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...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today October 30, 2023 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has again pushed back the release of a new Jackson-area flood control study, the agency announced on Monday, saying it needs more money to finish its analysis. The study is the next...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today October 26, 2023 It felt more like church than a health summit at moments inside Duling Hall on Thursday. The Better Health Summit, hosted by the poverty-focused nonprofit Together for Hope and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today October 26, 2023 Three former Mississippi Department of Corrections staff members who pleaded guilty to hitting and kicking an inmate while the person lay on the ground and striking the individual with a pepper spray canister in 2019...
Jessica Vann of Jackson is back doing what she loves – spending time with her family, working as a customer service representative and fishing along the reservoir – after receiving an advanced treatment option for epilepsy. Vann didn’t qualify for traditional...
Mission Mississippi, a nonprofit organization committed to Christian reconciliation and racial healing throughout the community, will host a conference and banquet today at the Jackson Convention Complex in downtown Jackson. This event will serve as the culmination...