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Nearly 100 people gathered Friday at the Walmart in Senatobia where a police officer fatally shot a 1-year-old. They marched, demanding justice and transparency.

The Gulf Coast is home to half the state’s 9,000 Vietnamese individuals, who represent one of the largest Asian diasporas in Mississippi. Despite the size of the community, local healthcare workers say there are only a handful of Vietnamese-speaking medical providers in the area, creating challenges for those with limited English proficiency.

Greenville school district officials plan to close a school that is plagued with mold and leaks. Although leaders of the financially troubled district say the closure of Coleman Middle School is temporary, they are not saying how long repairs might take.

What Mississippi needs is a state-level public defender mandate establishing clear, enforceable standards that apply in every jurisdiction: standards for compensation and expenses, for workload, for when counsel first meets a client, for continuity of representation through all stages of a case.

The NCAA adopted a new eligibility model for Division I athletes allowing five seasons of competition over a five-year period beginning upon initial college enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever occurs first.

Saturday and until at least next Thursday, parts of Mississippi could see a heat index between 105 and 110 degrees, creating conditions that could cause heat-related illnesses.

Unemployment in Mississippi remained unchanged through May, following a national trend. It has held at around 3.8% for the past year. Nonfarm payroll employment for the state was at a 10-year high at 1,195,400, but more or less unchanged from a year ago and month over month.  Gov. Tate Reeves celebrated the nonfarm employment number. […]

Thursday at the Neshoba County Fair saw Gov. Tate Reeves give his penultimate speech as others with gubernatorial aspirations gladhanded and politicked.

Former Mississippi state Sen. Philip Moran and his won, Alan Moran, have been sentenced to prison for bribery and conspiracy convictions.

Jackson officials have asked a private company that runs the city’s publicly funded bus system for a “contingency plan” that could prevent some riders from being stranded if the union representing JTRAN employees goes on strike.