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An investigation found at least 47 suicides occurred in solitary confinement in Mississippi, where cries for mental health care were met with isolation and punishment.

Mike Knobler was 40 when he started training as a runner. Now 62, the former sportswriter-turned-attorney has just achieved his goal of running a marathon in each of the 50 states.

An argument can be made that the Charter School Authorizer Board is usurping some authority of the constitutionally created Mississippi Board of Education.

The goal of the newly opened Delta Harvest Neighborhood Market is to support Mississippi farmers and Jackson shoppers with fresh, locally-grown foods.

The U.S. House Ethics Committee is and has always been dominated by men, which could limit its ability to police sexual misconduct. Women in Congress want that to change. It probably won’t.

Leadership turnover at Hazlehurst schools is happening while the district is also struggling with accreditation struggles that could spur a state takeover.

The hero of Alabama State’s first NCAA Tournament win and three of his teammates for 2024-25 have been ruled permanently ineligible for accepting payment from gamblers to fix the outcome of a game against Southern Miss that season.

Rep. Bennie Thompson: When Black communities are surgically split up into numerous districts, so that they only make up a small percentage of the vote share in each district, their voice and vote lose their weight.

Three men charged in the same shooting at a south Jackson apartment complex were attacked within 24 hours of each other at two different jails. Kathryn Bryan, a corrections specialist who has run jails, called the attacks “bizarre” and “alarming.” 

As Mississippi prepares to open applications for grants to improve rural healthcare, lawmakers on Thursday voiced concerns about transparency and whether the hundreds of millions of federal dollars awarded to the state will reach and benefit rural communities.