Mississippi Today
Auditor Shad White announces run for Mississippi governor
White joins a growing Republican primary field to replace term-limited incumbent Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves.
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8mJohnny Moore shares his vision for Rust College’s next 100 years
Mississippi's oldest, private historically Black college is celebrating its 160th year. On Friday, the Rust community inaugurated Johnny Moore as the college’s 13th president.
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5mTurns out, Mississippi voters were paying attention in the Colom, Hyde-Smith Senate race
Win or lose, Mississippi voters sent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and state Republican leaders some messages.
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16mSenatobia officer who fatally shot toddler had a history of aggressive, volatile policing
A new examination of video footage shows that the officer who shot at a fleeing car in a Walmart parking lot, killing a boy, had previously ramped up encounters by punching, cursing and drawing his weapon.
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1mVideos show critical policing errors in fatal shooting of toddler in Mississippi
A New York Times analysis and review by experts found that the police officer who opened fire, killing 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in Senatobia, violated basic policing protocols and his department’s use-of-force policy.
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6mDeSoto County, a Republican stronghold, key to Scott Colom's midterm election performance
Put simply, if Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith had performed as well as she did in 2020 in that one county – DeSoto – she would not be staring at a potential history-making upset.