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Music
Otis Rush
Legendary Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush, whose passionate, jazz-tinged music influenced artists from Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton to the rock band Led Zeppelin, died Saturday at the age of …
Business
Work Ethic, Honesty High on Mississippi Businesses' Needs, Survey Shows
Businesses in Mississippi are looking for workers with work ethic, honesty and communication skills, a new survey revealed today shows.
National
NCAA Assistant Coaches Among 10 Accused of Fraud, Corruption
Four assistant basketball coaches from Arizona, Auburn, the University of Southern California and Oklahoma State were among those arrested on federal corruption charges Tuesday after they were caught taking thousands …
National
Series of California Shootings Kill 5, Wound Child at School
A gunman killed four people and wounded a number of others at random Tuesday at multiple locations in rural Northern California, including an elementary school, before police shot him dead, …
Crime
State Corrections Agency Replacing Military Strategy to Stop Repeat Offenders
Since learning that its traditional, military-style crime-fighting strategy actually increased repeat offenses, the Mississippi Department of Corrections plans to expand a recidivism-reduction program that focuses on cognitive behavioral change, called …
Person of the Day
Simeon Booker
Simeon Booker, a trail-blazing African-American journalist and the first full-time black reporter at The Washington Post, died Sunday at the age of 99.
The Slate
This season has only one meaningful football game left. After Super Bowl XLVIII, no more football games until next fall—but the NFL Draft is coming in April to whet our …
Miss. Craft Brewers Want to Sell Beer at Breweries
Mississippi lawmakers are considering whether to take sides in a beer battle that pits small breweries against big distributors.
Obama Asks CEOs for Help Hiring Long-Term Jobless
President Barack Obama is asking major corporations for their help in putting the long-term unemployed back to work.
Cover
Gifts for Long-Distance Relationships
he worst part about being away from each other is missing special days such as Valentine's Day and anniversaries. You just have to keep going, though.
Mississippi High Court is Asked to Toss 1990 Death Sentence
An attorney asked the Mississippi Supreme Court on Tuesday to toss out a death sentence for a man who has spent more than half his life on death row, saying …
Politics
Rep. Steve Holland
Rep. Steve Holland says he might be on the verge of retiring from the Mississippi House, after 33 years' service.
Art
Celebrate the Bicentennial Through Art
"Gone But Not Forgotten" by Benny Andrews will be one of the pieces on display during the "Picturing Mississippi, 1817-2017: Land of Plenty, Pain, and Promise" exhibit at the Mississippi …
Domestic Violence
Lawmaker Flips to Support Domestic Abuse as Divorce Reason
A Mississippi lawmaker breathed life back into a proposal Monday to make domestic abuse a reason for divorce, after coming under fire recently for killing a similar measure.
Person of the Day
Theresa G. Kennedy
The Women's Business Center of Mississippi named entrepreneur and activist Theresa Kennedy as the organization's new director on March 1.
Jacksonian
Joshua Mannery
Murrah High School senior and Student Body President Joshua Mannery, 17, is both a scholar and an activist.
Jacksonian
Nathan Theisen
Nate Theisen, a professor of visual arts at Belhaven University for the last 15 years, started working there out of a desire to bring the arts into a religious climate.
Hood: Credit Reporting Agencies' Actions Hurt Consumers
Mississippi residents will receive three years of free access to their own credit reports under an agreement three credit reporting agencies have made with the state's top legal officer.
Business
Malcolm White, Hellraiser
The news of Malcolm White's resignation as director of the state's tourism division was almost as puzzling as the news three years ago that Gov. Phil Bryant was hiring him.
Mourners to Pay Respects Friday to Late Justice Scalia
In a day of ceremony and tribute, the casket carrying Justice Antonin Scalia will lie in repose at the Supreme Court where he spent nearly three decades as one of …
