The Mississippi Department of Transportation has been at the center of ongoing controversy for several years. While we believe most — if not a…
Last week was a busy one for the Legislature.
Lee County School District last month showed off its new $8 million Career and Technical Education Center, a state-of-the-art facility that ho…
Mississippi has just experienced three record-setting days of new COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began nearly two years ago. Omicron is pro…
In 2020, 816,107 Mississippians voted for some kind of medical marijuana plan. That represented 68.5% of those who voted for or against medica…
As the new year begins, the Daily Journal recommits to its readers our continued best efforts to follow the principles that have guided the pa…
Tomorrow we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. As is tradition at the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, today we pre…
Ward 3 Supervisor-elect Wesley Webb said while campaigning for the special election to fill Mayor Todd Jordan’s seat on the Lee County Board o…
The first Thanksgiving Proclamation of the United States, Oct. 3, 1789, by President George Washington:
The Tupelo Police Department is filled with professional, dedicated men and women who take seriously their oaths to protect and serve our city…
Over the next five years, Mississippi will see a huge federal investment in roads, bridges, broadband, water supply and other crucial areas th…
The CREATE Foundation’s annual meeting celebrated the strides made during the COVID-19 pandemic, the community-building efforts of philanthrop…
Four months after being sworn in as mayor, Todd Jordan finally announced his advisory committee to help select the next police chief. The form…
You can be pro-vaccine and be against government vaccination mandates.
There is no question that the Tupelo-Lee County Humane Society is in dire need of additional funding. It is facing a national trend of rampant…
In remembering Colin Powell, U.S. Roger Wicker called him “the embodiment of the American Dream.” There could perhaps be no more fitting description.
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and Speaker Philip Gunn have a unique opportunity to leave an indelible mark on Mississippi by passing historic legi…
House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, sat down with the Daily Journal editorial board and outlined the proposed agenda for a special session h…
The Biden administration is looking for ways to close an estimated $160 billion tax gap — the amount of money that is owed by various taxpayer…
That no special session has been called to pass a medical marijuana law is an absolute failure on the part of Gov. Tate Reeves and other state…
The Daily Journal published a special investigative series looking at the shooting death of a Monroe County man that was the result of a law e…
A new national study on obesity has alarming news about Mississippi, but it’s nothing we haven’t heard before. We lead the nation in adult obe…
It is time for Gov. Tate Reeves to call a special session for medical marijuana and force lawmakers to pass a bill or adjourn failing to follo…
On Sept. 11, 2001, at 7:58 a.m. EDT, United Airlines Flight 175 departed from Boston headed for Los Angeles.
The United Way recently released a shocking report looking at the number of Mississippi working families who are on the brink of financial rui…
Following an investigative report by the Daily Journal, it is quite clear that the Lee County Circuit Clerk’s office applied an inconsistent s…
The bipartisan infrastructure bill the U.S. Senate passed last month would be a boon to Mississippi, and we hope our House congressional deleg…