Simeon Gates joins Mississippi Today’s reporting staff

On this day in 1921

Work begins on Tippah highway project 20 years after being made priority

On this day in 1920

Aug. 10, 1920 Credit: Wikipedia Mamie Smith sang Perry Bradford’s song “Crazy Blues,” detailing the “outrage by a woman driven mad by mistreatment,” music critic David...

Ex-Corinth city employee, fiance charged with 27 counts of animal cruelty

Jackson State faculty senate president on leave pending termination as faculty pledge support

On this day in 1936

Aug. 9, 1936 Credit: Wikipedia Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal as a member of the 4×100-meter relay team that set a world record of...

Mukta Joshi joins Mississippi Today as investigative reporting fellow

Mississippi Today is pleased to announce that Mukta Joshi has joined Mississippi Today as an investigative reporting fellow through the 2024 Columbia University + INN Internship...

On this day in 1925

Mississippi returns indigenous remains, artifacts to Chickasaws