Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. was sentenced to four decades behind bars Tuesday morning at the Lafayette County Courthouse ...

Researchers from around the world will have more opportunities to broaden their understanding of Mississippi and the surrounding region during the Civil War, thanks to the new Harry Owens Civil War ...

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Mississippi Today CEO and Executive Director Mary Margaret White, Jackson Editor Anna Wolfe and Editor-in-Chief Emily Wagster Pettus discuss Mississippi Today’s mission as a nonprofit newsroom and how ...

Lynwood Shipp, 77, of Bentonia, passed away on Nov. 29, 2025 at the Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Funeral services will be held on Dec. 4 at 11 a.m. at the Stricklin King Funeral Home Chapel with ...

Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison: ...

Backwater flooding happens when the Mississippi River is higher (about 43’ at Vicksburg) than the Yazoo River and blocks its ...

This should be a column about how OIe Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, the best story in college football this season, ...

Pete Golding, the new head football coach at Ole Miss, could not be more different from his predecessor, Lane Kiffin. Put it ...

While most Mississippi pecan producers are reporting fair to good crops, dry summer weather and disease reduced harvest at some orchards. “It appears to be somewhat of a mixed bag,” said Eric Stafne, ...

Yazoo County Sheriff Jeremy McCoy paid a visit to the Yazoo City Rotary Club to share the progress and future goals of the ...

A motorcyclist was killed after a collision with a pickup truck on Nov. 19 as many motorists were returning home from work.