Mississippi

A trickle of water comes out of the faucet of Mary Gaines a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., Sept. 1, 2022.

National

The EPA starts a civil rights probe into Mississippi's water woes

6:32pm October 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

The agency said that it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state's majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system.

A Mississippi man is facing a hate crime charge and arson violations after he allegedly burned a cross in his front yard to threaten a Black family.

National

A Mississippi man burned a cross in a hate crime, the U.S. Justice Department alleges

5:00am September 27, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The 23-year-old suspect burned the cross in front of his Black neighbors because of their race, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

The front of the Simmons-Wright Company store as seen on July 1. The store has been in the same location in Kewanee, Mississippi, since opening 134 years ago.

National

Inside the survival story of a Mississippi store fighting high inflation

5:00am August 28, 2022

by Stephan Bisaha

The Simmons-Wright Company has survived over 100 years by learning to adapt when confronted with every economic challenge that has come its way. Its latest battle? High inflation.

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Medical student Emily Davis, left, speaks with her landlord Suzannah Thames on Friday as workers move furniture, appliances and other belongings out of a home Davis and her husband are renting in a flood-prone area of Jackson, Miss.

Environment

Mississippi residents are preparing for possible river flooding

4:00am August 27, 2022

by The Associated Press

Experts predict the Pearl River near Jackson will crest by Tuesday. Emergency officials are telling people in low-lying areas to prepare for flooding of homes and businesses.

A woman holds a sign in honor of Emmett Till during a protest on June 13, 2020 in Chicago, Ill. Till's family urged authorities to move on a recently discovered unserved warrant from 1955 that charges a white woman for the murder and kidnapping of the tee

National

Emmett Till's family says authorities are protecting the woman accused in his death

9:03am July 09, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Family members and advocates say regardless of time passed and age, the arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham must still be served.

Clinic escorts use party horns and whistles to counter the presence of anti-abortion activist Gabriel Olivier, right, outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., on July 6, 2022.

Mississippi's last abortion clinic shuts down. The owner promises to continue working

8:38pm July 07, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The clinic is now headed to Las Cruces, New Mexico, about 40 miles north of El Paso, Texas.

Cameron Frazier and Gabrielle Cistrunk. Cameron wore an embroidered white suit, with blue sequins on the lapel and the bottom of the legs. His shoes featured blue sequin trim.

Arts

At this prom, black tie takes a back seat

9:14am May 27, 2022

by Tekella Foster

Prom used to be all about the girls' dresses. But now young men are setting fashion trends with their own outfits.

Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre in Jackson, Miss., in 2018.

Mississippi sues Brett Favre and 3 wrestlers over welfare misspending

11:26am May 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Mississippi Department of Human Services sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre and three former pro wrestlers along with several others to try to recover millions of misspent welfare dollars.

A Mississippi senator holds a bag of hemp product used by Sen. Kevin Blackwell, R-Southaven to illustrate to lawmakers what specific portions of the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Equivalency Units would look like in January.

Mississippi becomes the 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

7:40pm February 02, 2022

Mississippi voters approved a medical marijuana initiative in November 2020 but the state Supreme Court invalidated it six months later, ruling the measure was not put properly on the ballot.

Sen. Barbara Blackmon, D-Canton, speaks at the well in the Mississippi Senate Chamber in Jackson on Thursday. Blackmon was among the Black lawmakers who walked out of the Senate Chamber in protest on Friday.

Black Mississippi senators walk out in protest over critical race theory ban

9:42am January 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

The lawmakers withheld their votes as the state Senate passed a bill that would ban schools from teaching critical race theory. The education superintendent has said it is not being taught in schools.