Independent local news isn’t just nice to have — it’s essential. It keeps public officials honest. It keeps our community ...

June is National Iced Tea Month. In the South, every month is Sweet Tea Month.  Sweet tea is also known as the “white wine of ...

Kids’ access to guns is increasing the Chief: Kids’ access to guns is increasing” (May 24):  I’m so glad that someone made ...

Stacie Acey has been promoted to  Greenwood branch president at Guaranty Bank. Hue Townsend, CEO, recently announced that the ...

Itta Bena’s mayor, Reginald Freeman, is running for a second term in Tuesday’s municipal general elections and will be up ...

The questions of Greenwood’s leadership for the next four years will be settled with the mayoral election Tuesday. Mayor ...

A Scott County Grand Jury meeting this week in Special Session continued  “for further investigation” the one case they were ...

The conservative incumbent, Ashby Foote, is facing stiff competition as Ward 1, the city’s whitest ward in wealthy northeast ...

Senators expressed frustration with the House of Representatives leaving Jackson early Thursday morning before both chambers ...

This summer, we’re bringing a new reporter to Greenwood through a national program called Report for America — a nonprofit ...

Senate leaders on Thursday realized improper spending of $1.9 million in the Health Department’s budget bill sent over by the ...

Dr. Curressia McFarland Brown, retired chair of the Department of Business at Mississippi Valley State University, is ...