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 •

May 18, 2026

$23 million in CDBG funds going to 41 Mississippi communities

News | Fatima Hussein, Associated Press , Eric Tucker, Associated Press , Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press •

May 18, 2026

Justice Department announces a $1.7B fund to compensate Trump allies in a deal to drop IRS suit

News | Jeremy Pittari •

May 18, 2026

SCOTUS order not expected to affect Mississippi’s new anti-abortion pill law

Business

Business | Frank Corder •

May 14, 2026

Azuria Water Solutions breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Batesville

Business | Frank Corder •

May 12, 2026

M&M Bank’s Legear named chair of Atlanta Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council

Business | Frank Corder •

May 11, 2026

Lockers Manufacturing announces $9.7 million expansion in Batesville

Culture

Culture | Robert St. John •

May 18, 2026

The forest and the pine trees

Culture | Alistair Begg •

May 18, 2026

Run hard

Culture | Matt Friedeman •

May 17, 2026

We have an ascending God

Opinion

Opinion | Mike Ezell •

May 14, 2026

Supporting law enforcement shouldn’t be political

Opinion | Sid Salter •

May 13, 2026

Remembering the legacies of former GOP Gov. Kirk Fordice and First Lady Pat Fordice

Opinion | Trey Dellinger •

May 11, 2026

New Mississippi abortion pill law protects women