2026 Elections
Local Mississippi Officials Have Made 138 Polling Place Changes Ahead of the 2026 Election
Local election officials in Mississippi have made changes to 138 polling places since the 2024 election, including moving the location for 112 precincts, closing 21 precincts and opening five new precincts.
Featured
Scott Colom Wants to Make a Difference for Mississippi in the US Senate
Scott Colom, the district attorney in Lowndes County, is running as Mississippi’s Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in the Nov. 3, 2026, election.
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Senatobia Police Officer Who Shot Kohen Wiley Resigns After Release of Bodycam Footage
Senatobia Police Officer Hunter Foster has resigned after the release of his bodycam footage depicting his fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley on June 14.
Culture
Photos | ‘The Drag Spectacular’: Coastal Mississippians Celebrate LGBTQ+ Community at Equality Fest
Pride flags waved strongly in the wind as a crowd of people made their way to find seats near the stage ahead of “The Drag Spectacular: A Decade of Diversity” performance at the the 10th-annual Gulf Coast Equality Fest held on Saturday, Oct. 17.
Voices
Editor’s Note | Homecoming Ain’t for the Weak, But It Is the Reunion We Need
Systemic and Solutions Editor Torsheta Jackson writes that in all the chaos and activity that is Homecoming, its most important function is to offer a chance for reconnection and reflection.
Award-Winning MFP JournaLism
Mississippi Free Press Awards Roll: 120 Honors for MFP Team, 21 for YMP, Since 2020
As of August 15, 2026, our team is up to 120 national and U.S. regional awards and finalist nods since we launched in late March 2020.
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Greenville Solutions Circles: October 20, 2026
The Mississippi Free Press convened its second Solutions Circle in Greenville, Mississippi, on Oct. 20, 2026.
Police Shooting of 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley ‘Was Justified,’ Mississippi Attorney General Says
The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June…
Mississippi Governor Appoints Capitol Police Chief Bo Luckey to Serve As Public Safety Commissioner
Capitol Police Chief Wesley “Bo” Luckey will serve as the commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety after current Commissioner Sean Tindell resigned to…
DOJ Reaches Settlement With Mississippi Police Department It Found Routinely Violated Civil Rights
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Oct. 16 it reached a settlement forcing reforms in Lexington, Mississippi, and its police department, which the DOJ found…
