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Alabama, Juvenile, theGrio.com
August 26, 2021
More than 70% of calls to Mississippi's poison control center last week were related to people ingesting the drug ivermectin.
covid children thegrio.com
August 16, 2021
More than 1,900 children are in hospitals — particularly in Southern states — due to the virus' highly contagious Delta…
August 16, 2021
Mkayla Robinson, 13, died of COVID-19 in Mississippi not long after Governor Tate Reeves downplayed the number of cases among…
Noose, theGrio.com
August 9, 2021
An anti-lynching bill stalled in the Senate last year after Sen. Rand Paul singlehandedly kept it from passing into law.
July 14, 2021
At least seven Mississippi children are in the intensive care unit as the state continues to battle the spread of…
June 15, 2021
Cassius Vaughn Hanzy allegedly shot from a car after a fight with the victim over the sneakers. The injured youth…
June 10, 2021
One lone Black woman is escorting women who seek to end their pregnancies into the clinic under a hail of…
Eric Boykin thegrio.com
May 28, 2021
Black Twitter has questions after four white Mississippi officers with dogs posed for a photo with a captured Black suspect.
theGRIO.com
May 21, 2021
Murder charges have been dropped against two of the three Mississippi officers who were charged in the death of George…
Marijuana plants
May 15, 2021
Allen Russell, who is currently serving a life sentence in a Mississippi prison for a marijuana charge, was denied his…
May 15, 2021
The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city and a state senator both apologized Saturday for shootings 51 years ago by police…
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves thegrio.com
May 11, 2021
The Mississippi governor announced that the additional unemployment benefits due to the pandemic will come to an end.
May 9, 2021
“I was a good gardener; I raised everything edible. My son couldn’t help me plow it this past year," said…
Swae Lee thegrio.com
April 20, 2021
Swae Lee opened up about the fatal shooting of his stepfather and his half-brother is the alleged shooter in the…
COVID-19 Vaccine
April 3, 2021
Mississippi is leading the country in COVID-19 vaccinations for African Americans, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health.
Jackson, Mississippi Struggles With Lack Of Water 3 Weeks After Winter Storms
March 18, 2021
'What's In It For Us' podcast discusses the Democratic party, the border crisis, and Mississippi and Flint still not having…
Jackson, Mississippi Struggles With Lack Of Water 3 Weeks After Winter Storms
March 8, 2021
Sunday morning, Governor Tate Reeves conceded that these current water issues were inevitable and have been in the making for…
March 7, 2021
Health experts tracking the trajectory of more contagious virus variants warn lifting restrictions now may lead to another infectious wave.
March 3, 2021
Students at Purvis Middle School were asked to 'pretend like you are a slave' and 'write a letter to your…
March 3, 2021
Legislators in over 20 states have introduced bills that would ban trans girls from competing on girls’ sports teams in…