The New Year is officially here, but let’s take a moment to look back on some of the top stories from 2018. It was a year in which Mississippi elected their first female Senator to the U.S. Congress. President Trump visited the state several times this year to host rallies endorsing Senator Hyde-Smith and held a roundtable discussion talking about prison reform.
The state legislature passed the most restrictive abortion ban and legalized a state lottery in an effort to fix the state’s failing infrastructure.
The deaths of two state police officers and a state trooper in a single weekend rocked the state as did the death of a baby in the Mississippi Delta. Ole Miss’s Chancellor resigned and Amazon announced that they will be bringing new jobs to the state with the creation of a distribution center in Marshall County.
Here’s a look at the top 15 stories from the past 12 months.
/top-gangs-in-ms-reach-all-82-counties-responsible-for-countless-crimes/
/leaders-react-to-senator-cochrans-retirement/
/mississippi-sued-over-new-15-week-abortion-ban/
/house-revives-and-passes-lottery-bill/
/governor-bryant-signs-mima-into-law/
/elementary-teacher-inspires-millions-with-sensory-path/
/two-brookhaven-police-officers-dead-after-shootout/
/off-duty-trooper-shot-killed/
/state-leaders-respond-to-insensitive-halftime-show/
/grandmother-charged-for-bolivar-babys-murder/
/report-vitter-out-as-chancellor-at-ole-miss/
/hyde-smith-espy-respond-to-public-hanging-comment/
/trump-hosts-mississippi-rallies-for-hyde-smith/
/governor-announces-amazon-bringing-jobs-to-mississippi/
/mississippis-population-falls-in-2018/
