May 17, 2020. What we're going through is real, scary, and traumatic. Everybody has experienced this virus, and it seems that everyone is going through five stages of grief: denial, anger and bargaining. You can…
Former Coahoma superintendent awarded back pay, continues to…
Mississippi News Nonprofits The Coahoma County Board of Trustees voted on March 27th to remove Xandra Brooks Keys, the then-superintendent. This decision only cost the school district $89761.29. Brooks-Keys requested back pay with interest from…
Gov Bryant proclaims GOP candidates loving, hugging, endorsing…
Former Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. was the loser in the Republican runoff to become governor. He said last Tuesday that he wouldn't endorse Lt. Governor. Tate Reeves is the party's nominee. Later, Delbert Hosemann…
Head of embattled child protection agency resigns
2017 Governor. Phil Bryant selected Dickinson, an ex-state Supreme Court justice, as the successor to retiring commissioner David Chandler. Chandler was the original person to head the agency. It was created by the Legislature as…
Hood would need to win 55 percent of…
Winning a majority of the popular vote and the most votes in a majority of the House districts ensured that the Democrat Hood's election would not be decided by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Jonathan…
I drew Thad one last time today
It was almost impossible to draw Thad Cochran. It wasn't because he was not distinctive -- his white hair and eyebrows, as well as the shape of his chin made him easy to draw. The…
In Europe and at home, more questions arise…
Domenico "Mimmo" Parisi is a Mississippi State University sociology professor who has spent two decades getting to know Mississippians. Parisi is the head of NSPARC, a Mississippi State University research center that gathers and analyses…
It’s a world-wide event at Old Waverly, and…
Young and old women from 17 countries and five continents gathered here to compete in the U.S. Women’s Amateur golf championship. The event will be televised by FS1 network, which includes Brad Faxon (golfing legend)…
Jim Hood loss could position Mississippi Republicans for…
An apparatus was attached to Barbour's ear when we looked closer. Barbour was answering questions from CNN about the state elections. The otherwise empty, cavernous rotunda was empty except for a Mississippi Highway Patrol security…