Jackson’s premier culinary celebration returns March 20–22 with festival chair Chef Nick Wallace and more than 35 ...

Though school choice talks have stalled this session, bills regarding a state tax program that incentivizes Mississippians to donate to private schools have now passed both chambers of the Legislature ...

University of Mississippi Chancellor Glenn Boyce fired Lauren Stokes, a former executive assistant in the development office, following a social media post she shared criticizing political stances of ...

The fate of a pilot program to provide public defenders in rural counties — called “a model for the nation” — is now in the hands of a legislative conference committee.

Some raise questions about noise, health or other impact a large development could have.  A large crowd of residents gathered Monday evening at Clarksdale’s Civic Auditorium to ask questions about or ...

The Teenette Art & Civic Club recently celebrated another grandeur event, the Cupid Ball.  The evening was celebrated with a ...

Truth can be strange, and those who think to the contrary should try reading Julian Sancton’s new book, “Neptune’s Fortune, The Billion Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire.” ...

JXN Water and Entergy Mississippi have something in common. They are both regulated monopolies that have failed to provide affordable water and electricity to justify their monopoly status.

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State Senator Lane Taylor believes the bill could help struggling rural hospitals as many are facing risk of closure. Help ...

Schools in states with no income tax have sought to use that to their benefit when recruiting college athletes. Mississippi won’t be joining them, at least for now.

Born near Morgan City, Mississippi in May, 1937, Sam Lamb was the son of Bud Boswell Lamb and the former Claudia Idele Murphy ...