Laurel, Miss., native Kendria Bland has amassed more than 1 million followers on TikTok through her creative comedy skits.
At least 92 voting precincts in Mississippi’s Statewide Election Management System have missing, incomplete, incorrect or old addresses.
Police have arrested two suspects in the on-campus shooting death of Jackson State University student Jaylen Burns in Columbia, Miss., and Ellisville, Miss.
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann is accusing his Republican primary opponent, Mississippi Sen. Chris McDaniel, of committing voter fraud after a Substack report questioned whether the four-term state senator lives at the Jones County residence where he is registered to vote.
Mississippi Sen. Jeremy England has raised over $1,600 for a breast cancer charity after a critic called him a “groomer” because he wore a pink onesie with a mesh skirt and dyed his hair to match for a 2020 fundraiser.
Deputy Editor Nate Schumann reflects on how he found places within local communities by developing relationships with those he encountered who shared common interests, thereby increasing his social health.
The Meridian Jazz and Blues marker honors blues and jazz performers that have played pivotal roles in musical history, locally and nationally, laying a foundation for future music genres. But Karen Hinton writes that many Mississippi blues women, especially Black women, are left out of the conversation and off of these historic markers, and most are not mentioned at all compared to men artists.
Rasheem Carter, a Fayette, Miss., native and 25-year-old welder, went missing on Oct. 1, 2022, after telling his mother three trucks filled with white men were following him. On Nov. 2, 2022, Rasheem was found dead and dismembered on private property in Smith County. His mother, Tiffany Carter, and family want a federal investigation into his death.
In an interview with the Mississippi Free Press on Tuesday, Bob Hickingbottom accused Democratic leaders of wanting “to make sure that Brandon Presley doesn’t have any competition, particularly from Black candidates.”
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