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Rural Mississippi has the third highest rate of using texting services for mental health support in the nation, according to a new report by the crisis intervention nonprofit, Crisis Text Line.  The report is based on nearly 2 million text conversations across the nation from 2019 to 2024, at Crisis Text Line’s 741741 number. In […]

Charles Taylor, Mississippi’s NAACP executive director, said his organization has been meeting with Black circuit clerks and election commissioners to discuss “election security” and that organizers will “turn out Black folks in droves.”

Construction will start next month and is scheduled to conclude toward the end of 2028. Most road closures are expected to occur at night and on weekends to minimize traffic disruption.

CANTON — Fees from new data centers in Madison County could generate millions of dollars for area public schools starting in January. Canton and Madison County schools officials say they plan to earmark the money for building improvements and investing in career and technical education. County leaders say the money could be “transformational,” allowing the […]

Stephen Spencer Pittman has been in jail since his arrest hours after the Jan. 10 fire at Beth Israel Congregation synagogue in northeast Jackson, where investigators said he broke in, doused the lobby in gasoline and set it on fire.

Dolly Parton, the beloved music and film star known for her vibrant personality and poignant songwriting, has died. She was 80 years old. Her career spanned decades, with hits like “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You.”

Treasurer: As you settle into the back-to-school routine, consider making saving for your child’s future part of it. A little bit today can make a difference when that next chapter arrives.

Democratic nominee for Mississippi’s U.S. House District 1 outlines why he is running against incumbent Republican Rep. Trent Kelly. Johnson, a longtime attorney, is director of the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi where he pushed to shut down the state’s anachronistic debtor’s prisons. Johnson said his focus if elected to Congress would […]

Congress allowed enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance plans to expire at the end of last year. Now the number of diabetic Mississippians without insurance, and thus regular care, is once again on the rise.

Black Rankin County schools alumni, as well as parents and former teachers, say discrimination still exists in the district. Last month, a judge released the district from a federal desegregation order put in place almost 60 years ago to curb racial discrimination.