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Marshall Ramsey: Lettuce have better options

Marshall Ramsey’s editorial cartoon shows a man asking a woman: “If you had to choose, would you rather have a data center next door or exploding diarrhea?” She responds: “I hate this timeline.”

Approximately 100 detainees protest inside CoreCivic-owned Natchez ICE facility after hot food and hot water are halted

People in an ICE detention center in Natchez protested during the weekend against meager meals. They said staff put up signs saying detainees would not receive hot meals or hot water during maintenance on the gas system.

Andy Gipson’s Muslim rhetoric doesn’t match the Woodie Guthrie classic he sings

Andy Gipson’s decision to include folk legend Guthrie’s song amongst his patriotic collection is of note considering his recent comments on Muslim Americans.

Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss welcomes pressure that comes with fame and aims to refine his game

As Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss enters his final season, with Ole Miss ranked ninth in the preseason AP Top 25 poll, he aims to work on a more mature, composed and refined style of play.

Police chief in Senatobia regularly used racial slurs, private text messages reveal

The chief, Harold Vanderford, used a racist slur to describe Black people more than a dozen times in a series of 10 text conversations dating back to last summer and continuing after he became chief.

Don’t let scammers crash back-to-school season

Today’s students and young adults are true digital natives, having grown up online, learning to navigate digital spaces as a normal part of daily life. As they transition to college, they turn to digital platforms and social media for everything  from apartment hunting and job searches to shopping, banking and talking with friends. That familiarity, […]

Illegal drugs found at Whitfield mental hospital, sparking K-9 sweeps, roadblocks

In a statement to Mississippi Today, Adam Moore, a spokesperson for the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, said the contraband was not located near any patients or patient areas of the campus.

JTRAN workers will return Monday under new contract that hikes pay and benefits

Jackson public transit workers will see their pay immediately increase by about 5%. Starting pay will rise from $17.18 to $18.04 and senior pay from $23 to $24.15. Workers will receive an additional 3% increase over the next two years.

ICE detainee fights deportation to be with medically fragile infant son

Olinder Calderon is hundreds of miles away from his medically fragile infant son in a Mississippi immigration detention center facing deportation to Guatemala, a country he left nearly 20 years ago.  

‘The Rock’ at USM gets a new and more proper name: Renasant Stadium

Tupelo-based Renasant Bank will pay Southern Miss athletics a badly needed $13.7 million over 10 years for the naming rights to its football stadium and erase the name of the avowed racist from the facility.