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Family Dollar’s shutdown in May is part of a recurrent theme across Jackson in recent years that hit places like south and west Jackson the hardest. A new secondhand goods store named Mega Thrift will soon open in its place.

Within two hours of Mississippi Today publishing a story about death row men’s stories being posted online, prison officials took away their personal tablets.

Mississippi Today welcomes back Adam Ganucheau to look back on the early days of the newsroom and the origins of The Other Side. Plus, Mary Margaret White joins editor-in-chief Emily Wagster Pettus to look ahead to 10-year anniversary celebrations and what audiences can expect in years to come.

Julie Lee is joining Mississippi Today and the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center as a data reporter.

Visits to Mississippi Food Network pantries increased by 36% in August compared to a year ago. The network serves more than 163,000 people each month through 430 partner agencies.

Congress must close the Pell Grants funding shortfall so Mississippi students can move forward knowing the support they planned on will be there, nonprofit CEO says.

The settlement follows a series of years-long parallel lawsuits and joint federal complaints against Meta, accusing the company of turning its social media platforms Instagram and Facebook into “addiction machines,” targeting children during vulnerable life stages.

Seventeen-year-old Angela Freeman disappeared in Petal, Mississippi, and was last seen at a Pizza Hut on Sept. 10, 1993. A new state law prohibits law enforcement agencies in Mississippi from requiring a waiting period before accepting credible missing person reports.

In Mississippi’s only Top 25 college game of the weekend, No. 9 Ole Miss survived a two-turnover deficit, first half offensive stumbles, a second half defensive collapse and several crucial injuries against No. 24 Louisville.

Thanks to a newly available surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry, one Mississippi man who survived cancer can enjoy some of his favorite foods once again.