Mississippi News

Thousands turned out Saturday for Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade in downtown Jackson, which carried the theme “Stars, Stripes & Shamrocks — Jackson Celebrates America250,” Mississippi Today reported.

Mississippi National Guard members were seen patrolling Washington as the city celebrates peak bloom of its famous cherry blossoms amid ongoing security efforts and festival events.

“Coulter Fussell: The Proving Ground” gathers five bodies of work by the Water Valley artist, using donated fabrics and mixed media to explore community, memory and place.

Legislative negotiators said Friday they reached a compromise that would give teachers a $2,000 pay raise, a figure educators say falls short of what they need amid rising costs and staffing shortages.

Gov. Tate Reeves signed a law making it a felony for landlords to collect utility payments from tenants and fail to remit them, with penalties ranging from fines to decades in prison.

The Mississippi Supreme Court on Friday turned down the NCAA’s petition to appeal a lower court injunction, clearing the way for Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss to play this fall, the court order said.

The Mississippi State Department of Health confirmed the state’s first pediatric flu death of the season, marking one of 28 such fatalities since 2008.

Stuart Stevens writes in a Mississippi Today opinion piece that Republicans once championed presidential character but have embraced Donald Trump despite his conduct, trading principles for victory.

Members of the Tougaloo Nine and author Michael O’Brien recalled the 1961 sit-in at the whites-only Jackson Municipal Library, an action credited with helping spark wider civil rights protests in Mississippi, Mississippi Today reported.

The Mississippi Department of Mental Health requested just over $765 million for fiscal 2027, but House and Senate budget proposals leave out funding for generator replacements, hospital repairs and community mental health center operations.