They’re easiest to step on’ The real reason…

William Ayers received a mail letter last summer. It was registered and required a signature to indicate its contents. Ayers, who is 58 years old, recalls thinking, "Ah, that's it the IRS." "Here we are…

Velesha P Williams Bio

Williams, who was the Director of the Metro Jackson Community Prevention Coalition in June 2016, retired. This unit is part of the Office of Community Engagement at Jackson State. She was the principal investigator on…

What we stand for as an Ole Miss…

Mississippi News OXFORD -- A group of students gathers around a boardroom table made up of two smaller tables in order to plan their next steps. John Chappell locks the door and takes out a…

With teacher shortage at all-time high, Legislature passes…

Mississippi News, a non-profit organization. Despite a critical teacher shortage, Mississippi legislators failed to pass any concrete measures. During the 2019 legislative session, at least 19 teacher shortage bills were presented. None of them passed.…

Colorlines Kiese Laymon wins Andrew Carnegie Medal, to…

Colorlines: On January 27, the American Library Association awarded "Heavy: An American Memoir", a story by Kiese Laymon about growing up in Mississippi, with its Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Nonfiction. On Twitter, the…

He’s my world’ With nearly half of Mississippi’s…

Wayne General is the closest hospital to the city. Anderson Regional Medical Center is in Meridian. Sullivan could also travel the approximately one-hour journey to Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg - 62 km from Waynesboro…