by Julia James, Mississippi Today December 20, 2023 The Mississippi State Board of Education has named Mississippi native Lance Evans as the next state superintendent. Evans, the current superintendent of the New Albany School District, would assume the position in...
It’s arrived. The Holiday of holidays for many. The month-long season of excitement, fun and anticipation. But there is another perspective on the Christmas season, and it’s not one of joy and family. For many, it brings memories of long-past years, when they too had...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today December 21, 2023 Mississippi Rep. Kevin Felsher is one of five state lawmakers nationwide to win a Mental Health America award for championing policies to reform the state’s troubled mental health and substance abuse care...
by Sophia Paffenroth, Mississippi Today December 20, 2023 Melvin Jones, a 64-year-old native of Cleveland, was in his 30s when he was diagnosed with diabetes. He knew he was at an increased risk because of his family history. In 2013, at 54 years old, Jones had two...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today December 20, 2023 The board of the Jackson Public School District approved a plan Tuesday night to close 13 school buildings, with one board member dissenting. In October, JPS district leadership introduced a plan to close 16 school...
The Annual Holiday Member Celebration for Thacker Mountain was held on Friday, December 1, at Southside Gallery on the Oxford Square in Oxford, MS. The event highlighted an auction which was held online and in person. Thacker Mountain Radio Hour is a weekly...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today December 19, 2023 The Mississippi Division of Medicaid dropped 7,448 people from its coverage in November. The latest numbers cap six months of disenrollments. In total, nearly 100,000 Mississippians have lost Medicaid coverage since...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today December 18, 2023 Legislation has been introduced that would allow Mississippians who have been permanently disenfranchised because of a felony conviction to vote in federal elections. The federal Inclusive Democracy Act, filed by...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today December 19, 2023 Neither Rome nor a fully functioning water system in Jackson can be built in a day, but there were plenty of developments from the past year in what has become a face of the country’s environmental justice agenda. In...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today December 19, 2023 The sports world doesn’t stop spinning during the holiday season. There’s all sorts of news, much of which deserves comment. To wit: Sports Illustrated names Deion Sanders Sportsperson of the Year. I don’t even...
Christmas is almost here, so technically, your shopping needs to be complete. However, if you’re like me, there are always a few last-minute gifts to buy. Here are a few suggestions for the food-lover, home chef and traveler (and some may fit into all three...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today December 18, 2023 Young people are learning about driver safety from a Jackson State University team hoping to keep them from becoming the next car crash statistic. “We’re reaching young people before we get to that point,” said Keith...
A Book Report by Beth Woodmansee for the Friends of the Richland Library First printed in 1895, Henry Van Dyke’s, The Story of the Fourth Wise Man, evokes the mystique of the ancient Middle East. Van Dyke relates in the preface that he doesn’t know from where the tale...
By Bob Arnold A Christianity Today article some years ago observed that “music has always been a point of contention in the church.” Karl Vaters pointed out that the arguments in large part have been trivial, revolving around such issues as singing in harmony instead...
by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today December 18, 2023 A federal jury has convicted a former Amory High School teacher of sexually exploiting at least seven students over 10 years, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Toshemie Wilson, 48, of Wren,...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today December 18, 2023 Hinds County election commissioners acknowledged in a public meeting on Monday that they sent the wrong document to the company that printed its ballots, resulting in several polling places not having enough ballots...
By Douglas Carswell Any sensible person can see that there is something seriously wrong with many American universities. For several decades many of our most prestigious seats of learning have become hostile to free speech and genuine inquiry. Speech codes have been...
Dr. Shannon Campbell, Senior Associate Vice President of the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Coastal Operations, has announced her retirement after 28 years of public service leveraging her professional experience and expertise of which the last three have...
This morning, Robin Roberts and Good Morning America reported on the Emmett Till Interpretive Center receiving a generous donation from acclaimed TV producer and screenwriter Shonda Rhimes to secure the Seed Barn in Sunflower County, Mississippi, where Emmett Till was...
Emergency medical transportation solutions company OnDemand Specialty Vehicles is locating its production operations in Jumpertown. This project is a $470,750 investment and will create 17 new jobs. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, OnDemand Specialty Vehicles...
