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…
Mississippi baseball teams celebrate huge weekend
OXFORD – It's hard to imagine a better weekend for Mississippi's college-level baseball teams. Other than the fact that it was a beautiful Sunday, it is difficult to imagine any better. After a thrilling Saturday,…
Mississippi Senate candidates on criminal justice, sentencing reforms
Mississippi is currently incarcerating people at a higher rate than the national average. Some 19,000 people are currently in state custody and another 30,000 are on parole or probation. Mississippi Today asked the campaigns of…
Most restrictive abortion bill in the country awaits…
The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to send House Bill 1510, an abortion bill, to Governor. Phil Bryant requested a signature. The bill would prohibit abortion after 15 weeks. It is a precedent-setting ban…
Nobody can get any answers’ Recent inmate death…
According to MTC, a private company that operates three state facilities, officers responded to an altercation in Wilkinson County Correctional Facility's cell between two inmates on Monday. Nija Syvallus Bonhomme (24 years old) was tried…
One banana short What’s next for Dogs after…
It was thrilling, however, for Mississippi State. The Bulldogs were always going to win. State was trailing for almost the entire game. Jordan Westburg, a Bulldog freshman, had already hit one grand slam during the…
Pontotoc aldermen raise state flag lowered earlier by…
Monday's Pontotoc Board of Aldermen approved an order 4-1 that requires the Mississippi state flag to be displayed at City Hall, and other municipal buildings. This is effective immediately. The flag was removed by Pontotoc…
Race, not issues, drives debate in Delta special…
Tracey Rosebud, a black woman from Tutwiler, is Blake Ferretti, a white man from Cleveland. They will be competing in a special runoff election for the House seat that was left vacant by Robert Huddleston…
Rematch in 2020 Espy files statement of candidacy…
Espy received the highest percentage of votes of any Democrat running statewide in a federal election since 1988. He filed a "statement to candidacy" on Friday with the Federal Election Commission for a second run…