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Almost half of Mississippi’s 138 school districts have not submitted at least one year of financial audits.

A Family Dollar store is closing in south Jackson, further limiting the places people can buy groceries and school supplies in an area that already has few options.

The Mississippi Department of Human Services on Wednesday set aside $5 million to pay for a childcare program in crisis for over a year. 

Thousands of people rallied Wednesday in Jackson against efforts across the South to redraw political districts in ways that would reduce Black representation.

SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy in Canton has received more than $2 million in local and state money since it opened in August 2023.

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History said a collection of 1960s Ku Klux Klan materials discovered at the Department of Public Safety can be viewed by the public in its research library in downtown Jackson.

Members of the Mississippi University for Women community have shared preferred traits for their school’s next president. Current President Nora Miller plans to retire at the end of June.

Dr. Dan Jones writes in his memoir about introducing a group of North Koreans to college football when he was the head of the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Six Clarke County sheriff’s deputies have left the department, and Sheriff Anthony Chancelor is being investigated for alleged domestic violence.

Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney is trying to bring in millions of dollars of grant money for the police department as the city faces budget constraints.