World & Nation
Authorities in Jackson, Miss., look for a suspected arsonist who set seven fires early Tuesday. At least two of the buildings were churches.
Nov. 8, 2022
University of Mississippi is trying to rethink an image linked with the Confederacy and Dixie intolerance. The effort has sparked a culture war that shows no signs of easing.
May 22, 1997
Sports Now
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April 8, 2010
The latest on a shooting at Delta State University that left a professor dead (all times local): 12:40 a.m.
Sept. 14, 2015
Nursing programs at Mississippi’s public universities are turning away hundreds of potential students every year because of lack of faculty members.
Jan. 17, 2023
Sports
The Southeastern Conference is considering not holding league title events in Mississippi because of the state’s Confederate-based flag.
June 18, 2020
A professor was killed in his office at Delta State University in Mississippi, and investigators are searching for another school employee in connection with the slaying, officials said Monday.
When a black Mississippian named Jake Ayers sued the state over its dual system of higher education in 1975, all he wanted was for his children to be able to attend a historically black college and get an education equal to that available at white schools.
May 1, 1994
Obituaries
The first woman drafted by an NBA team, Lusia Harris also scored the U.S.’ first point in women’s basketball at the Olympics.
Jan. 21, 2022
Politics
John Cornelius Stennis, the mild-mannered, 84-year-old Mississippi Democrat, sat at a huge mahogany table in his spacious office and described the elixir of energy and cheer that has sustained him for almost four decades in the Senate: “Without question, my work is stimulating and rewarding,” he said.
June 8, 1986