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.


YouTube video
YouTube video
YouTube video

from the editor


Most Read Stories

Scroll through the stories, cartoons and coverage below that our readers visited the most this year.


Most Read Sports Stories


Most Viewed Cartoons by Marshall Ramsey


THE IMPACT OF THIS WORK


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.