The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

Surviving small restaurants push forward as pandemic ebbs

CLARKSDALE, Miss. — For two years, Naomi King, an Australian native who owns Levon’s Bar and Grill in Clarksdale, Mississippi, pivoted her business model in more ways than one. The coronavirus pandemic forced her and her husband, Jonathan King, to cut the staff by half, reduce hours of operation and…

Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022

Tornadoes, climate change and why Dixie is the new Tornado Alley

Tornadoes tore up homes in New Orleans and its suburbs and were reported in communities from Texas to Mississippi and Alabama as severe storms swept across the South in late March 2022. We asked tornado scientist Ernest Agee to explain what causes tornadoes and how the center of U.S. tornado…

The Conversation · Mar 23, 2022

Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama warned as storm approaches

A storm system that left widespread damage and some injuries in its wake in Texas is drifting into Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

Mississippi governor claims ‘critical race theory’ used to ‘humiliate and indoctrinate’ students

Opponents warn new law could ‘open the door for future interference and classroom censorship ‘

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2022

Teacher sacked for reading bum book to students: the latest conservative book ban

On March 1, 2022, Toby Price, an assistant principal at Gary Road Elementary School in New Byrum, Mississippi, faced a problem. The reader booked for a Zoom session for 240 grade two students hadn’t shown up. So Price grabbed one of his favourite books, I Need a New Butt, and…

The Conversation · Mar 15, 2022

Uproar as Mississippi signs bill to limit discussions of race in school lessons

Bill signed by Republican governor sparks opposition from Black lawmakers who say it will silence debate about racism’s harmful effects

The Guardian - US · Mar 15, 2022

Mississippi gov signs law limiting race in lessons

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill to limit how race can be discussed in classrooms

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2022

Editorial: Missouri might criminalize out-of-state abortions. That’s ridiculous

The assault on women’s reproductive rights in state legislatures across the country has ramped up since the Supreme Court signaled in December that it might uphold a Mississippi ban on abortion at 15 weeks of gestation and dismantle the landmark ruling in Roe vs. Wade that protects a woman’s right…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 14, 2022

Mississippi teacher fired for reading I Need a New Butt! to children

Toby Price’s termination for sharing the humorous children’s book has sparked criticism and a wave of support

The Guardian - US · Mar 13, 2022

Record Cold Temperatures Could Make Mississippi Colder Than Alaska This Weekend

Late Friday night into Saturday morning, much of the Southeast will be impacted by severe weather.

Zenger · Mar 11, 2022