Entergy to drain Lake Hico after closing power…

Entergy, which leased the land for cooling purposes, has closed its power plant and is now draining the lake at Jackson Public School District's request. The city received revenue from the company's 16th Section lease…

57 years ago, the late Stan Hindman, a…

The Ole Miss-LSU match had implications for the SEC and national championships, as was the case at all times in those days. Ole Miss won the game undefeated. LSU had lost once. Ole Miss led…

Amazon AI developer brings tech hub to Jackson

The barn, which is still large and tall, stands over a major thoroughfare in the city that is more heavily traveled than any other street. However, it has been subject to decades of deprivation despite…

As Covid-19 rips through black communities, African American…

Gov. Gov. "It's unacceptable," Corey Wiggins (executive director of Mississippi NAACP), stated to Mississippi Today. A coalition of black leaders demanded the following: increased black representation in state response teams; more investment in COVID-19 interventions,…

Bills to keep Ole Miss from moving monument…

Nonprofit Mississippi News Several alumni of the University of Mississippi, and Confederate Heritage groups, are asking legislator leadership to support bills to prevent the university's Confederate monument from being moved ahead of the March 3…

Cindy Hyde-Smith and Republicans test the limits of…

These election eve rallies in Tupelo, Biloxi, and other critical GOP strongholds, helped Hyde-Smith win by 7.5 points over Espy. Espy was a former congressman and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The president has only sent…