partin, outgoing Mississippi National Guard State Command Chaplain passed on the responsibility to incoming Chaplain, (Col.) Cregg Puckett in a Changing of the Stole ceremony at the Mississippi...
