by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today October 18, 2023 The 15-year-old had not played in the September 2022 rivalry football game between South Jones and Northeast Jones high schools in Ellisville, and he was ready to go home. He ignored the security officers who asked...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today October 17, 2023 U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Jackson State University alumnus, said on Monday the proliferation of gun ownership and its resulting violence in America contributed to the fatal shooting of a student over the weekend at...
by Sophia Paffenroth, Mississippi Today October 17, 2023 Every region in Mississippi ranked higher in infant mortality than the national average of 5.4 deaths per 1,000 live births, according to the state’s 2021 Mississippi Infant Mortality Report released last week....
The open enrollment period for Medicare runs from October 15 through December 7 each year. During this time, you may change your Medicare health or prescription coverage for the upcoming year. “Rising health care costs put a strain on many retirement budgets and...
Itawamba Community College has scheduled orientation sessions for students who plan to enroll for the 2024 spring semester. High school students who graduate in December are highly encouraged to participate in one of the sessions, which are scheduled for Nov. 16 at...
Mississippi State’s Department of Music is hosting its annual Music Discovery Day for current high school juniors, seniors and community college students Nov. 6 in the Kent Sills Band Hall, 72 Hardy Road, in Starkville. Registration is free for attendees, who...
By Kara Kimbrough Surveys listing each state’s “most searched” recipe or food are often way off base when it comes to listing Mississippians’ picks. Case in point: listing “turnips” as the most popular Thanksgiving dish in the...
Children’s of Mississippi’s pediatric intensive care unit is a beacon for the state’s ill and injured children and their families. Now the title is official. Providing high-quality care in a healthy work environment won the PICU an American Association of...
Both past and current members of the armed forces, first responders and healthcare professionals will be honored during Itawamba Community College’s All-American Heroes Night, Oct. 26, at Lambert Stadium/Eaton Field at the Fulton Campus during the Indians’ football...
Steel Dynamics, Inc. is beginning to hire workers as part of the largest economic development project in state history. The project represents a $2.5 billion investment that will create approximately 1,000 jobs with an average salary of almost $100,000. “I was...
by Sophia Paffenroth, Mississippi Today October 13, 2023 The Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus will announce its intent to file a bill protecting Mississippians’ right to contraception at the State Capitol Friday morning. The proposed bill will be filed in January...
Calgon Carbon Corporation (“Calgon Carbon”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuraray Co., Ltd. (TYO: 3405) (“Kuraray”), today announced that it has completed its capacity expansion at its Pearlington, Mississippi site. This expansion includes the addition of a second...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today October 13, 2023 Gov. Tate Reeves rolled up in his blacked-out SUV to a DeSoto County church earlier this month to meet with conservative voters who felt uninspired about his first term in office. The closed-door meeting, held in a...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today October 15, 2023 Gov. Tate Reeves and legislative leaders, especially House Speaker Philip Gunn, did a lot of chest thumping with the passage of a personal income tax cut in 2022. The tax cut appears to be doing what was projected,...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today October 15, 2023 Brandon Presley, the Democratic nominee for governor, got thrown off script Saturday when a DJ, in the maze of tailgating tents at Jackson State University’s homecoming game, grabbed a microphone to cut him off...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today October 12, 2023 A new TV ad says that Mississippians “can count on Tate Reeves” to solve complicated problems like the state’s health crisis. However, it’s not clear how large of a role the first-term governor who is running for...
by Ilyssa Daly and Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today October 13, 2023 A dozen days after five Rankin County deputies known as the “Goon Squad” tortured, tased and sexually abused two Black men, the Rankin County Board of Supervisors gave Sheriff Bryan Bailey a $21,059...
by Taylor Vance and Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today October 11, 2023 Employees of a company that Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’ campaign accused in a TV ad of illegally donating to his Democratic opponent, Brandon Presley, is threatening to sue the governor’s campaign...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today October 12, 2023 A group of Ocean Springs residents, a business owner and a church all filed a lawsuit in federal court against the city on Thursday over an urban renewal plan that labeled certain properties as “slums” or...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today October 10, 2023 William Brown and Millard Bingham, standing with their arms crossed, are waiting in a hallway of classrooms for the executive session to end, hoping it’ll bring some information about who is going to be the next...
