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JPS eyes school closures, expanded pre-K
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaSuperintendent Dr. Errick L. Greene speaks during a public meeting about the findings of the student based study on the school district during a...
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Back in 1966, at Picayune, football legend Jimmy Johnson saw worst he had...
(Editor’s note: The National Sports Media Association today announced that Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today sports columnist, has been selected Mississippi Sports Writer of the Year for a record 12th...
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Clarksdale mayor turns to students, voters to make key board appointments
Aallyah Wright, Mississippi TodayClarksdale Mayor Chuck Espy, center, in this file photo talks about a new development for the town. CLARKSDALE — As a way to “set trends” rather than following them,...
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Reeves sworn in as 65th governor; promises unity after ‘full contact campaign’
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGov. Tate Reeves is sworn into office during his inauguration ceremony inside the House chamber at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Jackson, Miss.,...
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Amid festering crisis, Reeves confronted with embattled and leaderless prison...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGov. Tate Reeves waves after delivering his address during his inauguration ceremony inside the House chamber at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss....
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‘We must do better’: Gov. Reeves rolls out plan for troubled Mississippi prisons
Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs (file photo). Four weeks ago, Tate Reeves likely did not suspect his first press conference as governor would be addressing problems in state prisons. But that’s just what...
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New House Democratic leader became key ally of last Democratic speaker after...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for AmericaRep. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, asks a question during a special session of the Legislature at the Capitol in Jackson Monday, August 27, 2018. The...
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Despite financial mismanagement, Wayne County schools avoid state takeover
Rather than place the district in the hands of the state, the Mississippi State Board of Education is assigning a financial advisor to the Wayne County School District. The decision came after a series...
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Mississippi’s death row inmates weren’t involved with recent prison violence,...
Mississippi Department of CorrectionsDeath Row at Unit 29, Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman The men on death row didn’t witness the violence that left multiple prisoners dead and many more...
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‘It’s been slow moving’: The debate over One Lake comes to a head 40 years...
Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America Chris Lockhart, owner of Capital City Kayak Adventures, paddles down the Pearl River during a tour in 2018 at Mayes Lake Campground in Jackson....
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Why a DOJ probe, the latest in a string of actions against Mississippi...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaRep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, oversaw a field hearing at Tougaloo College Thursday, Nov. 7. The U.S....
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Sen. Wicker, who accused Clinton of ‘criminal conduct,’ sees no impeachable...
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaSen. Roger Wicker speaks to the audience during the Trump rally at BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Miss., Friday, November 1, 2019. WASHINGTON — When...
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Hyde-Smith has lead over Espy in early polling of potential Senate rematch
Mike Espy trails Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in early polling. Incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has a 44 percent to 36 percent lead over likely Democratic challenger Mike Espy, according to a...
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Baylor’s Dave Aranda and Ron Roberts: two plums off the Delta State coaching...
Baylor UniversityDave Aranda, former Delta State assistant coach, speaks at his his introductory press conference at Baylor. You may recognize the names of the co-defensive coordinators of the 2007...
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‘It’s structured play’— how Mississippi schools teach kindergarteners to read
Aallyah Wright, Mississippi TodayMarilyn Payne, kindergarten teacher at Clarksdale Collegiate, asks her students to read the word plastered on the note card during listening and learning time....
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Willie Nash, slapped with 12 year sentence for jail cellphone, wants ‘grossly...
Could Willie Nash, the man whose overlooked cell phone in a county jail landed him 12 years in prison, get another chance in front of Mississippi’s highest court? Nash’s attorneys from the Southern...
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Hyde-Smith, indebted to Trump and facing re-election, pledges POTUS her...
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, in a last-minute effort to bolster the Republican Party’s majority in the U.S. Senate, traveled to Mississippi in late November 2018 with...
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Reeves eyes contraband phones, reopening private prison, tougher guard...
MDOCGov. Tate Reeves tours Walnut Grove Correctional Facility JACKSON — Fresh off a visit to two state prisons, Gov. Tate Reeves outlined a series of immediate steps his administration is taking to...
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To Eli Manning: Thanks for the memories
Adam Hunger / Associated PressNew York Giants quarterback Eli Manning announced his retirement Friday. In the foreground are Super Bowl XLII and XLVI trophies. Manning was Super Bowl MVP twice. Only...
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‘There was not the remotest chance this would convince me Donald Trump...
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., arrives at the Senate Chamber at the Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, in Washington. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial quickly burst into a partisan fight Tuesday as...
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