Mississippi

The Future of Diabetes in Mississippi is Looking a Whole Lot Brighter

The future of diabetes in Mississippi looks a whole lot brighter with the recent development ofthe Mississippi Diabetes Network and Diabetes Solutions services. The...

Alyssa Schnugg - December 5, 2023

Highway Improvement Projects Continue Across Northwest Mississippi

The Mississippi Department of Transportation has announced several construction and maintenance projects in northeast Mississippi, including Lafayette County. “These projects are vital to our communities...

No Statewide Official Endorses Medicaid Expansion at Neshoba

By Bobby Harrison Mississippi Today In 2013, then-state Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, said he opposed Mississippi expanding Medicaid because there was no guarantee the federal government...

Gulf Coast School District Adopts Dress Code Targeting Trans Kids

By Julia James Mississippi Today The Harrison County School Board approved a change to its dress code policies last month that requires students to dress according...

On the Ballot: State Offices and Candidates on Primary Ballot

The Mississippi primary election is a week away and candidates in both parties have been busily politicking to try to be the candidate with...

Rowdy Neshoba County Fair Attendees Show Bitter Race for Governor is Officially in Full Swing

By Taylor Vance Mississippi Today The sheer intensity of crowd interaction at the Neshoba County Fair on Thursday largely overshadowed the traditional stump speeches from...

Their Families Said They Needed Treatment – Mississippi Officials Threw Them in Jail Without Charges.

By Isabelle Taft, Mollie Simon, ProPublica and Agnel Philip, ProPublica Mississippi Today This article contains detailed descriptions of mental illness and suicide. If you or someone...

Candidate Town Hall Set

A town hall meeting sponsored by North Central Mississippi Realtors will be held from 5:30 to 7p.m. on Aug. 3 at the Oxford Conference...

State Senate candidate admittedly voted outside her home precinct. Some say she broke the law

By Taylor Vance Mississippi Today A Republican candidate for the state Legislature might have publicly admitted to skirting the state’s election laws by voting in...

How the heated governor’s race debate came together quickly at the 1995 Neshoba County Fair

By Bobby Harrison Mississippi Today Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and his Democratic opponent Brandon Presley still have time to agree to debate during this week’s Neshoba...

One son killed, the other imprisoned. But was the real villain a faulty rifle trigger?

By Mina Corpuz Mississippi Today A Columbia family whose life was altered by a gun is retelling their story in an audio memoir, reflecting on losing...