April 2, 1855 John Mercer Langston, the first Black public official in the U.S., served as a town clerk in Brownhelm, Ohio. Credit: Wikipedia John Mercer...
April 1, 1935 Credit: Courtesy of Harpo Films publicity Before an integrated audience of 2,000, the “Great Debaters” of Wiley College of Marshall, Texas, defeated the...
Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau and Bobby Harrison break down the differences in the House Medicaid expansion plan and the Senate Medicaid expansion plan. They discuss where the...
March 30, 1941 CBS aired the nation’s first hour-long network radio show with an all-Black cast. Until then, Black musicians, actors and performers were often barred...
Mississippi Today is pleased to announce Michael Guidry as managing editor. Guidry, who joined the Mississippi Today staff in February 2024, manages the newsroom’s day-to-day reporting...
Mississippi Today is pleased to announce Geoff Pender as Politics and Government Editor. Pender, who first joined the Mississippi Today staff as senior political reporter in...
With both the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments in full swing, it feels like the women are stealing the show. Caitlin Clark, Juju Watson and...
Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison and Taylor Vance speak with House Education Vice Chair Kent McCarty, R-Hattiesburg, about his proposal to change the way Mississippi’s K-12 public...
At least four people have died in suspected domestic violence crimes across the state since the Legislature has been meeting and failing to advance measures to...
The DeSoto County town of Lewisburg can lay claim to being the baseball capital of Mississippi. The defending state champion Lewisburg High Patriots, with a roster...
