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Cyber Hackers Target Mississippi Universities’ Canvas Systems, Claiming Data Breach and Demanding Ransom
Canvas, the tool many universities use for students to complete and submit assignments, is down at colleges and universities across Mississippi and throughout the United States. A cyber criminal group is claiming credit and demanding a ransom.
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Mississippi Voters Keep Getting Wrong Polling Place Information. Experts and Other States Point to Solutions.
Thousands of Mississippi voters receive wrong polling-place information from the state’s elections database each year, causing some to miss their chance to vote. Experts point to potential solutions, including systems other states have adopted that could help.
Culture
Photos | Jack Thornell’s Historic Images of Mississippi During the Civil Rights Era, Camille and More
Associated Press photojournalist Jack Thornell captured history in Mississippi from the 1960s to 1980s, including the Civil Rights Era, Hurricane Camille, Ronald Reagan’s visit to Neshoba County and more. This gallery features some of Thornell’s most stunning photos of the state.
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Editor’s Note | MFP Upbeat to Debut, Spreading Positivity Every Other Sunday
Features Editor Nate Schumann announces the launch of a new, biweekly Sunday newsletter called MFP Upbeat. “No matter how saturated our feeds may be at times, I firmly believe in finding reasons to stay positive,” he writes.
Award-Winning MFP JournaLism
Mississippi Free Press Awards Roll: 108 Honors for MFP Team, 8 for YMP, Since 2020
As of July 25, 2025, our team is up to 108 national and U.S. regional awards and finalist nods since we launched in late March 2020.
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Hancock Middle School Students Stop Bus From Crashing After Driver Blacks Out
A Mississippi bus driver shepherding about 40 children home from Hancock Middle School had an asthma attack last Wednesday that led her to black out…
Nick Bain Launches Bid for Mississippi State Auditor, Vows to Investigate Public Officials for Fraud
Former Mississippi House Rep. Nick Bain is running to be Mississippi’s next state auditor in the 2027 election, the Corinth, Mississippi, Republican announced on Monday.
Max and Israel Makoka Were Waiting for a Hancock High School Bus. ICE Took the Brothers Instead.
Hancock County, Mississippi, high school students Max and Israel Makoka are supposed to be at school, with Israel only weeks away from graduation. But while…
Person of the Day | Jack Thornell, AP Photographer Who Captured Assassination Attempt on James Meredith, Dies at 86
Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith looking back toward his would-be assassin on a Mississippi highway…