The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) will host esteemed Mississippi authors Rick Cleveland and Neil White for special presentations next week on the Hattiesburg and Gulf Park campuses. Cleveland and White will...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today September 8, 2023 An active duty Army staff sergeant is accusing an Indianola police officer already under investigation in a separate case of tasing him, choking him and pointing a gun at him while handcuffed in December 2022,...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today September 10, 2023 The Democratic gubernatorial campaigns of Brandon Presley in 2023 and Jim Hood in 2019 appear to be on the same trajectory. Both campaigns were rocked during the dog days of summer with public polling showing...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today September 6, 2023 The State Board of Election Commissioners voted Wednesday to allow the Mississippi Democratic Party to replace its candidate for secretary of state after its previous nominee, Shuwaski Young, announced he was...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today September 7, 2023 The Mississippi Department of Education has voided some state test results at 12 schools across the state due to concerns that staff helped students cheat on the exams. The Mississippi Academic Assessment Program...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today September 7, 2023 Veteran state Rep. Nick Bain, R-Corinth, admitted defeat late Wednesday in his House District 2 reelection effort, becoming the seventh incumbent legislator to lose thus far in this year’s election cycle. Bain,...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today September 7, 2023 Brandon Presley, the Democratic nominee for governor, on Thursday called on his political rival, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, to remove himself from any major decisions involving his administration’s ongoing effort...
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has invalidated 934 spring 2023 state assessment results after an investigation of testing irregularities in five districts and 12 schools. The invalidated tests represent less than two-tenths of 1% of the 578,515 tests...
In honor of Christopher Columbus, the Gulf Coast Italian American Cultural Society (GCIACS) will be holding their tenth annual Columbus Day evening dinner and dance on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at the Beau Rivage Casino and Resort in Biloxi. The event will begin at...
Officials joined Central Transportation Commissioner Willie Simmons in Jackson today to announce a partnership between the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), the Hinds County Board of Supervisors and Hinds...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today September 7, 2023 Republican Rep. Jason White, heir apparent to the House speakership, said Medicaid expansion, long a bugaboo for the state GOP, will be on the table and at least thoroughly vetted as a solution to...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today September 7, 2023 News of the death of baseball’s Doug Shanks earlier this week brought back several vivid memories, including the one that follows. This was a bluebird Delta day, in February in 2010. The previous day’s rainstorm...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today September 7, 2023 The leader of the Mississippi Democratic Party announced Thursday that Ty Pinkins, an attorney, will become the party’s replacement nominee for the ongoing secretary of state’s race. Democratic Party Chairman Cheikh...
By Bob Garver It has been five years since we last saw Robert “The Equalizer” McCall, as played by the ever-arresting Denzel Washington. In that time, we’ve had a pandemic, three seasons of the Queen Latifah TV series (not to be confused with the Edward Woodward TV...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today September 5, 2023 The 2022 historic teacher pay raise has been largely negated by the impact of inflation, according to a new report. Mississippi First, an education policy organization, published on Tuesday the findings from a survey...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today September 6, 2023 It was the fourth day of classes at Delta State University last fall when the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Ellen Green, asked the music department to not hate her forever. The 12 faculty members had just...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today September 6, 2023 Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit challenging House Bill 1020 are looking for a workaround to prevent the appointment of judges to the Hinds County Circuit Court and a separate court system within the county. Under the...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today September 6, 2023 Brandon Presley, the state’s Democratic nominee for governor, stood in front of the gates of the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion last week to lob two major accusations at his Republican opponent, Gov. Tate Reeves,...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today September 6, 2023 Leaders of the Mississippi Democratic Party are actively courting current U.S. Senate candidate Ty Pinkins to be the party’s nominee for the ongoing secretary of state’s race, according to a source with...
The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) today released a survey to collect input from the public about the qualities and priorities the SBE desires in the next state superintendent of education. The survey will be open through 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Any...
