1862: Second Confiscation and Militia Act frees escaped slaves

Maryland Sen. Alsobrooks campaigns for Scott Colom in Jackson, focuses on healthcare

Colom has made health care a central focus of his campaign and has pointed out that thousands of Mississippians have dropped health insurance plans they had through the Affordable Care Act. 

Mississippi financial literacy mandate increases economic knowledge statewide

Beginning with the 2027-28 school year, Mississippi public schools must provide financial literacy instruction for students in grades 6-8, covering topics such as budgeting and consumer rights.

Book reimagines Emmett Till's life had he lived

In her new book, “If Emmett Till Lived,” best-selling author and historian Sarah Lewis uses essays and photos to imagine what the Black teen's life might have been if he had returned to Chicago.

Feds charge man with making threats in Nolan Xavier Wells' death investigation

Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce, 27, of Sacramento, California, faces a federal charge of interstate transmission of threatening communication for allegedly sending a bomb and death threat to Jackson County Chancery Judge Ashlee Cole.

'Complete discomfort, little space': ICE detainees in Mississippi complain of crowding as arrests skyrocket

An ICE detention facility in Mississippi recently began placing three people in cells designed for two.