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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 . . .

All these decades later, little ‘JT’ Bell gets his day at Miss. State

In a more fair and just Mississippi, James Thomas Bell — JT to his family and friends around Starkville — . . .

Mississippi requests $2 billion in federal COVID relief funds for state, local governments

The state of Mississippi has applied for more than $2 billion in American Rescue Plan funds — a key first . . .

Another shooting in Washington County

At approximately 5:46 p.m., Tuesday, the Washington County Sheriff Department responded to a call in the 100 block of Grove . . .

SALTER: If Biden means his tough China talk, Wicker’s SHIPYARD Act is a good place to start

Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter: In his “interim” national security document issued in March, President Joe Biden . . .

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Warfield Point Park making strides to reopen after restoration work
By Jasmine Steverson jsteverson@ddtonline.com, 369 Reads
Tue, 05/11/2021 - 08:50 PM
The Washington County Board of Supervisors is making strides to bring one of the county’s most prized outdoor and recreational destinations — Warfield Point Park — back to its fully functional operation.
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St. Joseph's season to remember
By David W. Healy , 851 Reads
Tue, 05/11/2021 - 02:42 PM
I first met Jason Taylor at the beginning of this baseball season, and I was immediately impressed. It was clear Coach Taylor, the new coach of the St. Joseph Catholic School baseball team, was a man with a deep love of baseball, and a deep love of teaching the sport to young people.
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Jonathan Smith of Amory, spoke of medical bills that left him bankrupt after a series of health problems. He joined members of the health care community expressing a desire to have Medicaid expansion placed on the 2022 ballot. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

‘Human issue, not political’: Medicaid expansion ballot drive begins
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 709 Reads
Tue, 05/11/2021 - 02:23 PM
Jonathan Smith of Amory was on Christmas break from his job as a forklift operator in 2017 when he thought he was having a stroke.

Doctors instead found a brain tumor, then determined he had a rare cancer of the nervous system.
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S.B. Buck still serving up life lessons for the community
By Patrick Ervin , 778 Reads
Tue, 05/11/2021 - 02:21 PM
When Samuel Bernard (S.B.) Buck entered his mid twenties, he knew that most of his competitive days of playing baseball, basketball and football were fleeting. He picked up a tennis racket and this game became his perfect match. “I’ve been doing this for more than 45 years now,” the 74-year-old Buck said.
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O’Bannon tracksters finish strong at state meet
By David W. Healy , 561 Reads
Tue, 05/11/2021 - 02:19 PM
O’Bannon High School’s Jaheim Grant, Jada Shaw and Arniecia Thomas all made it to the podium at the MHSAA Class 2A state track meet last week at Pearl High School.
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Rep. Thompson says Mississippi jail death ‘equal to the George Floyd situation’
By Jerry Mitchell - Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, 421 Reads
Tue, 05/11/2021 - 01:17 PM
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson is asking the Justice Department to investigate the 2018 jail death of Robert Loggins in Grenada.

“No question it’s equal to the George Floyd situation,” he said, alluding to the 2020 death of Floyd after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes.
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Wards Recreation Center baseball starts May 25
By Patrick Ervin, 335 Reads
Tue, 05/11/2021 - 11:23 AM
Wards Recreation Center provided both a glimmer of light and lingering reminder about what lies both behind and ahead for recreation and COVID-19.
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Man charged with murder for wife's shooting death at Mark Apartments
By Catherine Kirk ckirk@ddtonline.com, 11,760 Reads
Tue, 05/11/2021 - 09:54 AM
A Greenville man has been charged with murder for the shooting death of his wife this week, making it the eighth homicide in the city this year.
At 10:15 p.m. Monday, May 10, officers with the Greenville Police Department were dispatched to the Mark Apartments, 481 Cypress Lane, in reference to a shot person.
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Schumer says Democrats can add a Senate seat in Mississippi
By ADAM GANUCHEAU - Mississippi Today, 1,285 Reads
Mon, 05/10/2021 - 05:09 PM
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said last week that Mississippi could provide his Democratic Party another seat in future elections.
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