Capital & River News
MDE announces 2023 Parent of the Year
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the 2023 Mississippi Parent of the Year is Kimberly Walker Nailor, a mother of two students in the Vicksburg-Warren School District....
‘Out to get Jackson’: Bill to create separate courts, police for part of capital city advances over protest
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today March 30, 2023 Legislation that has brought hours of bitter debate, has inspired broad negative national attention and has racially divided the Mississippi...
News outlets take court action opposing former governor’s effort to shield records
by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today Mississippi Today and two other news outlets have allied to oppose former Gov. Phil Bryant’s effort to block the public from viewing emails and text messages...
Cal-Maine Foods Joins Egg Farmers Across America to Provide More Than 3 Million Eggs to Families in Need This Spring
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., the nation’s largest producer and marketer of shell eggs, donated 129,600 eggs to the Mississippi Food Network. The donation will be made to help food insecure families in...
Institute for Southern Storytelling at MC Seeks to Make the World a Better Place – One Story at a Time
As a boy, Anthony Thaxton’s passion for storytelling was ignited by a sprawling, action-packed summer blockbuster. “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” directed by Steven Spielberg, captivated the future...
The Mississippi Children’s Museum Celebrates Spring with Bunnies & Butterflies
Join the Mississippi Children's Museum (MCM) as we welcome spring with Bunnies & Butterflies on Saturday, April 8 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Our beautiful garden spaces will spring to life for...
Despite assurances, IHL board does not publicly discuss JSU leadership at its regular meeting
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today March 23, 2023 As speculation swirled over the last month about former Jackson State University president Thomas Hudson’s resignation, the Institutions of Higher...
‘It needs to be discussed’: College board begins JSU president search without accounting for Hudson’s resignation
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today March 24, 2023 The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees is moving ahead with the search for the next president of Jackson State University without...
Jackson community leaders call out Henifin for lack of collaboration, personnel issues
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today March 23, 2023 A group of Jackson community leaders on Wednesday panned the federally appointed manager of the city's water system over a number of issues,...
Board Search Committee Chair named for Jackson State University president search
Trustee Tom Duff, President of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, appointed Trustee Steven Cunningham to serve as chair of the Board Search Committee for the search for...