‘A disease of a splintered society’: Politics and science clash in community...
When it looked as though Mississippi might be starting to successfully control the spread of coronavirus in mid-May, three Starkville doctors sat down with a local sports reporter to discuss the...
View ArticleCoast lawmaker hospitalized after COVID-19 outbreak at Capitol
Rep. Manly Barton, R-Moss Point State Rep. Manly Barton, R-Moss Point, remained hospitalized on Thursday after contracting coronavirus at the Capitol, several of his colleagues told Mississippi Today....
View ArticleMississippi sets single day record for new COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayYvonne Moore collects specimen for COVID-19 testing outside of the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center in Clarksdale, Miss., Wednesday, March 29, 2020. The...
View ArticleAuthor Angie Thomas talks self-doubt, giving back, her own biases and...
Author Angie Thomas talks self-doubt, giving back, her own biases and homegrown recognition amidst a complicated relationship with Mississippi By Erica Hensley | August 9, 2020 When Angie Thomas got...
View ArticleDemocrat Mike Espy outraises GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith nearly 3-to-1
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaMike Espy, a former congressman and former U.S. agriculture secretary, announces that he is running against U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in 2020 for...
View ArticleSen. Cindy Hyde-Smith supports losing effort to overturn Biden presidential...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaSen. Cindy Hyde-Smith voted to object to the electoral vote of Arizona on Wednesday. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith was one of few U.S. senators on...
View ArticleMississippi’s GOP congressmen voted to overturn Biden win in Arizona,...
Reps. Trent Kelly, above, Michael Guest and Steven Palazzo backed the failed effort of lawmakers who aimed to overturn Biden’s victory. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images) All three...
View ArticleSen. Cindy Hyde-Smith chairs key committee amid calls for Capitol Police...
U.S. Capitol Police with guns drawn stand near a barricaded door as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew...
View ArticleHis name is Carson, he lives in Raymond, and he will officiate the national...
Fulton Carson, shown here with Iowa State players coming onto the field at the 2012 Liberty Bowl. When Hinds County resident Fulton Carson takes the field Monday night for college football’s national...
View ArticleFour Mississippi congressional delegates say they know better than judges,...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaU.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith waves to drivers as she holds a campaign sign in Jackson on Nov. 6, 2018. Four of the six members of Mississippi’s...
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