The Mississippi State Fire Academy (MSFA) will host the Ribbon Cutting at 11:30am, March 15, 2023, for our new Fire Station and Dormitory building on campus. The Lobby will be dedicated to Senator Dean Kirby, District 30, in appreciation for his diligent support and...
by Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today March 13, 2023 Senate Republican leaders shocked the state on Feb. 28 when they announced their intention to fully fund Mississippi’s public school formula for just the third time since 2003. Just a few minutes before the Senate...
by Sara DiNatale, Mississippi Today March 13, 2023 Fewer Mississippians in mental health crises are stuck waiting in jail cells for a hospital bed each day than they were a year ago, but the state has yet to eliminate the troubling practice completely, according to a...
Last week, the Mississippi Construction Education Foundation (MCEF), the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) and industry partners hosted the MCEF SkillsUSA State Championship construction competition inside the Trade Mart at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds....
by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today March 13, 2023 Angie Thomas, Jesmyn Ward, Kiese Laymon, Rick Bragg and other noted authors will speak at the first Banned Books Festival in the state on March 25 at Millsaps College in Jackson. The Mississippi Center for...
By Bob Garver I’m willing to argue that “Scream” is the greatest slasher movie franchise of all time. Not only is the 1996 original a meta-horror classic, but prior to “Scream VI,” three of the five movies in the series were halfway decent. Can any other slasher...
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced the inaugural Mississippi Hometown Rodeo Series to be held beginning this spring of 2023. This series currently includes eight rodeos throughout the state beginning in April, with others to be added as...
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 13, 2023 A federal judge rejected the claim that Grenada police officers should be protected by qualified immunity in the 2018 death of Robert Loggins in the local jail. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock moves...
by Alivia Welch, Open Campus and Molly Minta, Mississippi Today March 13, 2023 While Jackson State University officials are quietly working to pull funding for an improved campus water system, students continue to complain of inadequacies. The historically Black...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today March 12, 2023 In 2012, his first year as speaker of the Mississippi House, Philip Gunn authored a resolution that would have made abortion illegal under the state constitution. House Concurrent Resolution 83 read, in part, “to...
Miss Mississippi Emmie Perkins and Miss Mississippi’s’ Teen Cameron Davis along with contestants across the state celebrated the Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service and Read Across America Week. Service is a pillar of the Miss America Organization and...
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks’ Visitor Education Center (VEC) at the North Mississippi Fish Hatchery is reopened to the public following completed renovations and will be hosting a Smithsonian Poster Exhibit. We invite visitors to enjoy...
On March 7, 2023, the Mississippi House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 2212 with bipartisan support. Mississippi physicians are thrilled that eligible moms on Medicaid will now have 12 months of postpartum coverage after delivery. We thank all Mississippi...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today Significant questions surrounding the abrupt pause to Thomas Hudson’s tenure as president of Jackson State University remain one week after the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees placed him on administrative leave with...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today Mississippi hospitals, many on the precipice of closure, will be getting much-needed additional money this year. But the amount they receive might be much lower than expected. The Mississippi Division of Medicaid proposed changing the...
The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) announces that Edward Wilson, a Senior at Jackson Preparatory School in Jackson, MS, is the 2023 Mississippi Poetry Out Loud® (POL) champion. The first runner-up was Kalen Wallace, a Junior at Northwest Rankin High School in...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today March 9, 2023 Eager to spread the news of a massive federal investment in his city’s drinking water system, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba called several town hall events over the last few months to update his constituents. But to...
by Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today March 9, 2023 Children’s of Mississippi held its 22nd annual Mississippi Miracles Radiothon Broadcast in Jackson, Miss., Friday, March 3. Radio DJs from the state gathered at the hospital and broadcasted their shows...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today The House of Representatives in a mostly partisan and racially divided vote on Wednesday revived its measure to expand the area inside Jackson where state-run Capitol Police can patrol to include neighborhoods where most of the...
Is that keepsake a valuable heirloom? Find out on April 21, when the 2023 “Mississippi Roadshow” makes a stop in Columbus at the Trotter Convention Center, located at 402 2nd Avenue North. Hosted by Mississippi Public Broadcasting and the MPB Foundation,...
