by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today July 2, 2023 Gov. Tate Reeves proudly proclaims in a campaign advertisement that “more of our people are working in Mississippi than ever before.” That statement running on local television stations would be true for most states,...
By Bob Garver It has been 15 years since famed archeologist/adventurer Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) was onscreen in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and even longer since he was onscreen in a decent movie. Fans were worried if that creative flop...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today June 30, 2023 The governing board of Mississippi’s public university system announced that Alcorn State University’s interim president is leaving next month to focus on his family. The change, which the Institutions of...
by Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today July 2, 2023 Tyree Irving, the chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party since 2020, resigned as dozens of the state party’s executive committee members appeared poised to remove him from his seat in a July 6 emergency...
Our country. Home sweet home. The United States of America since 1776. To us citizens, it is the best country in the world. At least, to the citizens who still believe in the values of our great, great, great grandparents’ ancestors who started this country years...
By Sarah Ulmer According to Atmos Energy, a “search engine phishing” scheme has been revealed. When customers search for “Atmos” online, the online cybercriminals are using search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to place fake websites as the top search result....
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture of Commerce (MDAC) will host three outreach listening sessions to obtain feedback from the public and key stakeholders on middle-of-the-supply-chain...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today June 29, 2023 U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves has dismissed a gun possession case against a man convicted of a felony, citing a Supreme Court precedent he criticized last year and ruling convicted felons have a Second Amendment...
by Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today June 27, 2023 After Mississippi Today published an emailed tirade by state Democratic Party Chairman Tyree Irving that some fear could jeopardize $250,000 in funding for the state party, one of the top Democratic statewide...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today June 28, 2023 The mother of a man allegedly tortured and shot in the mouth by a Rankin County sheriff’s deputy earlier this year and another mother of a man beaten, tased and killed by deputies in 2021 said the recent firing of...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today June 27, 2023 Hospital CEOs are leaving at increasingly higher rates in Mississippi since the pandemic. The state’s hospital CEO turnover rate was 17% in 2021, according to the most recently available data from the American College of...
In 1959, the iconic Barbie doll went on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City. Since this time, over a billion Barbies have been sold. I grew up with Barbies and even had a nice collection, in my early 20’s, of collector Barbie dolls. When Mattel started...
The boat ramps at Lake Bogue Homa have been reopened. The spillway repairs have been completed and the outlet valve has been closed returning the lake to normal levels. Lake Bogue Homa is an 882-acre lake located in Jones County. A state lake permit and a Mississippi...
By: Sarah Ulmer On July 1st, many of the laws passed by the Mississippi Legislature in the 2023 session will go into effect. While some were effective upon passage, others wait until July with the start of the next fiscal year. This year’s new laws range from tax...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today June 27, 2023 Rankin County deputies accused of beating and torturing two men earlier this year have been fired, Sheriff Bryan Bailey announced Tuesday. “We understand that the alleged actions of these deputies has eroded the public’s...
by Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today June 26, 2023 The Democratic National Committee recently committed to send $250,000 to boost the Mississippi Democratic Party’s election efforts, including the gubernatorial campaign of Brandon Presley. But after Tyree Irving, the...
Dr. Cedric Bradley, vice president of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Harrison County Campus, Keesler Center, and Naval Construction Battalion Center, was appointed as a board member for the Woodward Hines Education Foundation (WHEF) and the Mississippi...
BY LESLIE JOBLIN Mississippi Jumpstart, a program created at the University of Mississippi to help reduce the kindergarten readiness gap in Mississippi, turns 10 this year, having grown from two classrooms in Oxford to four universities serving 15 classrooms across...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today June 28, 2023 The board that governs the massive Public Employees Retirement System is working to develop recommendations for the Legislature to consider in 2024 in an effort to ensure the long-term financial viability of the...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today June 28, 2023 Labor Secretary Marty Walsh vowed a year ago to fight the racist wage and hiring practices alleged by Black farm workers regarding workplace abuse and exploitation in the Delta. That promise resulted in a Department of...
