New legislatively mandated Jackson court slow to start

Months after a separate court with state-appointed judges in Jackson was authorized to start work, individuals arrested in the Capitol Complex Improvement District are still being...

On this day in 1901

Aug. 4, 1901 Louis Armstrong by Harry Warnecke and Gus Shoenbaechler 1947. Credit: Wikipedia Louis Armstrong, trumpeter known around the globe as “Satchmo,” was born in...

Do voters know enough to elect Mississippi judges?

Here’s a quick pop quiz: Who are the justices on the state Supreme Court running for reelection this year? What judicial elections will be on the...

On this day in 1979

‘Goals nobody can argue with’: Mississippi universities rebrand DEI to focus on access, opportunity and belonging

 Vendor scored thousands of state tests incorrectly, MDE finds

On this day in 1924

Aug. 2, 1924 James Baldwin documentary Novelist, playwright, poet, essayist and social critic James Baldwin was born in Harlem, New York. His work explored the themes...

More than a year later, hospitals receive remainder of state grant to offset COVID-19 losses

State’s first long-term medical home for kids to open at long last in 2025

Mississippi officials focus on red meat, presidential race in Neshoba County Fair stump speeches