‘For such a time as this’: Resource bank to open after last south Jackson supermarket closed

Rising health insurance exchange costs are bad news for Mississippi's working poor

Mississippi's working poor have been hit with rising health insurance exchange costs and no Medicaid expansion, meaning they have less access to healthcare than most Americans.

Senatobia officer involved in fatal shooting of Black toddler was accused of making a racially offensive remark two days prior

An internal complaint at the Senatobia Police Department says Sgt. Hunter Foster made a racially offensive remark in front of other employees to refer to a Black colleague.

Proposed weir rehabilitation aims to restore East Pearl River

Restoring water flow to the East Pearl River would provide environmental, recreational and economic benefits for communities.

Senatobia officer involved in fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley was once accused of exaggerating threat posed by a car 

A Mississippi police officer involved in last month’s fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley at a Walmart was previously accused of exaggerating the risks that a vehicle posed to officers during another parking lot confrontation that escalated into violence in 2019, records show.

Mississippi joins states reporting cyclospora stomach bug

Five cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported in central and southern Mississippi, the Delta and the Gulf Coast., leading State Epidemiologist Dr. Renia Dotson to declare it a reportable disease.