Aug. 7, 1904 Credit: Wikipedia Diplomat Ralph Bunche was born in Detroit. He was a member of the “Black Cabinet,” which President Franklin D. Roosevelt consulted...
Mississippi Today political reporters Bobby Harrison, Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance break down Tuesday’s election where party nominees will be selected for the Nov. 7 general...
If history is an indicator, Gov. Tate Reeves’ reelection campaign might have gotten a major boost this past week: new federal criminal charges filed against former...
After months of inaction on claims of widespread campaign finance violations this election cycle, Attorney General Lynn Fitch says she’ll investigate a PAC run by lieutenant...
Current presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence will come to Jackson on Aug. 19 to speak at the Mississippi Book Festival, according to the...
A three-judge panel of the United States 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of certain felonies,...
Lexington’s former police chief, the department’s members and the city are facing a second lawsuit, this time for the alleged unlawful arrest and jailing of a...
The new president of Delta State University, Daniel Ennis, wrote in a campus-wide email Thursday that Steven Hugley, the recently hired interim band director who mocked...
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...
Six law enforcement officers who called themselves the “Goon Squad” pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges they tortured two Black men, hurled racial slurs and used...