By Kara Kimbrough It’s the small things for me that trigger new ideas. Seeing “steak bites” on the appetizers’ menu of a restaurant I visited last week caused me to order the entrée-sized version for lunch. As expected, it cost more due to being accompanied by a...
Mississippi State University is one of only 11 universities and colleges across the U.S. that are part of a new national initiative, Transforming the Foundational Postsecondary Experience. The institutions are taking on the challenge of redesigning the first two years...
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) and the Mississippi State Extension Service are hosting a pond management workshop in Rankin County. The workshop will be held at the Rankin County Extension Office located at 601 Marquette Road in...
Robert Malouf, Jr.’s life was full of promise. In his high school days at Jackson Prep, he was active in sports, graduating in 2009. He then moved on to the University of Mississippi, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. After graduation, he was...
The Delta State University Office of Student Life, in conjunction with the Division of Student Affairs has extended an invitation to nearly 100 DSU veteran and active-duty students to serve as the 2023 Homecoming Parade Grand Marshals. Elizabeth Branton, Assistant...
The Mississippi State University Police Department is celebrating the first-ever retirement of a police dog from its K-9 unit. Bach, a 10-year-old Belgian Malinois, was retired by MSUPD after nine years of service as a dual-purpose explosive and patrol detector K-9...
By Douglas Carswell The scenes we saw from southern Israel were gruesome. Two hundred and fifty young people at a music festival murdered. Elderly people waiting at a bus stop gunned down. Women and children abducted at gun point, and carried off to a grisly...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today October 6, 2023 Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’ campaign on Friday aired a new TV ad accusing Brandon Presley, his Democratic opponent, of illegally accepting money from leaders in solar energy companies. “Here’s Presley’s signature...
By Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney Every October dozens of people gather at the Mississippi State Fire Academy (MSFA) to honor those who have given their lives in the line of duty. There are 122 names on the Fallen Firefighter Memorial. The newest...
The Mississippi Museum of Art, also located in Mississippi’s capital city, was named Travel Attraction of the Year. This distinguished award is presented to an attraction that is new or unique in attracting visitors to its city and shows results in bringing in...
Jackson won big at this year’s Governor’s Conference on Tourism produced by the Mississippi Tourism Association (MTA) held in Meridian, Mississippi October 4 – 6, 2023. Visit Jackson, the official destination marketing organization for Jackson,...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today October 8, 2023 Providing public funds to private schools is the issue that no one is talking about during the 2023 gubernatorial campaign even though it could be a hot topic during the next four years. The issue is not talked...
Over the summer, news broke that Mississippi University for Women had suffered a tragic loss. Music professor, Dr. Joe L. Alexander, had suddenly passed away. “There is so much that can be said about Dr. Alexander. He was a wonderful colleague, a consummate musician...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today October 5, 2023 The possibility of temporarily pausing or reducing the annual 3% cost of living increase Mississippi’s state and local government retirees receive was discussed recently by legislative leaders. The discussions came...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today October 5, 2023 St. Dominic Memorial Hospital has a new leader. Jeremy Tinnerello Jeremy Tinnerello will serve as the hospital’s Jackson Market President starting next month, the health system said in a press release Oct. 4. The...
The Mississippi State Fire Academy (MSFA), along with the Mississippi Firefighters Association (MSFFA), and Mississippi Fire Chiefs Association (MSFCA) will honor those who died in the Line of Duty. The public is invited to attend this event. WHAT: Fallen Firefighter...
by Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today October 4, 2023 Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre is set to give sworn testimony in the ongoing welfare fraud civil suit at the end of this month. But both Favre and the Mississippi Department of Human Services, which is suing the...
The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum, a division of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, invites the public to the annual Pumpkin Adventure on October 11-14, 18-21 and 25-28. The event will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today October 6, 2023 The governing board of Mississippi’s eight public universities has been planning to announce the next permanent president of Jackson State University on Oct. 23, according to a timeline of the search that was obtained...
Mississippi State University has received a five-year, up to $15 million extension for the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish to address global food security challenges through aquatic food systems. “Feed the Future Innovation Labs are driving novel...
