Tornadoes, Flooding, Yazoo County Levee Failure Threaten Mississippi
A sheriff warned residents in Yazoo County to flee over fears that a would fail as severe weather brought threats of tornadoes and flooding.
A sheriff warned residents in Yazoo County to flee over fears that a would fail as severe weather brought threats of tornadoes and flooding.
Legislative efforts in Missouri and Mississippi are attempting to prevent voters from having a say over abortion rights.
The Southern AIDS Coalition partnered with Jackson’s Care4Me Services to host its CDC Listening Tour in the capital city to talk about the epidemic.
“The state of Florida ignited a controversy when it released a set of 2023 academic standards that require fifth graders to be taught that enslaved Black people in the U.S. ‘developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their benefit,'” Rodney Coates writes.
Mississippi native and Olympic gold medalist Frentorish “Tori” Bowie died in her home in April 2023 as a result of complications that arose during childbirth.
Twenty-seven Mississippi plein-air artists, meaning they paint on location outdoors, are participating in the inaugural En Plein Air Paint Competition at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park on Saturday, April 22, 2023.
Mississippians who collect or transmit a mailed absentee ballot on behalf of someone else could be charged with a misdemeanor offense and face up to one year in a county jail or a fine of up to $3,000 after Gov. Tate Reeves signed Senate Bill 2358 into law on Wednesday.
John Watzke says that he hopes his drive-in theater will offer coastal Mississippians and visitors to the area an affordable entertainment experience so that they can make cherished memories they can share with those who attended screenings with them.
Madison, Miss., resident Bill Murphy discovered a talent for the saxophone during middle school and fostered his musicianship into a decades-spanning career in the industry.
Mississippi Journalism and Education Group is a a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media organization (EIN 85-1403937) for the state, devoted to going beyond partisanship and publishing solutions journalism for the Magnolia State and all of its people.
125 S. Congress Street #1324
Jackson, MS 39201
info@mississippifreepress.org
tips@mississippifreepress.org
events@mississippifreepress.org
601-362-6121