Nov. 13, 1999 Credit: Source: Find a Grave A jury in Belzoni, Mississippi, convicted three men of manslaughter in the April 12, 1970, killing of Rainey...
Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison, Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance break down Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’ election win over Democratic challenger Brandon Presley. They detail...
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Nov. 12, 1914 Civil rights leader William Monroe Trotter pictured in 1915. Credit: Wikipedia Civil rights leader William Monroe Trotter led a delegation that confronted President...
Ravin Lovett, an artist and art therapist, says she became fascinated with quilting at a young age, watching her “Big Mama” make magic from scraps of...
In 2003, incumbent Democratic Gov. Ronnie Musgrove flew into Tupelo to campaign in the final days before the November general election. Among those meeting Musgrove at...
State revenue collections are continuing to slow as legislative leaders and Gov. Tate Reeves, fresh off their election victories, prepare to release budget recommendations to be...
The second in command of the Mississippi Department of Corrections may be without a job after his biography disappeared from the agency’s website and was replaced...
Attorney General Lynn Fitch is asking the Supreme Court to set execution dates for two men on death row. The Thursday motions are for 55-year-old Willie...
Another 8,674 Mississippians lost their Medicaid coverage in the agency’s latest round of disenrollments in October. Since unwinding disenrollments began in June, Mississippi Medicaid has removed...
