Pamela Pepper is leading in a three-way race for Indianola mayor in Tuesday's special election. Stephanie Erickson plans to request a recount.

Thanks to action of the federal government — and certainly not the state — the Mississippi Legislature continues to inch closer to a representation that looks like the demographics of Mississippi.

The slow, steady increase in Black Mississippians being elected to public office is the direct result of actions of the federal government — the executive, legislative and most importantly the ...

The occasion is a good excuse to sojourn through the Delta on the Mississippi Blues Trail from tiny Clarksdale to Jackson, the state capital, with stops in Greenwood, Cleveland and Indianola.

An attorney is warning DeSoto County families about a problem that he says is happening within the juvenile system.

The Mississippi Library Commission ordered the removal of research collections focused on race relations and gender studies.

A simple treatment algorithm to aid in the selection of appropriate DMTs reduces racial disparities in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis, new research showed.

In 2025, Mississippi will proudly commemorate the centennial birthdays of two of its most iconic figures— Riley “B.B.” King and Medgar Wiley Evers—whose profound legacies continue to ...

A year after a Mississippi boy was shot by an Indianola Police Officer after the 11-year-old called about a domestic disturbance, attorneys for the boy’s family have filed a new state lawsuit in ...