The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

Welcome to the Tuesday, November 7, 2023, Brew. 

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is trying to win a second term in a conservative state where his party dominates

‌Hard hitting heavyweights, Roy Nelson, and Alan Belcher duke it out on the Gulf Coast. 

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and Democratic challenger Brandon Presley are about to face off in their only debate

A federal judge has postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of federal charges for torturing two Black men in January

A federal judge has dismissed Brett Favre’s defamation lawsuit against fellow retired NFL player Shannon Sharpe

A civil rights attorney says he will ask the U.S. Justice Department to investigate why authorities in Jackson, Mississippi, waited months to tell a woman that her son had been struck and killed by a police SUV driven by an off-duty officer

Passes are parabolas, "you've got to be a sorry mofo to steal from the lowest of the low" was hyperbole.

Even though Jackson, Mississippi, police knew they had killed 37-year-old Dexter Wade, they didn't inform his mother and allowed him to be buried in a penal farm.

In November 2023, voters will elect five of the 105 state financial officerships (SFOs) nationwide (4.8%). Two auditor positions (Kentucky and Mississippi) and three treasurer positions (Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi) are on the ballot. Republicans currently hold all five positions.

A massive intrusion of salt water into the Mississippi River has left the tap water in several Louisiana communities unsafe to drink and could threaten the New Orleans metropolitan area. The most visible emergency response is the provision of bottled water, with authorities distributing huge quantities of single-serving plastic water…