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A 14th Mississippi inmate death announced this month — quietly on prison...
Another Mississippi prisoner died this week, pushing the total to 14 deaths for the state’s Department of Corrections this month. Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCurtis Hughes Curtis Hughes, 45,...
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She was set to go home from prison. She died five days before seeing freedom
Rita KorsenNicole Rathman, 33, was a prisoner at a Central Mississippi prison when she died on August 23. Nicole Rathman was in a hurry for her parole date to come. Rathman, 33, first went to prison in...
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Abraham is sharp in USM’s big win over JSU
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi TodayQuez Watkins, 16, is stopped after a pass reception by Jackson State defensive back Tonea Alex. Watkins scored four touchdowns to lead USM to a 55-7 victory at...
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‘What did I do to my child?’: As program for kids with disabilities suffers...
Julie Foster felt cautiously optimistic when she answered the phone last November and heard her daughter’s early intervention coordinator on the other end. The Fosters had moved from Chicago to DeSoto...
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Bryant declares emergency for storm Gordon
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi TodayMississippi Gov. Phil Bryant speaks during a press conference in Jackson Thursday, August 23, 2018. Late Monday, Gov. Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency in...
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Preserving Farish Street: No longer the vibrant hub of African American life...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi TodayMa’ati Jone Primm, owner of Marshall’s Music and Bookstore, is photographed in the 600 block of Farish Street Tuesday, July 3, 2018. The Farish Street Historic...
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Cutting prison population in half could save Mississippi millions of dollars;...
Slashing Mississippi’s prison population in half could save the state $350 million by the year 2025, according to a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union. Such a task may seem daunting, but...
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Jack Cristil’s biography: a gift that keeps on giving
Jack Cristil: There’ll never be another one like him. So, I thought I had heard every story that exists about the late and legendary Mississippi State broadcaster Jack Cristil. Then I heard another...
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One year later, new divorce law helps more than 600 abuse survivors find a...
One year after the Legislature passed a bill expanding the ability of spouses to cite domestic abuse as grounds for divorce, advocates say the law has helped hundreds of people get out of abusive...
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‘It’s Lit’: Jackson schools, Tougaloo team up to give high-potential students...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi TodayCounselor Adrienne Fleming helps students with their class assignment at Early College High School, located at Tougaloo College, Friday, August 17, 2018. Class sizes...
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Mississippi playwright’s life comes full circle – from running the lights to...
Sherry LucasTopher Payne, sitting with cast member Jo Ann Robinson, brings his play “Morningside” to New Stage Theatre. The comedy runs Sept. 11-23. The Underwood typewriter inked on Topher Payne’s arm...
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Vermont sending over 200 inmates to private Tallahatchie prison
Troy Catchings / Clarksdale Press Register / AP fileThe Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, shown Wednesday, July 21, 2004, in Tutwiler A private prison in Mississippi that began holding...
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One year later, new divorce law helps more than 600 abuse survivors find a...
One year after the Legislature passed a bill expanding the ability of spouses to cite domestic abuse as grounds for divorce, advocates say the law has helped hundreds of people get out of abusive...
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Bama vs. Ole Miss: leis and hulas, anyone?
Associated PressOle Miss’s Jordan Ta’amu, left, and Alabama’s Tuanigamanuolepola “Tua” Tagovailoa were both recruited by former Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze. No. 1 ranked Alabama plays at Ole Miss...
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SPLC letter to governor: Mississippi prison conditions “unacceptable and...
Following the deaths of 16 Mississippi prisoners last month, the Southern Poverty Law Center is calling upon the governor to reform the health care and reporting practices in the state prison system....
View ArticleFifteen black moms to receive $1,000 monthly in basic income experiment
Fifteen black mothers living in subsidized housing in Jackson will receive $1,000 in no-strings-attached cash every month for the next year. The pilot project, mirroring other basic income experiments...
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Delta residents heated over high utility bills, question coming rate hikes
Aallyah Wright, Mississippi TodayClarksdale resident holds up her co-worker’s $2,000 utility bill. CLARKSDALE – On a normal morning, Clarksdale native Annie Houston wakes up around 5:30 a.m., makes her...
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‘He just took off’: Parents tout benefits of troubled First Steps program,...
On a recent afternoon, Jazz Witkowski fidgeted by the family piano while his dad played some chords. When Jazz’s impatience got the better of him, he jumped in, repeating what his dad had played, then...
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Prison head tells legislators system needs help; other agencies also make...
Rogelio V. Solis / Associated PressCapitol police restrain a protester who with others, raised a banner with the names of state inmates who died in August, 2018, during a meeting of the Joint...
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Jackson receives $120K grant to fight hunger
The City of Jackson announced Monday it had been awarded $120,000 in the form of a grant from the National League of Cities to help battle hunger. The funds will go towards launching Jackson’s “Meals...
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