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President Biden Declares Emergency for Jackson Water Crisis

By Adam Ganucheau Mississippi Today White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced late Tuesday night that President Joe Biden had approved an emergency declaration for the...

Lafayette County Woman Charged With Car Theft

A Lafayette County woman was arrested recently for allegedly stealing a car. On Aug. 15, the Oxford Police Department responded to a business in the...

STATE NEWS: Reeves Issues State of Emergency, Activates National Guard in Response to Jackson Water Crisis

Gov. Tate Reeves has issued a State of Emergency regarding the ongoing Jackson running water crisis stemming from the failures of the O.B. Curtis...

STATE NEWS: Flooding Exacerbates Jackson’s Water Crisis, Raises Calls for State Intervention

By Alex Rozier, Geoff Pender and Bobby Harrison Mississippi Today Pearl River flooding is exacerbating Jackson's drinking water crisis, bringing warnings of a system-wide outage, causing...

Jackson Water System is Failing, City will be with no or Little Drinking Water Indefinitely

By Alex Rozier and Bobby Harrison Mississippi Today The drinking water system in Jackson — Mississippi’s largest city and home to more than 160,000 residents —...

New State Record Female Alligator Taken by Mississippi Hunters 

On August 28, a new state record for the longest female alligator was taken by two Mississippi alligator hunters, Jim Denson and Richie Denson,...

Why Mississippi’s 3.6% Unemployment Rate Isn’t the Full Picture of What Businesses are Facing

By Sara DiNatale Mississippi Today When Ingalls Shipbuilding announced plans this summer to hire more than 2,000 workers, they put perks up front: day-one benefits, 12...

Applications Open for Teacher Loan Repayment Program

By Molly Minta Mississippi Today Mississippi has opened applications for first-year teachers to apply for loan repayment funds on a first-come, first-serve basis with priority given...

Dr. Paul Byers Answers Common Monkeypox Questions

By Will Stribling Mississippi Today The monkeypox virus has spread to dozens of countries and infected more than 44,000 people worldwide since the outbreak began in May. Nearly...

Russell Sage Foundation Selects UM Professor as Visiting Scholar

Staff Report University of Mississippi University of Mississippi professor James M. Thomas is heading to New York City to continue his exploration into how white Southerners...
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