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A boating accident at Grenada Lake early Sunday afternoon that killed a 6-year-old girl remains under investigation, according to officials . . .

DEATH NOTICE: Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date for Miss Jessie Watson, who died . . .

Baseball hadn’t been invented back in early 18th century when Alexander Pope, an English poet and essayist, wrote the words . . .

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch on Monday certified the state’s 2007 trigger law banning abortion except in cases where the . . .

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 27, 2022, in the Mortimer National Funeral Home Chapel . . .

Abortion opponents stand outside the driveway to the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, to protest against abortion while the ‘Pink House’ defenders wait to escort women entering the clinic Thursday. (Associated Press)

State leaders say they should now do more to help mothers and babies
By MATT WILLIAMSON
Fri,06/24/22-6:26PM, 580 Reads 14,608 Statewide
With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday to overturn Roe v.
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Opinion: Fatherless homes create problems
By CHIP WILLIAMS
Sat,06/25/22-10:34AM, 621 Reads 28,621 Statewide
The first Mississippi constitution discouraged divorce and “provided that no decree for divorce shall have effect until the same shall be sanctioned by two-thirds of both branches of the General Assembly.”
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MDAH: The 2022 Eudora Welty Fellow Named
By PRESS RELEASE - MDAH
Fri,06/24/22-12:16PM, 228 Reads 4,428 Statewide
Below is a press release from the Mississippi Department of Archives & History:
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Opinion: Eliminate useless agencies
By DOUGLAS CARSWELL
Sat,06/25/22-10:28AM, 562 Reads 28,472 Statewide
Mississippi’s bureaucrats are out of control -- that is the finding of a new report that looks at 222 state government bureaucracies.
Only 5% of the agencies and boards reviewed are headed by a directly elected official. The state Senate only confirms a small minority of appointees to other key positions.
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