Today State Auditor Shad White announced special agents from his office have arrested Melissa Upchurch. Upchurch is the former District Secretary for the Holmes County Water and Soil Conservation District. She is charged with embezzlement. Upchurch is accused of...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today June 15, 2023 Nearly a month after an Indianola police officer was accused of shooting an 11-year-old boy in the chest, the officer will continue his suspension from the force without pay and faces additional legal action. On Monday,...
The Roberts-LaForge Library has been selected as one of 240 libraries to participate in Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities, an American Library Association (ALA) initiative that provides community engagement and accessibility...
The latest Mississippi Writers Trail marker was unveiled today in Greenwood. The marker, located at the Rail Spike Trail on Johnson Street in Greenwood between Fulton Street and Howard Street, memorializes the artistic contributions of playwright, scholar, and civil...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today June 12, 2023 Two proposed charter schools have made it through the first stage of the annual application process with hopes of opening in the Delta. This year’s application cycle saw fewer applicants at this stage than in previous...
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today June 11, 2023 Civil rights attorney Jill Collen Jefferson was arrested Saturday night by Lexington police — the same department she complained about nine days earlier to Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke. Holmes County...
