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Tears and prayers at Jackson State vigil after nightclub shooting kills 2

Candles glowed Monday evening at Jackson State University as students and faculty remembered one of their own, one of two college students killed by gunfire at a Jackson nightclub over the weekend.

‘Lost in the System’: What it’s like to be stuck for months in a Mississippi Jail

At the end of June 2026, Hinds County’s jails had 131 people waiting more than six months without a charging decision from a prosecutor, including 56 who had been held over a year, an analysis by The Marshall Project found.

Author chronicles the most decorated air mission in US history

Best-selling author Adam Makos's riveting new book is about Operation Tidal Wave during World War II. Those involved received five Medals of Honor, 56 Distinguished Service Crosses and more than 1,700 Distinguished Flying Crosses

Vote today: Mississippians head to the polls for midterm elections

Readers can follow Mississippi election results live on Tuesday night at mississippitoday.org, and track the balance of power in Congress.

‘Red flag’: Voter inactivations surge in midterms since secretary of state adopted unverified Experian data to clean voter rolls

A Mississippi Today analysis of voter data from the secretary of state found that in the eight months since the March primaries, inactivations more than doubled in some jurisdictions, leaving up to 1 in 5 voters in counties such as DeSoto and Wilkinson one step closer to being purged from the rolls.