Myrlie Evers writes: "My husband believed that Mississippi could be a wonderful place if we handled the problems of race, ...

As the country approaches Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, a report reveals that Mississippi has made great strides in ...

Bessie A. Foster Jackson was born in Nettleton and enlisted in the Army in 1943 at age 36. By the time she returned to ...

A federal judge is allowing a sex discrimination lawsuit against Mississippi's iniversities governing board to move forward ...

In their new book, Dr. Jenn Jackson shines a light on the central role of Black women in liberation movements, both in US ...

In Jackson, where violent crime rates have historically been high, a local organization called Operation Good is taking a ...

We often mourn the deaths of celebrities we love as if they’re our own loved ones. But the collective mourning is always more pronounced when dealing with the death of a larger-than-life figure ...

It was a statement performance all around, but Lamar Jackson was especially ... well, special. The reigning MVP completed 10-of-15 passes for 168 yards and two scores, adding another 87 yards and ...

The Mississippi Department of Corrections has captured an inmate who escaped on Christmas Eve. The Mississippi Department of Corrections announced the capture of 33-year-old inmate Drew Johnson on ...

Lamar Jackson broke the NFL career rushing record for quarterbacks in Baltimore's 31-2 victory over the Houston Texans on Wednesday, bolstering his case for MVP as the Ravens moved closer to the ...

Authorities in Mississippi said Wednesday that a convicted killer has been recaptured a day after he escaped from prison. They had warned the public earlier that Drew Johnson, 33, could be ...

A convicted murderer who escaped from a Mississippi state prison on Christmas Eve was captured Wednesday, according to a Mississippi Department of Corrections post on Facebook. Drew Johnson was ...