Mississippi Today
Starkville’s district consolidation is called the state’s most successful. County residents feel differently
The 2015 consolidation of Starkville and Oktibbeha County school districts is considered a success, but it was costly for Black communities.
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24m‘It’s as if he doesn’t exist’: In Mississippi, people are jailed months without formal charges
Almost half of the people at the end of June had been in custody in Hinds County in Jackson for at least 30 days on felony charges, some for more than a year, without an indictment, an analysis by The Marshall Project found.
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8mPete Buttigieg calls for Mississippi to elect Scott Colom to US Senate, send 'shockwaves'
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg campaigned on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for Democrat Scott Colom, who is trying to unseat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
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4mSouthern Miss plans $25 million renovation and expansion of 42-year-old Pete Taylor baseball park
Southern Miss plans to renovate the 42-year-old home of its nationally renowned baseball program, the only Division I program in the U.S. to boast 10 straight 40-victory seasons and 10 straight NCAA Tournament bids.
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8mWatch: How the fatal Senatobia shooting unfolded in 25 seconds
A Mississippi Today analysis of video captured the day a Senatobia police officer shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley highlights key points of the encounter and shows how it escalated.
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5mMississippi joins lawsuit claiming Dollar General overcharged customers
The lawsuit claims that the prices customers see on items on shelves and in advertisements are not what gets rung up at the register when they pay.