Riders from around the South tested their skills in the Ultimate Gold Barrel Race competition at the State Fairgrounds.

Jackson police provided no details that might explain how the 29-year-old Black woman, Tasia Fortune, ended up hanging from a ...

Tasia Fortune, a mother of four, was 29 when her body was found earlier this month hanging from a tree behind a vacant home in west Jackson. Authorities say they have identified a person of interest ...

The Labor Department sued Battle Fish farm in 2023 for obstruction of a government investigation and retaliatory conduct against farmworkers. Battle Fish denied the allegations. Now, the department is ...

Voting rights advocates fear leaders in the state GOP majority will seek to undo Black voting rights gains hard won in Mississippi only after passage of the federal VRA and decades of civil rights ...

Mississippi continues to rank among the states with the fewest resources for pregnant women. According to the latest report from the March of Dimes, nearly half of the counties statewide are ...

The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX) in Meridian adds another batch of star power to its towering Hall of Fame with five new inductees whose lasting contributions cement ...

Last week, Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined what's shaping up to be a crowded list of candidates running for governor in 2027. Mississippi Today reporters ...

Former interim Hinds County sheriff Marshand Crisler, who was convicted on bribery charges, has been released from federal prison and placed on house arrest.

Wake up informed. Sign up for our free daily newsletter and join over 35,000 Mississippians who start their day with Mississippi Today. Ed Blackmon Jr. was 16 years old, locked in a Canton jail cell ...

Wake up informed. Sign up for our free daily newsletter and join over 35,000 Mississippians who start their day with Mississippi Today. As it would for the typical U.S. Census taker, the work of ...

Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, center, joins current Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson, left, and Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, right, during the inauguration of Republican ...