Ruth Horrell Allen, 96, died peacefully from natural causes on August 8, 2025. Ruth was born on March 8, 1929, in Jackson to Emma Graham Horrell and Augustus William Horrell. It is with profound peace ...

A spokesperson for MDE said allocations from various federally funded programs are expected to continue for this school year. The Mississippi Department of Education says it has not received any ...

Bowlin covered his walls, jackets, cowboy hats, boots, and anything else he could find with shiny rhinestones. He even bejeweled his dentures and his Cadillac.

The National Folk Festival will be held in downtown Jackson on November 7-9. Blues legend John Primer knew from a young age that he wanted to be a musician. “When I was two or three years old, I would ...

Over the next 13 years, Mississippi is expected to receive hundreds of millions of dollars from companies that profited off Mississippians with opioid addiction. Public health workers and families who ...

My wife and I have never been to Disneyworld. We have, therefore, never been greeted personally by Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck nor any fairy princess. Sad isn’t it. So, we’re a little warped. We have ...

Indigent felony defendants in many counties have lacked court-appointed lawyers before indictment, even while they sat in jails for weeks or months. Under the shadow of a rushed and unusually chaotic ...

St. Andrew’s recent graduate Austin Morgan (center) will continue his football career this fall at Centre College. He is shown at the signing with his parents Melanie and Richard Morgan.

As the incoming Jackson mayor pledges revitalization in south Jackson, the reliance on plasma donation for some residents to make ends meet spotlights the challenges of economic development in an area ...

The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute and Mississippi Votes Action Fund today released the full confirmed schedule for the Democracy in Action Convening, a multiday tribute marking the 100th birthday ...

Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion In Mississippi 1. AG’s Operation Safe Online Summer results in 11 arrests, one ...