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Marshall Ramsey: Hotties

Marshall Ramsey’s editorial cartoon depicts LSU head coach Lane Kiffin doing hot yoga with Satan and asking, “What about pro players in college football?” Satan responds: “Do it!!”

Mississippi’s last competitive US House races occurred in 2010. Will 2026 change the trend?

Republicans have held three of Mississippi’s four U.S. House seats since the 2010 election.

Counsel for death row inmate Willie Manning raises Batson challenge with Mississippi Supreme Court

In a filing with the Mississippi Supreme Court, Willie Manning’s legal team argued that decisions by the nation’s high court regarding biased jury selection in two other death row cases enable their client to seek post-conviction relief.

Fifth Circuit upholds dismissal of Jacksonians’ lawsuit against city over lead in water

In upholding dismissal of a lawsuit against Jackson, a federal appeals court said that lead in Jackson’s water supply did not infringe upon any constitutional right.

Recording captures Attala County school officials admitting strip search of teen students might not have been legal

An audio recording filed Wednesday with the Attala County circuit court is the latest piece of evidence in a federal lawsuit filed against the local school district in June. Parents sued the district on behalf of their sons, whose constitutional rights they say were violated when they were strip-searched at McAdams High School. 

Trump appoints Adam Telle, longtime Thad Cochran adviser, to lead the Army 

Telle was a former longtime staffer and top adviser for the late U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, and helped lead federal efforts for the state’s recovery after Hurricane Katrina.

New clinic opens in Leland, expands local access to healthcare in the Mississippi Delta

LELAND – Uninsured and underinsured residents of the Mississippi Delta can access affordable dentistry and physical, occupational and speech therapy through a new initiative based in Leland of Delta Health Alliance, a nonprofit organization that works to improve access to health services.  A year after breaking ground, the Delta Cares Center opened its doors Thursday.  […]

Medicaid expansion would help overcome budget shortfall and harms of ‘big beautiful bill,’ physician says

With Medicaid expansion, 67,000 more Mississippians would have health coverage, reducing the costs of uncompensated care while helping fix budget shortfall, .doctor says.

Eligibility issues are not new in college sports. Here’s the proof.

In the late 1940s, the talented Bubba Phillips played college football for Southern Mississippi and pro baseball for the Detroit Tigers.

Crooked Letter Sports: It’s finally here!

The Cleveland boys celebrate the end of the longest offseason ever and the return of meaningful football, plus we catch up with Mississippi’s most decorated volleyball player, Jackson native Parker Bracken.