Civil Rights
Auditor: Professor Owes Nearly $2,000 After 'Scholar Strike'
Mississippi’s state auditor demanded Tuesday that a University of Mississippi professor pay nearly $2,000 after a two-day “work stoppage” to protest police brutality and other racial inequities.
coronavirus
Mississippi Schools Receive Computers for Distance Learning
Mississippi schools are closer to overcoming the digital divide that quickly became evident at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, state Superintendent of Education Carey Wright said Monday.
Politics
Tubb Wins Mississippi House Runoff Election
Mississippi businessman Joseph “Bubba” Tubb, has won a state House seat after a Tuesday runoff election between him and teacher Matthew Conoly.
coronavirus
Hospitals Using Antibody Therapy to Help Fight Virus
Mississippi hospitals are administering a new antibody therapy to coronavirus patients in hopes that it will improve outcomes and limit hospitalizations as new cases of coronavirus are on the rise.
State
Mississippi Troopers to Begin Holiday Patrols Wednesday
The Mississippi Highway Patrol said it will begin the 2020 Thanksgiving holiday travel enforcement period on Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. and end Sunday at midnight.
National
Storms Possible Across South, Midwest on Eve of Thanksgiving
Severe weather—including tornadoes—will be possible across large parts of the South and Midwest just before Thanksgiving, forecasters say.
State
Health Care Fraud Trial: Doctor Acquitted on 7 of 8 Counts
Mississippi doctor Gregory Auzenne has been acquitted on seven of eight counts against him in what prosecutors said was about $18 million in health care fraud involving expensive prescription pain …
Person of the Day
Noah Harris
Noah Harris, a 20-year-old from Hattiesburg, Miss., has become the first Black man to be elected student body president at Harvard University.
Politics
Special Election Runoff Will Fill Seat in Mississippi House
Two candidates will compete in runoff Tuesday to fill a seat in the Mississippi House.
Politics
Griffis Certified as Winner of Mississippi High Court Race
Mississippi election commissioners on Friday certified that Kenny Griffis of Ridgeland won a Supreme Court race in the central part of the state.
National
Three Chicken Plants Hit in 2019 Raids Agree to Pay Back Wages
Three Mississippi chicken processing plants among those targeted in one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade have agreed to pay back wages after …
Education
Attorney Goes from Interim to President at Jackson State University
Thomas K. Hudson, the attorney who was interim president of Jackson State University the past nine months, has been hired for the permanent job.
Politics
Mississippi Mental Health Agency Getting New Leader in 2021
The executive director of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health will retire Jan. 31 as the state continues to face a federal court order to improve community-based services.
coronavirus
Meridian Public Schools Move Online Due to COVID-19
Meridian public schools are moving to online learning Wednesday after an increase in cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County and in the school system, according to superintendent Amy Carter.
Politics
First Woman Confirmed as US Judge for Southern Mississippi
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed the first woman to become a federal judge for the Southern District of Mississippi.
