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‘Why didn’t they vote for us?’: Leland bond issue defeated in a Delta region...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaLeland School District students rally with faculty members in support of the district’s consideration of a $8.75 million bond referendum that will...
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Snedeker, Johnson, Choi, Reavie highlight Mississippi PGA Tour tournament’s...
Rick ClevelandCameron Champ, with the Sanderson Farms Championship champion’s trophy last October. The PGA Tour’s Sanderson Farms Championship field – the best in the tournament’s 51-year history –...
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Mississippi school grades: 70 percent of districts earn a C or better,...
StockSnap, PixabayIllustration More Mississippi school districts were rated A and fewer were rated F in the 2018-19 school year, according to unofficial accountability results. On Tuesday, the...
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The debate about debates: Hood, Reeves clash over where and when
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For AmericaLt. Gov. Tate Reeves and Attorney General Jim Hood face each other in the Nov. 5 general election for governor. Republican gubernatorial candidate...
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Noah Saterstrom celebrates Mississippi Storytellers with narrative portraits
Marcy Fischer / Fischer GalleriesNoah Saterstrom is pictured with his two life-size portraits of Eudora Welty and William Faulkner at Fischer Galleries in Jackson. After taking a look at this year’s...
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‘It ain’t sexy, but it’s important’: Public Service Commission candidates...
Stamps, Bailey campaign pagesDe’Keither Stamps (L), Brent Bailey (R) Increasing rural internet access, slowing down the flow of unwanted telemarketer calls, and boosting the state’s energy efficiency...
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Hancock sheriff’s office agrees to stop racial profiling, ‘get out of the...
The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office will no longer profile motorists on the basis of race or extend traffic stops to determine legal status as part of a settlement agreement with two civil rights...
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Life has changed drastically these past few days for 20-year-old Joaquin Niemann
Elwin WilliamsLimber Joaquin Niemann, 20 years young, tees off at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Sanderson Farms Championship pro-am. Last week, he became the first Chilean to win a PGA Tour tournament....
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Relatives, communities step up to care for kids left behind in ICE raids
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaMaria Armenta Pita now takes care of her nephew Justin Alexander Armenta, 11, after the mother of her brother’s child, Griselda Salas, was detained...
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Last chapter or not, the book on Eli Manning is filled with class, dignity,...
UMMC Public AffairsEli Manning signs Batson Children’s Hospital patient Anthony Gastireau’s cast during a visit to the state’s only children’s hospital in 2015. We can’t pretend to know what the future...
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How much does your superintendent make? Mississippi school chief’s salaries...
Corinth School District’s Superintendent Edward Childress is the highest paid at his position in Mississippi, earning $210,780 this school year. Miss. Assoc. of School SuperintendentsCorinth School...
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Jessica L. Carter: Focusing on a passion for public education
Jessica L. Carter, executive director of Ours To Change Jessica L. Carter is the executive director of Ours To Change – a Mississippi nonprofit focused on civic engagement and public education...
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Hood rolls out K-12 education plan in the Delta
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaJim Hood tours Lucy Webb Elementary School in Greenville, Tuesday, September 17, 2019. GREENVILLE — Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Jim Hood...
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As Ray Guy once did, Saints’ Morstead sends game-controlling punts seemingly...
Lane Murdoch, Jr./SaintsThomas Morstead’s punting for the New Orleans Saints brings back memories of Ray Guy. Ask football fans this question – “greatest punter who ever lived?” – and nine times out of...
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Noah Saterstrom celebrates Mississippi Storytellers with narrative portraits
Marcy Fischer / Fischer GalleriesNoah Saterstrom is pictured with his two life-size portraits of Eudora Welty and William Faulkner at Fischer Galleries in Jackson. After taking a look at this year’s...
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Andy Ogletree makes Mississippi golf history
USGA/Chris KeaneAndy Ogletree, proudly sporting the winner’s trophy with his gold medal around his neck, is the first Mississippian to win the U.S. Amateur Championship. Mississippi’s first golf course...
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Who’s teaching Mississippi’s children? A deep dive into teacher demographics
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Reporter for AmericaKaitlyn Barton takes her dog, Olive, out and watches as she runs around before getting dressed and prepared to work her second job at Yazoo Pass...
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Full 5th Circuit to reconsider Mississippi ‘gerrymandering’ case
5th Circuit Court of Appeals5th Circuit Court of Appeals New Orleans, LA Early in the 2020 legislative session, the full U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will consider whether a lower court erred in...
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Ex-MDOT senior official, deputy arrested for stealing state-owned gift cards
MDOT logo Two former employees of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, including a former senior administrative official at the department, were arrested this week after allegedly using gift...
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Trump impeachment inquiry could affect Mississippi’s governor’s race. Here’s...
Rogelio V. Solis, Associated PressMississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, left, speaks as President Donald Trump listens at a rally Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, in Southaven, Miss. Gov. Phil Bryant, a self-described...
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