Mississippi News
Capital/River
From diagnosis to TikTok: Children’s of Mississippi toddler shares Type 1 diabetes journey
Natchez filmmakers donate ‘The Parchman Ordeal’ to JSU’s Margaret Walker Center
BiTE immunotherapy offers new hope for patients with aggressive cancers
HUNDREDS OF EDUCATORS, WRITERS, & ACTIVISTS CONVENE IN JACKSON TO CELEBRATE SOUL FOOD, SOUL WORK, SOUL LEGACIES
Youth court reform dies amid Senate, House disagreement
Mississippi culture bearer: Calvin Phelps, Pike School of Art
Hinds CC – HCSD partner to open Early College Academy in Utica in the fall
$5M family donation boosts scholarships for School of Nursing at Oxford
Statewide
Open to Religion Act fails to find legislative support during 2026 session
Mississippi’s March revenues exceed estimate by $20.5 million
Watson running for Lt. Governor
Legislature revises full-day school attendance language, provides for excused absences for school activities
$253 million in local earmarks, ranging from artificial turf to music instruments, sent to Governor
Legislative Democrats vent frustrations as 2026 session wraps up
Governor vetoes bill he says risked Mississippi losing nearly $1 billion in potential rural healthcare funding
Lt. Governor Hosemann: “It was a very good year”
Hills
Where Charm Lives: Porch swing pickings in downtown Fulton
Richard Truly: Mississippi’s astronaut and national treasure
Event to focus on housing, encouraging deep listening across difference
Miss. Main Street Association and Miss. Hills National Heritage Area to Fund Roadmaps to Revitalization for Four Main Street Communities in Hills Region
Stokes’ First Amendment lawsuit against Ole Miss Chancellor dismissed by federal judge
Southwark Metal Manufacturing Growing in DeSoto County with New Hernando Plant
Pines
The Taste of Tradition: Amory’s Railroad Festival returns
One MSU alum manages Artemis II mission as a second supports its readiness
MSU Philosophy Professor Bickle joins elite ranks as AAAS Fellow
Anthony’s: A West Point table worth coming back to
Four More Counties Now Eligible for Public Assistance
SNAP FRAUD INVESTIGATION LEADS TO PLEA AGREEMENT
Coastal
Annual Magnolia Beef and Poultry Expo to be Held in Laurel April 9
Step back in time with a stroll through Hattiesburg’s Historic District
Channel South, $105 million mixed use development, aims to transform Gulfport’s downtown
GCCF’s GivHer Circle Wine Tasting Event, April 22
Southern Miss A Cappella Group, Spirit of Southern, Wins ICCA Quarterfinal, Advances to Semifinals
Gulf Council Holds Fisheries Photo Contest to Showcase 50 Years of Fisheries
Delta
Where the Light Falls: The landscape of Marshall Bouldin
Carter to hold hearings on effects of wind towers on Mississippi’s farmlands
MPB Receives $5,000 from Leflore County to Support WMAO Tower Repairs
Seventeen students selected for Hall of Fame honor
AeroShield Alliance locating headquarters in Mississippi
