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‘Meet Carl Jackson’: Louisville native not a household name but plays a key...
Robin Jackson“It didn’t really matter to me. Dolly (Parton) knew who I was. Emmylou (Harris) knew who I was. And, Linda (Ronstadt) knows who I am,” Carl Jackson said of not being a household name. At...
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Incoming Hinds County district attorney Jody Owens accused of sexual...
Southern Poverty Law CenterJody Owens, managing attorney of the Mississippi Southern Poverty Law Center Several women who have worked with incoming Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens said he...
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University of Mississippi chancellor search controversy origins can be traced...
Adam Ganucheau | Mississippi TodayAn attendee holds a protest sign before the IHL press conference to announce Glenn Boyce as Ole Miss chancellor was cancelled. The controversy surrounding the decision...
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Jim-Crow law designed to thwart African American-backed statewide candidates...
Wikimedia CommonsThe Mississippi Legislature in 1890, the year a constitutional convention formed with the stated goal of disenfranchising African Americans in the state. Several provisions of that...
View ArticleMarshall Ramsey: Up, up and away
State revenue up for first quarter of fiscal year, but still lagging many other states, study finds. The post Marshall Ramsey: Up, up and away appeared first on Mississippi Today.
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Who knew? LSU quarterback sensation Joe Burrow has strong Mississippi ties
LSU athleticsJoe Burrow, 9, throws a pass for LSU. He has completed right at 80 percent of his throws this season. Long, long before Heisman Trophy candidate Joe Burrow famously transferred from Ohio...
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Fact checking Jim Hood and Tate Reeves in the 2019 gubernatorial debates
Rogelio V. Solis, Associated PressWCBI-TV anchor Aundrea Self lays out the rules for the second televised gubernatorial debate between Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood, left, and Republican Lt....
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Ole Miss, MSU meal plan prices skyrocket as contractor Aramark pays for new...
The Labor of Food: Inside campus dining at the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University The State of Campus Dining: For 2019, the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA), an...
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Sierra Club asks Public Service Commission to reject $45 million in upgrades...
Charlie Riedel / Associated Press / FileHigh voltage electric transmission lines Sierra Club is requesting that the Public Service Commission reject proposed projects for a coal-fired plant in Moss...
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Mississippi voters, women AG candidates poised to make history in November
Republican Treasurer Lynn Fitch and Democrat Jennifer Riley Collins are both poised to make history. State Treasurer Lynn Fitch took a step Tuesday in becoming the first woman to serve as Mississippi...
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The promise of the Yazoo Pumps: Floods revive debate, but will project help...
Photo by Rory DoyleBackwater flooding surrounds a farm in the lower Mississippi Delta in June. Editor’s note: This story was published by Southerly, which covers the environment and communities of the...
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How to Train Your Mystery: ‘Orient Express’ opens at New Stage Theatre
Photo by Michael George PhotographyThe cast for New Stage Theatre’s production of Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express” includes, from left, Ward Emling, Bill Ford Campbell, Viola Dacus,...
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Hood would need to win 55 percent of votes to keep the House from deciding...
Gabriel Austin, Mississippi TodayVoting boards at the front of the chamber are illuminated as House members vote on legislation. In 2015 Jim Hood garnered 55.4 percent of the vote and won 66 of the 122...
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‘We carry a lot of weight’: What rural Mississippi ambulance providers can...
‘We carry a lot of weight’: What rural Mississippi ambulance providers can tell us about America’s broken health care system Story by Erica Hensley | October 21, 2019 MEADVILLE, Miss. —...
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His wife says Pete Brown, finally recognized at home, is smiling down, saying...
Pete Brown and his wife, Margaret, celebrate his winning the Andy Williams/San Diego Invitational in 1970. When Margaret Brown followed her trail-blazing husband, Pete, around PGA Tour golf courses in...
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‘He had to have known he was interested’: Ole Miss chancellor applicants...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaThe names of rumored chancellor candidates began appearing on widely read sports message boards in May. Several candidates who applied for the...
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Company that put wrong election date on Jackson billboards to make amends...
WLBTA spokeswoman for Vote.org said billboards with the incorrect date were removed within 24 hours after they went up in the Jackson area. Mississippi’s general election is Nov. 5. After an...
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Reeves has slight lead over Hood and Trump ‘could be the deciding factor,’...
Alex Brandon / Associated PressPresident Donald Trump steps off Air Force One with Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., at Tupelo Regional Airport, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Tupelo, Miss. Mason-Dixon...
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Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves prevails in GOP runoff, will face Democrat Jim Hood in...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGOP gubernatorial candidate Tate Reeves speaks to media after voting at Liberty Baptist Church during the GOP runoff elections. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves...
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Quid pro quo charges dominate governor’s race; candidates accuse each other...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaLt. Gov. Tate Reeves and Attorney General Jim Hood Allegations of instances of quid pro quos not only dominate national politics, but also have...
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