WILL A JURY CONVICT HER AGAIN…?
A Hattiesburg native will be tried for murder a 2nd time in the death of her stepdaughter.
T'kia Smith Bevily is...
T’kia and Morris Bevily Full Interrogation Videos
Below is T'kia Bevily's first interview with detectives
Below is T'Kia Bevily's Full 2nd Interrogation Video
Below is Morris Bevily's 1st and...
Prosecutors Ask to Sequester Jury Due to Defense Counsel’s ‘SweetNLow’ Efforts to Influence Jurors
Claiborne County prosecutors have asked Circuit Judge Tomika Irving to sequester the jury in the May 2 capital murder retrial...
Legislature ends session without reviving ballot initiative
The Mississippi Legislature ended the 2022 session not restoring the initiative process that allowed citizens to place issues on the...
Spending billions, cutting taxes, fear and loathing: The 2022 legislative session wasn’t pretty, but it was historic
During the three-month 2022 legislative session, House Speaker Philip Gunn kept a copy of a January Mississippi Today article that...
After lawmakers go home without extending postpartum Medicaid, six moms speak out.
Thousands of Mississippians stand to lose health insurance later this year because of Speaker of the House Philip Gunn’s refusal...
‘You stuck your neck out for me’: Brett Favre used fame and favors to pull welfare dollars
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre had a way with Mississippi government officials.
Whether the football star was looking for funds to...
Lawmakers end 2022 session with historic spending spree
Mississippi legislators ended the 2022 session on a two-day spending spree where they spent funds at a pace never before...
‘My Governor is counting on me’: Disgraced welfare director bowed to Phil Bryant’s wishes
Phil Bryant had found his yes man.
Whether the governor wanted grant funds directed to his favored vendors, a partner to...
Governing by text: Phil Bryant’s hidden hand picked welfare winners
The tidal wave of alleged misspending identified by auditors at the Mississippi Department of Human Services was not confined to...
State Auditor Shad White discusses welfare investigation, former Gov. Phil Bryant
Since Auditor Shad White arrested Gov. Phil Bryant’s appointed welfare director in 2020 within a sprawling fraud scheme, state and...
Study: Mississippi among minority of states most dependent on sales tax
The individual income tax, which House Speaker Philip Gunn, Gov. Tate Reeves and others want to eliminate in Mississippi, is the largest source of revenue in 33 states.
Mississippi is among 14 states where sales...
‘Whipping child’: Nancy New asked highest officials for help before arrests in welfare scandal
In the days and weeks leading up to their arrests in early 2020, Nancy New and her son Zach New sought help from Mississippi’s highest officials to stop what they described as their persecution.
Private...
State Auditor’s Office Releases Cybersecurity Report
JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White’s office released a cybersecurity report regarding students’ ability to access potentially harmful and explicit materials online.
OSA surveyed school districts throughout the state to determine if they...
Carol Jackson Pleads Guilty to Stealing Money from Needy School Children
JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White announced that Carol Jackson, former Executive Director of the non-profit On Track, has pleaded guilty to fraud in Sunflower County. District Attorney Dewayne Richardson’s Office prosecuted...
Former MDOC Probation Officer Dendrick Hurd is Guilty of Embezzlement
JACKSON, Miss. – State Auditor Shad White announced today that Dendrick Hurd, a former Mississippi Department of Correction (MDOC) probation officer, pled guilty to 4 counts of embezzlement. The case was prosecuted by District...
Two of Mississippi’s four U.S. House incumbents face runoffs
Two of Mississippi’s four incumbent U.S. House members on Tuesday were forced into June 28 runoffs with challengers.
Neither Michael Guest, representing the 3rd Congressional District based in central Mississippi, nor Steven Palazzo, representing south...
Report: Mississippi misses opportunity to make the most out of child care stimulus funds
While pandemic child tax credits meaningfully reduced financial stress for Mississippi families, federal child care supports have been less effective than in other states because of poor administration, a new report finds.
Researchers at The...
Valley State first HBCU to offer prison education program in Mississippi
Incarcerated people at two prisons in the Delta will be able to start earning four-year degrees from Mississippi Valley State University this fall for the first time in more than two decades.
Valley State’s Prison...
Prominent 2020 election denier is aiding Mississippi congressional campaign
Michael Cassidy, a Republican seeking to unseat incumbent Rep. Michael Guest in Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District in the June 7 primary, has aligned himself with one of the nation’s most outspoken advocates of overthrowing the...
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