Mississippi’s General Election Day is less than a week away. The November 7 ballot features statewide, state district, county, and county district offices. To familiarize yourself with the upcoming election, visit the My Election Day portal to receive election...
A $4 million gift from the Luckyday Foundation of Jackson announced today [Nov. 1] will benefit the construction of Mississippi State University’s new 412-bed residence hall complex. This gift will also continue the philanthropic legacy of Frank Rogers Day....
More first-time students are attending Mississippi State this fall than ever before. The university announced today [Nov. 2] an 11.4% increase in first-time students this semester, the largest entering class in the school’s 145-year history. MSU also recorded...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today November 2, 2023 North Gulfport residents came to Jackson on Wednesday as part of a years-long effort to block the building of a military storage facility that would require construction on contaminated property and filling in...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today November 2, 2023 When Gov. Tate Reeves was sworn into office nearly four years ago, his very first priority was addressing the long-troubled Mississippi prison system. Deadly riots at the Mississippi State Penitentiary and violence in...
Through the creation of a new online university database, a Mississippi State forensic anthropologist is using his expertise to help find missing people. The Mississippi Repository for Missing and Unidentified Persons, launched this month...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today November 2, 2023 Mississippi voters who tuned in Wednesday night were treated to the most heated gubernatorial debate in recent history, as Republican Tate Reeves and Democrat Brandon Presley accused each other of lying, corruption,...
“Falling back to Standard Time early Sunday morning remains a good reminder to check your smoke alarms and change batteries,” said Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney. “There were 71 fire deaths in 2022. In 34 of those fires,...
District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Jakeviyon Hunter, 22, of Flora was found guilty of one count of first degree murder and one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle after a three day jury trial in the Madison County Circuit Court. Circuit Judge...
The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will host the 2023 Harvest Festival November 7-11 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day. Admission is $8 per person for ages 3 and up. “I encourage the public to take advantage of this beautiful fall weather and attend...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today November 1, 2023 Welcome to The Homestretch, a daily blog featuring the most comprehensive coverage of the 2023 Mississippi governor’s race. This page, curated by the Mississippi Today politics team, will feature the biggest...
In observance of National Hospice Month, Singing River Hospice of Light (HOL) will host remembrance ceremonies at Pascagoula Hospital and Singing River Gulfport to honor loved ones lost over the past year. HOL extends an invitation to the families and friends of...
Lot of medications out there to fix problems. And a lot of them are aimed directly at anxiety. Am I here to poke fun at people for feeling anxiety? To tell you that it is your problem and you can fix it yourself? To ‘Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps’, or to...
by Julia James, Geoff Pender, Bobby Harrison, Taylor Vance and Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today October 31, 2023 Gov. Tate Reeves’ top campaign contributors netted $1.4 billion in state contracts or grants from agencies the governor oversees, a Mississippi Today...
Mississippi State University researchers are pioneering a new way to detect the local presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal disease threatening the nation’s deer populations. Steve Demarais, Taylor Chair in Applied Big Game Research and Instruction...
Registration remains open for the UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute’s free lung cancer screening event on Saturday, Nov. 11 for qualifying uninsured and underinsured participants. Screenings will be scheduled from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the CCRI located in the...
Mississippi State is launching a new Gulf Coast Aquatic Health Laboratory to further enhance the university’s efforts to improve the health of aquatic animals and environments in the Gulf of Mexico, particularly in the Mississippi Sound. The new lab, housed...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today October 31, 2023 Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, a Memphis lawmaker who gained national notoriety after his Republican colleagues expelled him from the legislature, will campaign with Mississippi Democratic leaders in DeSoto...
By Kara Kimbrough Famous chefs and culinary experts never cease to inspire me…but not for the obvious reasons. Julia Child’s response to a reporter’s question asking if she ever ate fast food was golden. “I order fast food occasionally – everybody does when...
By Mika Hartman When you try something new, there can be hesitation. Like riding a bike. It’s exciting, but when your dad lets go and you likely will fall. You get up and try again. The reward of independently riding is worth the risk. Some days give me that feeling...
