The Mississippi Humanities Council announced the winners of its 2026 Public Humanities Awards, recognizing outstanding work ...
The beloved Christmas classic Home Alone features an original song by John Williams called “Somewhere in My Memory.” This ethereal lullaby begins with these lines: “Candles in the window. Shadows ...
Backwater flooding happens when the Mississippi River is higher (about 43’ at Vicksburg) than the Yazoo River and blocks its ...
Mississippi Today CEO and Executive Director Mary Margaret White, Jackson Editor Anna Wolfe and Editor-in-Chief Emily Wagster Pettus discuss Mississippi Today’s mission as a nonprofit newsroom and how ...
The Mississippi superintendent of education made a good point when he told a state Senate committee that it should address school choice legislation and teacher pay raises in separate proposals.
Dozens of defunct buildings line Terry Road in south Jackson. Business owners have been leaving the area for more than a ...
Violence and squalor pervade south Jackson’s long-troubled apartment complex, despite the property remaining compliant in the ...
State lawmakers plan to discuss teacher pay during the 2026 legislative session. Educators argue their livelihood shouldn’t ...
A list of projects that will be submitted to the Mississippi Legislature was finalized by the state’s Opioid Settlement ...
Attorneys for defendant King Young Brown Jr. want the Washington County Circuit Court to vacate his convictions from 2005 and ...
We are charting a better and more prosperous course for our state and her people that will last for generations,” proclaimed ...
Homecoming in Ruleville is planned months in advance, and residents show up in droves for a multigenerational night of ...