by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today June 28, 2023 The mother of a man allegedly tortured and shot in the mouth by a Rankin County sheriff’s deputy earlier this year and another mother of a man beaten, tased and killed by deputies in 2021 said the recent firing of...
The boat ramps at Lake Bogue Homa have been reopened. The spillway repairs have been completed and the outlet valve has been closed returning the lake to normal levels. Lake Bogue Homa is an 882-acre lake located in Jones County. A state lake permit and a Mississippi...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today June 27, 2023 Rankin County deputies accused of beating and torturing two men earlier this year have been fired, Sheriff Bryan Bailey announced Tuesday. “We understand that the alleged actions of these deputies has eroded the public’s...
Dr. Cedric Bradley, vice president of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Harrison County Campus, Keesler Center, and Naval Construction Battalion Center, was appointed as a board member for the Woodward Hines Education Foundation (WHEF) and the Mississippi...
BY LESLIE JOBLIN Mississippi Jumpstart, a program created at the University of Mississippi to help reduce the kindergarten readiness gap in Mississippi, turns 10 this year, having grown from two classrooms in Oxford to four universities serving 15 classrooms across...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today June 28, 2023 Labor Secretary Marty Walsh vowed a year ago to fight the racist wage and hiring practices alleged by Black farm workers regarding workplace abuse and exploitation in the Delta. That promise resulted in a Department of...
