Mississippi legislators are once again considering pay increases for the state’s teachers in hopes of bringing them closer to the national average. Senate Bill 2001, which...
A private university in Mississippi is preparing to award a second scholarship to an incoming freshman who will major in creative writing. The Angie Thomas Writers...
The C Spire Foundation made a $1 million commitment Thursday to assist school districts across Mississippi with implementing computer science programs in the classroom. One of...
Story by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today State testing will continue this year, but State Superintendent of Education Carey Wright said Wednesday she recommends waiving the passing...
Students in the Claiborne County School District are returning from the holidays to online-only classes. In a social media post, the district said it “is taking...
2020 – the year that has kept on giving. It’s fair to say there has been an air of uncertainty with almost everything in 2020, especially...
Peggy Schaeffer has always had a love for her family, history, old homes and Christmas. So when she moved to Vicksburg from Huntsville, Texas, in 1987,...
The biological research of an Alcorn State University student was awarded during two virtual conferences that are centered on acknowledging science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)...
Most everyone called him Doc, but he was George Ferdinand Smith and was the 22nd veterinarian in the state of Mississippi. His stories were legend, and...
Between the effects of the pandemic (social distancing, uncomfortable but mandatory masks, limited contact with friends, scaled back recess activities, etc.) and the stress of semester...
