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Christian Women's Job Corps holds graduation

Four area women received their diplomas from the Christian Women’s Job Corps Thursday afternoon before family and friends at the . . .

Mississippi revenue collections are on record pace

Mississippi revenue collections through April are on near-record pace for the largest percentage year over year increase in the modern . . .

Briscoe finishes fourth in state pageant

Grenada’s Hannah Briscoe recently won big on one of the state’s biggest stages as she finishes high school on a . . .

ACA sign-ups increase 223% during Biden’s special enrollment period

The number of Mississippians enrolling in health care coverage through the healthcare.gov marketplace is surging this year thanks to an . . .

Spring storms shake county

A fast-moving storm rattled parts of the city and county last week and crews continue their clean up efforts this . . .

Robbie Hunt of Holcomb expresses her joy of finishing the program next to Christian Women’s Job Corps Site Coordinator Glennis Patton. | Photo by Reggie Ross

Joe Biden speaks to his supporters during a campaign event at Tougaloo College's Kroger Gymnasium Sunday, March 8, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

Cpt. Robert Dunn of the Grenada Fire Department clears the scene of fallen power lines on a flooded Cohea Road. | Photo by Reggie Ross

Mississippi Covid-19 Update : April 30, 2021
By Press Release - MSDH, 530 Reads
Fri, 04/30/2021 - 10:16 AM
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

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PERS actuary recommends lowering expected rate of investment return
By Steve Wilson, 711 Reads
Fri, 04/30/2021 - 10:13 AM
A report by the state’s defined benefit pension fund’s actuary recommends that the expected rate of return on investments be decreased.
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‘Relic from the past’: Lawmakers examine Mississippi felony voting prohibitions
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 5,040 Reads
Thu, 04/29/2021 - 01:47 PM
House Judiciary B Chair Nick Bain, R-Corinth, questions the logic of why at least some of the people convicted of felonies permanently lose their voting rights unless they are restored by a two-thirds vote of both chambers of the Mississippi Legislature.
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Mississippi resumes Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 528 Reads
Thu, 04/29/2021 - 01:43 PM
Mississippi resumed the use of Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, ending a temporary pause that began on April 13.

Around 40,000 of the 90,000 Johnson & Johnson doses the state has received sat unused during the pause, according to State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : April 29, 2021
By Press Release - MSDH, 1,913 Reads
Thu, 04/29/2021 - 09:51 AM
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

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SALTER: Grisham’s ‘Sooley’ scores an intriguing novel about hoops and Third World realities
By Sid Salter - Mississippi State University, 2,082 Reads
Wed, 04/28/2021 - 11:27 AM
Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

Professional book critics usually squirm uncomfortably in their reviews when author John Grisham gets out of the more familiar mold of legal thrillers with unexpected plot twists or more gothic looks at a South that is evolving on questions of race, equality, or social justice.
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Mississippi loses population, not expected to lose House seat
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 576 Reads
Wed, 04/28/2021 - 11:11 AM
Mississippi will not lose a congressional seat even though it was one of only three states to lose population during the past decade, according to early U.S. census data released this week.

State leaders had said for some time they did not believe the census would result in a loss of a congressional seat for Mississippi.
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Mississippi one of just three states to lose population since 2010
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 4,650 Reads
Tue, 04/27/2021 - 03:39 PM
Mississippi saw its first population decrease in 60 years, according to preliminary 2020 U.S. Census Bureau data released this week.
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Municipal Primary Runoff Election Day Reminders
By Press Release - Mississippi Secretary of State, 479 Reads
Tue, 04/27/2021 - 03:17 PM
Below is a press release from the Mississippi Secretary of State:

Select polling places are now open for Municipal Party Primary Runoff Elections. Polls, where runoffs are being conducted, will close at 7 p.m., and any voter in line at 7 p.m. is entitled to cast a ballot.
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