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Five cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported in central and southern Mississippi, the Delta and the Gulf Coast., leading State Epidemiologist Dr. Renia Dotson to declare it a reportable disease.
Miller, who was named president of the Mississippi University for Women in 2018. The two-time MUW alumna retired on June 30.
Kidney chains allow living donors who are incompatible with their intended recipient to help initiate a sequence of transplants that can save multiple lives.
Lawmakers early Thursday night were in limbo, unsure whether they would be ending their session soon and going home, or adding a new, contentious issue to the mix and remaining in Jackson. And it left the youth court reform, or at least its funding, also in limbo for now.
Janice Bradley joined her attorney at a Thursday press conference to call for a full accounting of the events that led to the beating death of her son, Mielun Butler, two days after he was booked into Raymond on July 1.
Alumni from Jackson State University and its Sonic Boom of the South started the Mississippi Alumni All-Star Band, which introduces middle and high school students to show band techniques and helps connect them to college.
A new study by The Sports Geek shows Mississippi, per capita, has produced the highest number of male professional athletes of any state the past two decades.
With legislative adjustments and new outside help, Mississippi’s Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council will return to Jackson on Tuesday to begin its second cycle of grant recommendations.
The goal of the bill is to scrap Mississippi’s current disjointed youth court system. Only 24 of Mississippi’s 82 counties have a full-time judge handling youth court cases.
Mississippi Today is marking its 10th anniversary with a celebration Oct. 7 and an “All In on Mississippi” summit Oct. 8. Both events are at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson.
