Brown has authored legislation requiring civics education to be reintroduced in public schools six times in six years.

The two state representatives for Miss Mississippi will compete at the Miss America competition beginning New Year's Eve in ...

A new generation of leaders in Jackson is asking—and attempting to answer—the question, “What if we saw the Pearl River as an ...

Mannheim Steamroller is coming to Jackson, Mississippi, at 8 p.m. Dec. 27 as part of its annual Christmas tour. Hear your ...

NOAA's Climate Prediction Center shows the South has chances for above-average temperatures. Here's what that means for ...

James Meredith, who desegregated the University of Mississippi in 1962, was honored with a historical marker on Dec 20.

There's a full moon shining in every calendar month of 2025 on these dates: Jan. 13, Feb. 12, March 14, April 13, May 12, June 11, July 10, Aug. 9, Sept. 7, Oct. 7, Nov. 5 and Dec. 4.

Meredith, who resists being called a civil rights leader, now lives in Mississippi's capital city of Jackson. He was born in ...

Last week, the Capital Revitalization Committee, a group of lawmakers looking at ways to improve Jackson, heard from a group that thinks a casino could do just that. The group is called Capital ...

A 23-year-old man is charged with murder five months after Jackson police issued a warrant for his arrest in a deadly gas ...

A group of lawmakers looking at ways to improve Jackson heard from a group that claims a casino could be the key. The Capital ...

Torsheta Jackson is the Mississippi Free Press’s award-winning education-equity reporter, in partnership with Report for America. She is passionate about telling the unique and personal stories of ...