Deep South Today to launch regional investigative reporting center In collaboration with The New York Times Deep South Today, the nonprofit network of local newsrooms that includes Mississippi Today, Verite News in New Orleans, Louisiana, and The Current in Lafayette, Louisiana, announced Tuesday…

Mississippi prison chief reopens homicide cases following news investigation Nearly 50 prison deaths will be examined, following a joint investigation by multiple Mississippi newsrooms.

‘I could see the bodies dropping’: Mississippi communities are shaken by shootings at homecoming events Mississippi communities from Leland to Lorman are reeling from the chaos of gun violence that killed nine people and wounded more than a dozen during or after high school and college homecoming…

Mississippi history museums will display Fannie Lou Hamer’s Presidential Medal of Freedom Fannie Lou Hamer's family has donated her Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

Hollis Towns joins Deep South Today as chief operating officer Experienced journalist and media executive Hollis R. Towns has been named as the first chief operating officer of Deep South Today, the nonprofit network of newsrooms that includes Mississippi Today, Verite News and The Current

One by one, universal school-choice programs are expanding across the Southeast. Now, as state lawmakers are considering doing the same in Mississippi, they’re looking to our neighbors and talking to experts about what happened in those states. buff.ly/E5wybeo

Marshall Ramsey: Circumventing the shutdown

Lack of care in Mississippi prisons turns treatable infection into life-threatening illness Potentially thousands of Mississippi inmates have hepatitis C, but only a fraction receive treatment and officials aren't using available resources to get lower-cost medications.

Government shutdown rhetoric begs the question: Should the sick and injured be denied emergency care? Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, federal law has required hospitals to provide emergency treatment to all who need it, regardless of whether they are U.S. citizens.

6 are killed in shootings at 2 high school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire Friday night, with two separate shootings on opposite sides of the state that left at least six people dead and many more injured, authorities said.

THEE homecoming parade brings music and joy for Jackson State fans Alumni and fans of Jackson State university celebrated homecoming 2025 with several events, including a parade with marching bands, dancers and cheerleaders.

Mississippi and most other states with National Guard in DC plan to withdraw troops this fall Ohio, Georgia, Mississippi and West Virginia say they plan to remove their National Guard troops from Washington, D.C., by Nov. 30.

Carlos King talks ownership, navigating racism and building Black reality TV empires Carlos King's hit "Belle Collective" put Jackson, Mississippi, on the map for reality TV and returned with a new season this month on OWN.

Senate panel focuses on Mississippi public education successes as House school-choice push gears up The hearings could foreshadow a fight between the House and Senate as the House leadership makes a full-court press for expanding 'school choice.'

Mississippi GOP Chair Mike Hurst is named general counsel for Republican National Committee Mike Hurst, a former U.S. attorney in President Donald Trump's first administration, will continue to serve as the Mississippi Republican Party chairman.

Historian looks at Mississippi Medicaid through Rep. Robert Clark’s early advocacy Historian says that policies advocated more than 50 years ago by Robert Clark, the state's first Black legislator since Reconstruction, are still important today.

Washington State’s 2,000-mile trip is par for course in college sports today Washington State flying 2,000 miles across the country to play Ole Miss is a reflection of what's happened to the once-proud Pac-12.

5 executions in 8 days: Why the death penalty is being used more in the US this year Thirty-four men have been executed in the U.S. this year. Eight other executions are scheduled by year's end, including one next Wednesday in Mississippi.

Donors keep Vicksburg military site open as government shutdown closes most national parks Most of Mississippi’s national parks and monuments are closed to visitors because of the federal government shutdown. Vickkburg National Military Park is an exception.

Online charter school wants to open in a Mississippi Delta town with sparse broadband access Archway Charter School has struggled to raise start-up funds and failed to demonstrate it has attracted faculty or students since its approval in 2024.

Trump nominates former Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes to US consumer-safety board President Donald Trump's appointment of former Mayor Billy Hewes has surprised some political observers, as the president has proposed eliminating the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

WIC program’s federal funding to last through October amid government shutdown, Edney says To help stretch federal dollars until at least the end of October, the state Health Department will limit new applicants, State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney said Wednesday.

Festival Hispano de Pascagoula: Una celebración de herencia, unidad y sabor El 20 de septiembre, familias de toda la Costa del Golfo se reunieron para celebrar su orgullo gastronómico, musical y cultural al aire libre.

The Clevelands discuss last weekend and the one coming up, including what appeared to be a routine quarterback sack by the Saints’ Carl Granderson of the Giants’ Jaxson Dart that was somehow called roughing the passer.

Mississippi likely to get $500M for rural health, with governor to set spending Gov. Tate Reeves will submit a proposal for spending federal money to bolster rural healthcare.

‘We’re going to get drowned’: Mississippians are sitting in the crosshairs of a volatile climate A 2023 study concluded Mississippi was the most vulnerable state to climate change in the country with a litany of social inequities that exacerbate frequent natural disasters.

Jackson Council asks to reverse third-party water order, JXN Water responds The Jackson City Council voted 6-1 to ask U.S. District Judge Henrt Wingate to take the city's beleagured water system away from the third-party manager.

State WIC program for moms, babies safe for now despite federal shutdown, taking limited new applicants Tens of thousands of Mississippians rely on WIC each month. The program offers breastfeeding support and monthly vouchers for healthy foods to women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or…

Professor highlights importance of Bob Dylan’s connection to Mississippi Professor writes no other college campus could give its students a better education on Bob Dylan's southern connections than the University of Mississippi.

Mississippi towns say ‘no’ to school choice as state-level push continues  As conservative lawmakers promise to expand school choice next year, a handful of Mississippi cities are taking a public stand against the policy. The resolutions could signal a lack of support for school choice among…

Jackson officials won’t say who may lose water next, but 9,000 renters have landlords in arrears Officials said about 9,000 Jacksonians live in rental properties with landlords who have past due water bills, signaling the volume of people who could be impacted by water shutoffs in the wake of…

Lawmaker plans to help Mississippi cities, counties spend opioid settlement funds on mental health Unlike Attorney General Lynn Fitch, Rep. Sam Creekmore, the Republican House Public Health and Human Services chairman from New Albany, said he believes all opioid settlement money cities and…

Retired south Mississippi newspaper publisher Roland Weeks dies at 89. ‘He just stood up for what was right’ Roland Weeks Jr. served as publisher of the Sun Herald and as a community leader in South Mississippi for 33 years.

US Senate Chairman Grassley asks federal judge in Mississippi to explain possible AI usage A U.S. senator is asking about an error-laden temporary restraining order that U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate issued July 20. The order paused the enforcement of a state law that bans diversity, equity…

Mississippi Supreme Court redistricting case paused until SCOTUS rules If the U.S. Supreme Court rules in Mississippi’s favor, it would mean only the Department of Justice could sue to enforce the Voting Rights Act. 

Ben Bush, a former U.S. Army Ranger combat veteran from Brandon, shares with Mississippi Today his personal story of his struggle with PTSD after returning home from overseas combat, and how the psychedelic plant-derived drug ibogaine helped him regain his life.

Marshall Ramsey: Soybean tariffs

Lawmakers want to expand ‘school choice’ in Mississippi. Here’s what it looks like in neighboring states Some Mississippi legislative leaders want to join a growing move toward 'school choice,' policies that give families options outside of traditional public education and often include diverting…

If this was the last Sanderson tourney, Steven Fisk made it memorable In the final round of the Sanderson Farms Campionship, Steven Fisk fired an 8-under-par 64 with birdies on the final three holes to win what may be the last tournament that began 57 years ago.

On this day in 1875, U.S. Sen. James Alcorn and former Confederate Gen. James Chalmers led a political coup in Coahoma County.

Owners of draft of President Kennedy’s speech about James Meredith’s integration of Ole Miss believe it has lessons for today President Kennedy's speech on James Meredith integrating the University of Mississippi 63 years ago should be used as educational tool, Mississippi attorney believes.

Black women are driving a food revolution in rural Mississippi Black women are providing grocery options in rural Mississippi, where people face high rates of food insecurity and unemployment.

Soul City Cycling: Born out of  a dream, inspired by little known Black bicycling champion Before sunrise early Saturday morning in September, bicyclists from across the tri-county area, including Major Taylor Cycling Club members from Memphis, Tennessee, arrive at The Bike Crossing in Ridgeland. …

Former journalist speaks out as patient advocate after her ‘degrading’ hospital stay A journalist writes, "This is not just about one hospital. It’s about a system that has lost its soul. A system that views patients as burdens, not people."

Mississippi Health Department memo warns of furloughs and program delays as federal shutdown continues Mississippi's top health official says federal funding could dry up and some state Health Department employees could be furloughed if a federal government shutdown drags on.

Laura Santhanam joins Mississippi Today as health editor Santhanam is a Mississippi native who has spent the last 11 years of her career working as a health reporter and producer at PBS News.

Field grows for Mississippi congressional midterm elections Mississippi's midterm congressional races next year have already drawn numerous candidates.

Mississippi Health Department fires preventive health and health equity employees The Health Department hollowed out its Office of Preventive Health and Health Equity partially in response to issues outlined in a recent report by State Auditor Shad White, according to a person who was briefed on…

Mississippi unemployment hovers at ‘no-hire, no-fire’ rate August’s unemployment rate in Mississippi was 3.9% and has fluctuated between 4.0% and 3.9% since March. This follows a national trend of what economists are calling a "no-hire, no-fire" labor market.

Ole Miss and Southern Miss are off this weekend and Mississippi State is on the road, but the Sanderson Farms Championship, Mississippi’s only PGA Tour tournament returns to the Country Club of Jackson. Today’s discussion includes golf – both a Ryder Cup review and a Sanderson Farms preview.