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Jackie Sherrill trial ends after settlement reached with NCAA
CANTON – Former Mississippi State University head football coach Jackie Sherrill’s lawsuit against the NCAA concluded Wednesday when the two sides reached a confidential settlement. “From our...
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Hosemann, Gunn: ‘Racial animus’ of Jim Crow no reason to change law designed...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaMississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn Attorneys for House Speaker Philip Gunn and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann are asking a federal judge to...
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Hundreds of educators caught in licensing ‘misunderstanding’ can now teach...
Effective immediately, 734 teachers who taught during academic year 2018-19 could be eligible to get their jobs back now that the State Board of Education has approved an extension for them to meet...
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Britton and Watson, armed with potent ammo, trade blows in surprisingly...
Sam Britton and Michael Watson, Republican challengers for secretary of state Sam Britton and Michael Watson, the two candidates battling it out for the Republican nomination in the Secretary of...
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African American cowboys and cowgirls ride into the spotlight at annual...
A cowgirl makes her way to the rodeo grounds before the start to the 17th Annual Jackson Black Rodeo at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Miss., Saturday July 13, 2019. Frank Penny Edwards had a...
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Medicaid expansion big issue for gubernatorial candidates but not Mississippi...
Mississippi is one of just 14 states that has not accepted federal dollars to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. As Mississippi’s gubernatorial candidates stump in the weeks leading up to...
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Tate Reeves, less than three weeks before GOP primary for governor, floats...
Republican candidates for governor: Former Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr., freshman Rep. Robert Foster, R-Hernando and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, long...
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Abject helplessness: Golf afflicts us all, including Duval, former No. 1 in...
Any golfer knows the feeling only this most capricious of sports can inflict: that is, abject helplessness. No matter your skill level, no matter how well you are playing at the time, you know it’s out...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Shooting for the Moon
The United States, fueled by the Space Race with the Soviets, set an audacious goal of making it to the moon by the end of the decade -- and did it. The post Marshall Ramsey: Shooting for the Moon...
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Politicians have been slashing taxes, but poll indicates Mississippians...
The state Legislature has been busy the past eight sessions cutting taxes, yet, at least 60 percent of Mississippians, based on a NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll, would be willing or somewhat willing to pay...
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Marshall Ramsey: The Great Debate
Click here to learn more about the gubernatorial candidates. The post Marshall Ramsey: The Great Debate appeared first on Mississippi Today.
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Staffing shortage at Mississippi Prison Industries increases risk for fraud,...
Bureau of PrisonsA worker at a federal Bureau of Prisons factory makes uniforms for the armed forces. Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation is at an increased risk for fraud and theft following a...
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Republican gubernatorial candidates go head to head in televised debate...
A debate featuring all three Republican candidates for governor will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday on WJTV, Channel 12 in Jackson and aired on multiple television and radio stations statewide. Republican...
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Wilbert Montgomery’s Hall of Fame career ever-so-briefly stopped at Jackson...
MSHOFWilbert Montgomery, 31, runs away from Dallas Cowboys All-Pro safety Charlie Waters. (This is the first of a series of columns on the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2019, which will be...
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Marshall Ramsey: Tonight’s Debate!
A debate featuring all three Republican candidates for governor will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday on WJTV, Channel 12 in Jackson and aired on multiple television and radio stations statewide. Join...
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Michael Watson, candidate for state elections chief, sought to toss African...
Rogelio V. Solis / Associated PressState Sen. Michael Watson, R-Pascagoula, and a attorney working for the U.S. Senate campaign of state Sen. Chris McDaniel of Ellisville, who sought to unseat the...
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DHS, in midst of leadership transition, failing to monitor spending of public...
Wiki CommonsWake up call for the department of human services and child care comes at a crucial time as the state gets ready to vote for the state’s next governor. Mississippi Department of Human...
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Marshall Ramsey: Mueller’s Big Day
Bob Mueller testifies today before Congress. The post Marshall Ramsey: Mueller’s Big Day appeared first on Mississippi Today.
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Before he became one of pro baseball’s best, Roy Oswalt was already a legend...
MSHOFWeir, Mississippi’s Roy Oswalt was one of baseball’s top pitchers for 12-plus seasons. This is the second of a series of columns on the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019. You can...
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Marshall Ramsey: Whoopsie
$18.5 million needed to cover nearly 10,000 educators left out of pay raise due to administrative error. Read the story. The post Marshall Ramsey: Whoopsie appeared first on Mississippi Today.
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