by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today June 12, 2023 A $400 million federal civil rights lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of two men allegedly beaten and tortured by Rankin County sheriff’s deputies during what attorneys say was an unlawful arrest earlier this year says the...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today June 12, 2023 Two proposed charter schools have made it through the first stage of the annual application process with hopes of opening in the Delta. This year’s application cycle saw fewer applicants at this stage than in previous...
By Sarah Ulmer Work continues to restore Jackson’s water system. The problems faced in the capital city span from infrastructure issues, operational malfunctions, water cleanliness and major debt from unpaid bills. “It took decades to get to where we are now, it is...
SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy (CPSA), the first College Preparatory and STEM charter school in Mississippi, is excited to announce enrollment for the next school year is now open. Spots are available for 75 Kindergarten and 75 First grade students from the...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today June 9, 2023 In the back of the Alcorn County Correctional Facility, a regional prison in the top-right corner of Mississippi, is an ice-cold trailer. It’s new. And it’s where Bill Stone — a retired Northeast Mississippi Community...
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today June 11, 2023 Civil rights attorney Jill Collen Jefferson was arrested Saturday night by Lexington police — the same department she complained about nine days earlier to Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke. Holmes County...
