Clik here to view.
Let’s re-visit Michael Jordan’s version of ‘I’m coming home, they started...
si.comMichael Jordan’s stab at baseball did not get a glowing review from Sports Illustrated in 1994. This past Sunday night, we reached the part in Michael Jordan’s The Last Dance in which Jordan – at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mississippi education takes pandemic-fueled budget cuts, no teacher pay raise
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaMagee Elementary School teacher Annashi Wyatt works with students as they work on a phonics and phonemic awareness exercise Friday, December 6,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Christmas tree’: Lawmakers OK borrowing $291 million for state projects
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayThe Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Mississippi lawmakers this week approved borrowing $291 million for projects across the state,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mississippi fire chief faces scrutiny after calling Legislative Black Caucus...
CLARKSDALE — Shortly after the Legislature removed the state flag, which featured the Confederate battle emblem, the Coahoma County fire chief took to social media to say another “racist symbol” in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Let’s re-visit Michael Jordan’s version of ‘I’m coming home, they started...
si.comMichael Jordan’s stab at baseball did not get a glowing review from Sports Illustrated in 1994. This past Sunday night, we reached the part in Michael Jordan’s The Last Dance in which Jordan – at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The black American amputation epidemic: Black patients losing limbs at triple...
Ruddy Roye for ProPublicaDr. Foluso Fakorede in his clinic with a patient. This story was originally published by ProPublica. IT WAS A FRIDAY EVENING in the hospital after a particularly grueling week...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘It’s an artifact’: Mississippi officially retires its state flag to a museum
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayMississippi Highway Patrol officers furl the state flag outside of the Capitol in Jackson on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Mississippi’s former state flag with the divisive...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Independence Day story of two vets who made Hattiesburg their second home
Courtesy Kolinsky familyNick Kolinsky, right, with his dear friend, Jack Lucas. My old and dear friend Nick Kolinsky, a patriot if ever there was one, died four years ago on July 5, a day after his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Let’s re-visit Michael Jordan’s version of ‘I’m coming home, they started...
si.comMichael Jordan’s stab at baseball did not get a glowing review from Sports Illustrated in 1994. This past Sunday night, we reached the part in Michael Jordan’s The Last Dance in which Jordan – at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photo gallery: Confederate statue protest by Rory Doyle
Demonstrators from around the Delta gathered in Cleveland on July 3, 2020, to protest the Confederate statue outside the Bolivar County Courthouse. Protestors, many carrying signs that read Black Lives...
View ArticleClik here to view.
House Speaker, lawmakers test positive for the coronavirus
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayMississippi House speaker Philip Gunn, left, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann speak after Gov. Tate Reeves’ press conference in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, May 7, 2020. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bolivar County will remove its Confederate monument
Photo by Rory DoyleA Confederate statue remains outside the Bolivar County Courthouse in Cleveland, Mississippi on July 3, 2020. CLEVELAND — The Bolivar County Board of Supervisors has voted to remove...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Coronavirus outbreak leaves Legislature’s plans in limbo
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi TodayThe Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. The Mississippi House, reeling from its presiding officer, Speaker Philip Gunn, and multiple other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rooting for and rooting out the Confederate mascot in small town Mississippi
Anna WolfeAlex Hurdle, who graduated from Caledonia High School this year, supports a change to the school’s Confederate nickname. She said she’s embarrassed to tell her peers from other schools she’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who received PPP loans in Mississippi?
Doctor’s offices, restaurants and car dealers were the top businesses in Mississippi to receive loans from the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package signed into law this spring. The U.S. Treasury...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Legislature’s top leaders test positive for coronavirus
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaMississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, left, and House speaker Philip Gunn speak to media concerning the legislative session and the coronavirus...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Senator Tommy Tuberville? Will they carry him to Washington, D.C. in a pine box?
Ole Miss athleticsTommy Tuberville, who spent four years as Ole Miss football coach, hopes to spend the next six years in the U.S. Senate. So I am trying to wrap my arms around the fact former Ole Miss...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Governor may veto $2.2 billion education budget bill over potential teacher...
Mississippi TodayMississippi Department of Education headquarters in Jackson. Gov. Tate Reeves in a press conference Wednesday said it was “very likely” he would veto the budget bill for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reeves vetoes education budget, criminal justice reforms, COVID-19 spending
Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For AmericaGov. Tate Reeves speaks to media about his shelter-in-place order for Lauderdale County during a press conference at the State of Mississippi...
View ArticleClik here to view.
State health officer calls out “reckless abandon” of Mississippians during...
State health officials gave a plea to Mississippians on Thursday to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously as cases continue to rise and major hospitals reach full capacity. UMMC CommunicationsDr. LouAnn...
View Article