New report ranks Mississippi at or near dead last in almost every area, including health, money. But education and schools are getting better. What to know ...

Families in the Jackson Metro area can enjoy a variety of activities for the month of July that are designed to entertain and ...

Six Mississippi children are seeing life through a new lens. A nonprofit based in Birmingham, Alabama, called Sight Savers of ...

Sonia Sotomayor really talked to those kids. She asked their names, ... Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson, Miss., in August 2019. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP) ...

The newly released Kids Count report also ranked Mississippi 48th for overall child well-being, 47th for economic well-being, 50th for health, and 48th for family and community.

Mississippi history: Freedom Summer is remembered 60 years later. ... She has authored another children's book, "Nightmares in the Little Poster Bed," and a couple books for adult audiences.

organizers with the state's literary lawn party say more than 8 thousand book lovers took part in the annual mississippi book festival. the latest numbers reveal a 21% increase in attendance. while ...

The Mississippi Free Press reported McMurry declined their request to interview her, but outlined her comments to the Columbian-Progress saying she wanted the books “pulled from the children’s ...

An attorney says a 10-year-old Black child who urinated near his own mother’s car in Mississippi will no longer be required to serve probation and write a book report about Kobe Bryant ...

The Mississippi Miracle is not a miracle, nor is it a mirage. It's a reflection of a 20-year commitment to increasing literacy among Mississippi's children.

Six Mississippi children are seeing life through a new lens. A nonprofit based in Birmingham, Alabama, called Sight Savers of America gave them high-tech equipment that helps with extreme visual ...