Following a few hiccups, the federal government finalized Alliance Healthcare System’s rural emergency hospital status, according to the hospital’s leaders. This makes Alliance the first in...
It’s the new silent killer in Mississippi. Since 2020, the state has seen at least 27 overdose deaths from the animal tranquilizer xylazine, either alone or...
Wilson Furr, shown her during the 2022 Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today Twenty-four-year-old professional golfer Wilson Furr, from Jackson, made national...
MAY 9, 1928 First NFL game with an all-Black officiating crew on Nov. 23, 2020. Burl Toler, pictured far right, was remembered. Credit: NBC Sports Burl...
Read Mississippi Today’s Pulitzer Prize-winning series ‘The Backchannel’ by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today May 8, 2023 Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize...
Anna Wolfe and Mississippi Today win Pulitzer Prize for “The Backchannel” investigation by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today May 8, 2023 Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe won...
Eleven Mississippi hospitals have received an “A” safety score from nonprofit The Leapfrog Group, while the state’s largest hospital received a “C” for the fifth year...
MAY 8, 1969 Members of the Black Psychiatrists of America interrupted the breakfast of the trustees of the American Psychiatric Association. The Black psychiatrists shared a...
Democrat Brandon Presley’s task of defeating incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves in the November general election seems insurmountable. After all, a Republican has won seven of...
MAY 6, 1983 Alvin Sykes convinced federal prosecutors to prosecute Richard Bledsoe for a hate crime. Credit: Kansas City Public Library A federal judge sentenced Raymond...