
Mississippi Today in 2024
The Year in News
From the continued fight for Medicaid expansion, the sentencing of the Goon Squad, more misspent tax dollars to the MLB draft coming to Mississippi—and the list goes on.
Here’s to all that 2024 brought: the good, the bad, and the newsworthy.
Click below to skip forward to the following sections.


Mississippi Today’s “Unfettered Power: Mississippi Sheriffs” investigation was named a finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. The 2023 investigation from the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting at Mississippi Today and The New York Times revealed how Mississippi sheriffs rule like kings, wielding vast power, exploiting and abusing the very people they are called to protect with no one stopping them.
Top Videos in 2024
from the editor
Editor’s note: Thank you for your unwavering support
Thanks to our readers, the impact of our reporting continues to grow across the state, region and nation.
Most Read Stories
Scroll through the stories, cartoons and coverage below that our readers visited the most this year.
Most Read Sports Stories
Ole Miss 28, Georgia 10: This was more a statement than victory
Column: Here’s what we’ll forever remember of a rowdy, rainy night in Oxford and Ole Miss’ thorough trouncing of mighty Georgia.
Most Viewed Cartoons by Marshall Ramsey
THE IMPACT OF THIS WORK
Beyond the story: Mississippi Today’s impact in 2024
The impact of our work in 2024 proves local journalism is a civic good: one worth supporting, one worth championing and one worth fighting for.
Let’s keep this going in 2025.
You’ve seen how vital Mississippi Today’s reporting has been this year. Give today and help us continue this important work for the state we all love. Until December 31st, your donation will be doubled, amplifying your impact.