West Lowndes girls come up just short against Ingomar in MHSAA Class 1A championship
The Panthers reached the title game for the first time since winning the 2004 state championship.
MUW men’s basketball falls to Hendrix College at Millsaps Invitational
The Owls (2-4) couldn’t overcome a five-point halftime deficit, hanging around but proving unable to surpass the Warriors.
Heritage Academy beats rival Starkville Academy for MAIS Class 5A title
The Pats finished off a 14-0 season with a 55-10 demolishing of rival Starkville Academy in Friday’s MAIS Class 5A championship game at Jackson Academy.
Elections don’t always run according to calendar
Elections usually end when the calendar says they should, but sometimes they go into overtime.
In one Mississippi Senate race on the Gulf Coast, a Republican primary that started in August won’t be resolved until the Nov. 5 general election because a judge ordered a new round of voting in a few precincts.
Man tells his story of abuse by a priest who served in the Columbus area
John Long will be 83 in April and confesses there are things he cannot remember from his childhood.
Such is the erosive nature of time.
Autopsy: Man’s death after encounter with Jackson police a homicide
An autopsy has concluded that the death of a man apprehended by police in Mississippi’s largest city was a homicide, a coroner said Wednesday.
Rep. Chism recovering well from stroke
This time, it was different.
In 2009, State Rep. Gary Chism suffered a stroke.
Police searching for suspect in death of Starkville woman
Jackson police are searching for a suspect in what they believe was a homicide of a woman from Starkville last week.
Jackson votes to ease penalties on pot possession
Mississippi’s capital city is planning to reduce penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana.
Man in horror-film mask shoots 3 in Mississippi; 1 killed
Police say a man wearing a Jason Voorhees mask from the horror movie “Friday the 13th” shot three people in Mississippi, killing one and injuring two.
Education board backs takeover of Jackson district
The Mississippi Board of Education is moving closer to taking over the state’s second-largest school district because of academic and accountability problems, but some parents are vowing a legal fight.
Jackson police chief: Killings leave ‘gaping wounds in psyche’
A police chief says the slaying of a barber in front of customers and the discovery of a severed head on the porch of a home the next day have left “gaping wounds in the psyche” of Mississippi’s capital city.
Congressman seeks to stop deportation of outspoken immigrant
A Mississippi congressman is trying to prevent deportation of an immigrant who spoke out against President Donald Trump’s policies.
Asking for a seat at the table
Eight-year-old Noa Baine and her 11-year-old sister Phoebe stood crammed into a crowd of hundreds at the Capitol in Jackson. They were there, like their parents and hundreds of others, to show support for public education.
ICE frees Argentine woman facing deportation after protests
An Argentine citizen who grew up in Mississippi and was detained after speaking out about President Donald Trump’s policies was released Friday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
No flush, no shower: Mississippi capital city in water pinch
Portable toilets are parked outside the Mississippi Capitol, city residents are stocking up on bottled water and restaurants are evaluating whether they can stay open with little or no water from the tap.
Lawyers try to delay ‘all-American’ Argentine’s deportation
Before she was arrested following an immigration protest, Daniela Vargas dreamed of earning her college degree in Mississippi, then becoming a math professor and soccer mom, driving three kids around in an SUV.
Analysis: Mississippi museum directors see role as educators
The newly hired directors of two Mississippi history museums see their jobs as being educators as much as curators.
Registering their dissent: Nearly 1,000 attend Women’s March in Jackson
“827 going.”
That was the number on the Women’s March on Jackson Facebook event page when I checked it for the fifth time Saturday morning.
Leader of British movement to leave EU joins Trump in Jackson
Donald Trump is linking his “movement to take back the country” to Britain’s surprising vote to leave the European Union.