Election Do-Over Set in Part of Mississippi Senate DistrictA special election will be Nov. 5 in part of a Mississippi Senate district—the same day as the general election for other offices. A Republican committee certified Biloxi City Councilwoman Dixie Newman as a one-vote winner over state Rep. Scott …
William MageeAs football season gets under way, David Magee remembers his son William Magee's love for the University of Mississippi's team. He remembered taking William to Egg Bowl against Mississippi State University when he was 8 or 9 years old and …
DOSSIER: Hitting Transparency Brick Walls, Scolded for Immigration Coverage"I'm officially launching my new weekly Dossier, which will spotlight our accountability journalism, whether about how ICE raids are conducted or when public officials aren't being transparent or not following proper protocols for informing the public about how they reach …
Mississippi Sheriff Sets Policies Amid Racial Profiling SuitA county in south Mississippi has settled a racial profiling lawsuit and its sheriff's department is setting new policies that limit officers' use of race or national origin as a reason to stop and question people, attorneys say.
Hood Denies Dem AG Nominee Claim He's 'Working' to Elect GOP OpponentJennifer Riley Collins, the woman who hopes to succeed fellow Democrat Jim Hood in the Mississippi Attorney General's office, is accusing him of working to help her Republican opponent. Hood, the Democratic nominee for governor, denies the charge.
Quez WatkinsRedshirt junior wide receiver Quez Watkins stepped on the field for the University of Southern Mississippi for the first time in the 2019 season against Troy University after missing the first two games of the season against Alcorn State University …
A New Workforce Café, and Lots of RenovationsThe Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration in July purchased the Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel on Lamar Street and the Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home on West Street, both historic landmarks located in downtown Jackson.
Adventures in FoodlandJackson's restaurant scene has been growing lately. Here is some restaurant news from recent months.
Top 10: Christopher LockhartChris Lockhart, owner of Capital City Kayak Adventures, is constantly aiding Jacksonians in exploring local bodies of water and the outdoors. Here are his top 10 favorite places in the Jackson metro area.
The last week saw important developments in Jackson's public schools, its police department and the Jackson Zoo.
Catholic Charities will host the 8th-annual Purple Dress Run starting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, at The District at Eastover in honor of National Domestic Violence Awareness month.
Monday was far from routine for the kids at the Pediatric Center of McComb, where the story time included a reading by Mississippi First Lady Deborah Bryant.
A special election will be Nov. 5 in part of a Mississippi Senate district—the same day as the general election for other offices. A Republican committee certified Biloxi City Councilwoman Dixie Newman as a one-vote winner over state Rep. Scott …
Mississippi has about 3,900 fewer state government employees now than it did five years ago, and the employees' average salary has increased by about $3,700.
As football season gets under way, David Magee remembers his son William Magee's love for the University of Mississippi's team. He remembered taking William to Egg Bowl against Mississippi State University when he was 8 or 9 years old and …
"I'm officially launching my new weekly Dossier, which will spotlight our accountability journalism, whether about how ICE raids are conducted or when public officials aren't being transparent or not following proper protocols for informing the public about how they reach …
Jennifer Riley Collins, the woman who hopes to succeed fellow Democrat Jim Hood in the Mississippi Attorney General's office, is accusing him of working to help her Republican opponent. Hood, the Democratic nominee for governor, denies the charge.
Mississippi State University alumnus Deadric T. Williams will deliver the keynote lecture for the university's fifth-annual interdisciplinary lecture series, "Race in America," on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
The fledgling Jackson Convention Center asked the Jackson City Council for bailout money this week and got it, but not without pushback from two members, Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes and Ward 1 Councilman Ashby Foote.
Redshirt junior wide receiver Quez Watkins stepped on the field for the University of Southern Mississippi for the first time in the 2019 season against Troy University after missing the first two games of the season against Alcorn State University …
The Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration in July purchased the Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel on Lamar Street and the Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home on West Street, both historic landmarks located in downtown Jackson.
Jackson's restaurant scene has been growing lately. Here is some restaurant news from recent months.
Chris Lockhart, owner of Capital City Kayak Adventures, is constantly aiding Jacksonians in exploring local bodies of water and the outdoors. Here are his top 10 favorite places in the Jackson metro area.