Investigation

Investigation | John R. Lott, Jr. •

October 16, 2024

Stealth Edit: FBI quietly revises violent crime stats

Even as polls show that Americans are concerned about crime, the FBI and the media are making it difficult to see how crime rates have changed over the last few years.

Shad White

Investigation | Russ Latino •

August 13, 2024

White’s ‘Mississippi Swindle’ hits shelves, last nerves

Auditor Shad White's criticism of Attorney General Lynn Fitch and State Republican Party Chairman Mike Hurst has drawn sharp rebuke, with both describing 'Mississippi Swindle' as a "fiction." White's not backing down.

Newark Federal District Court where Keaton Langston will be sentenced.

Investigation | Russ Latino •

May 26, 2024

Family Tradition: Keaton Langston pleads guilty in $51 million Medicare fraud

A new trail of healthcare corruption that stretches from Mississippi to the mafia raises questions about the Biden family's involvement in related businesses.

Investigation | Sarah Fowler, The New York Times , Photographer Rory Doyle •

February 5, 2024

Big Companies Cashed In on Mississippi’s Water. Small Towns Paid the Price.

They vowed to fix water woes and save cities millions. But a New York Times investigation found the deals racked up debt and left many worse off than before.

Investigation | Frank Corder •

May 30, 2023

Contributions to sitting Public Service Commissioners raise questions

The Mississippi PSC has a complicated history with gifts and campaign contributions dating back over 30 years.

Investigation | Anne Summerhays •

May 23, 2023

Experts have serious concerns about Mississippi’s public defender system

Experts suggest Mississippi is failing to satisfy its Sixth Amendment duty to provide access to counsel for indigent defendants, costing counties millions and putting the civil rights of thousands in jeopardy. Andre de Gruy speaks rapidly. The Louisiana native turned Mississippi son is a man on a mission to change the world, or at least…

News

News | Frank Corder •

August 21, 2025

Mississippi agriculture, energy officials support USDA’s rollback of solar subsidies on prime farmland

News | Jeremy Pittari •

August 21, 2025

U.S. Secretary of Education makes two stops in Oxford

News | Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press , Michael Sisak, Associated Press •

August 21, 2025

Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump

Business

Business | Lynne Jeter •

August 20, 2025

Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center project marks major milestone

Business | Lynne Jeter •

August 12, 2025

CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage

Business | Daniel Tyson •

August 11, 2025

What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?

Culture

Culture | Susan Marquez •

August 21, 2025

Let’s Eat, Mississippi: Tom’s Fried Pies

Culture | Alistair Begg •

August 21, 2025

A throne forever

Culture | Robbie Faulk, Associated Press •

August 20, 2025

Mississippi State working to bounce back from rough first season under Jeff Lebby

Opinion

Opinion | Sid Salter •

August 20, 2025

Natchez’s Greg Iles saved his best writing for his reflective “Natchez Burning” trilogy

Opinion | Philip Wegmann •

August 19, 2025

Trump vows Social Security will thrive for another ‘90 years’

Opinion | Josh Appel •

August 18, 2025

C.S. Lewis in the Age of Bleakness