A Mississippi institution is receiving a grant to advance its work in teaching people about the legacy of Emmett Till, a Black teenager from Chicago whose lynching by white people in Mississippi in 1955 spurred […]
By CALEB MCCLUSKEY, Enterprise-Journal MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) _ Neither rain, snow nor waterless pipes could prevent Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center from helping patients in need, as employees carried buckets of water drawn from a […]
Organizers say more names could be added to a monument commemorating an October 1965 civil rights demonstration in Mississippi. The granite monument in Natchez _ unveiled in 2019 _ is engraved with the names of […]
A 71-year-old Mississippi judge has died of complications of COVID-19, the state Administrative Office of Courts said in a statement Tuesday. Circuit Judge Eddie H. Bowen of Raleigh died Sunday, about three weeks after he […]
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Mississippi could do away with licensing requirements for certain professions, a move supporters say could eliminate barriers to more people entering the workforce. Lawmakers […]
Mississippi could try to clear up a problem with its initiative process. The state constitution says people can petition to get issues on the ballot by collecting an equal number of signatures from each of […]
Mississippi State University is offering $1,000 one-time grants to students in need during their last year of college to help them complete their degrees. Vice President for Student Affairs Regina Hyatt said the grants are […]
A Mississippi mayor is being removed from office after pleading guilty to embezzlement by a public official. News outlets report Aberdeen Mayor Maurice Howard entered the plea Monday in Monroe County Circuit Court. Howard had […]
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