ICYMI: Good Morning America Exclusive: Acclaimed TV Producer and Screenwriter, Shonda Rhimes Donates to Emmett Till Interpretive Center to Secure Barn Where Emmett Till Was Murdered

by Mississippi Monitor | Dec 18, 2023 | Delta

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...

Grand jury clears Indianola officer who shot 11-year-old boy

by Mississippi Monitor | Dec 15, 2023 | Delta

by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today December 14, 2023 Nearly seven months after an Indianola police officer shot an 11-year-old boy in the chest during a domestic call, a Sunflower County grand jury decided not to indict him after hearing evidence from the attorney...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $35 million Grant to Mississippi to Help Meet Rural Transportation and Mobility Needs

by Mississippi Monitor | Dec 12, 2023 | Delta

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded a $35,000,000 grant in Yazoo County, Mississippi from the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program (Rural) for the Road Improvements to US 49 from Bentonia to...

Jailed for their own safety, 14 Mississippians died awaiting mental health treatment

by Mississippi Monitor | Dec 8, 2023 | Delta

by Isabelle Taft and Mollie Simon, ProPublica, Mississippi Today December 7, 2023 This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Mississippi Today. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are...

Do these death row inmates have legal options to avoid execution? State AG’s office and defense attorneys disagree

by Mississippi Monitor | Dec 7, 2023 | Delta

by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today December 5, 2023 The state and attorneys representing two men on death row are in conflict about whether legal options still exist for them to challenge their convictions or to proceed with their executions. In court documents,...

In this shrinking Mississippi Delta county, getting a college degree means leaving home behind

by Mississippi Monitor | Dec 4, 2023 | Delta

by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today December 4, 2023 The kings and queens of the South Delta School District tossed candy and waved at their families as the mid-October parade wound through a small town several miles north of this rural county. “There’s no place like...