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Jimmy Buchanan Sr., former assistant superintent of the Copiaah County School District, talks about the different school zones displayed on a map in the district office in Hazlehurst,, Miss., on Sept. 3, 2025. Credit: Leonardo Bevilacqua/Mississippi Today

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Copiah County School District free of desegregation order
By LEONARDO BEVILACQUA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,09/18/25-1:40PM , 424 Reads 7,527 Statewide
The Department of Justice has determined the distrct, after 55 years, had met its integration goals and no longer has to check for inequities in its system.
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Did a ‘32-year-old white guy from New Jersey’ skew a Delta homecoming queen election?
By LEONARDO BEVILACQUA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,09/03/25-11:24AM , 623 Reads 9,865 Statewide
Runner-up’s mother takes Gentry High School officials to court to find out.
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FBI Special Agent in Charge in Charge Robert Eikhoff presents during press conference held at Jackson FBI headquarters, July 24, 2025. He is flanked by other law enforcement representatives. Credit: Leonarado Bevilacqua/Mississippi Today

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FBI jumpstarts new initiative to fight violent crime, while voicing a need for better local reporting
By LEONARDO BEVILACQUA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,07/29/25-3:56PM , 360 Reads 8,890 Statewide
Latest FBI announcement puts spotlight on importance of local crime reporting

FBI Jackson announced Thursday 10 arrests were made and 50 grams of methamphetamines as well as over 400 grams of fentanyl were seized as part of Operation Summer Heat, a national effort to combat violent crime during peak summer months.
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Lucinda Wade-Robinson at her south Jackson home Monday, July 7, 2025. Wade-Robinson talks of losing her son Zachary Robinson, then 22, to gun violence in 2014, and how she was denied compensation for his funeral by the attorney general's office. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Saving for a future, paying for a funeral: Why are many families of young crime victims shut out of state compensation?
By LEONARDO BEVILACQUA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,07/29/25-12:50PM , 318 Reads 7,807 Statewide
Lucinda Wade-Robinson watched her 22-year-old son, Zachary, hit the pavement feet from her front door on April 29, 2014. She saw the shooter and his friends hightail it to the highway. Her neighbor helped her son into a her car as he bled out.
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