by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today October 5, 2023 An error made in the Senate Appropriations Committee and passed into law earlier this year is keeping most Mississippi hospitals from accessing $103 million intended to help keep their doors open. The Mississippi...
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that Gino Giovanni Giammarco, 50, of Brandon was sentenced to twenty-five years for sexual battery involving a minor child. Giammarco will be required to serve 20 years, day-for-day of his...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today October 3, 2023 Months after the Legislature passed a law directing millions to Mississippi’s struggling hospitals, not one has received that money, and far fewer than predicted will receive any money at all. That’s because lawmakers...
by Nate Rosenfield and Brian Howey, Mississippi Today October 4, 2023 Rankin County Undersheriff Paul Holley resigned Monday as a string of controversies encircles his department. The former undersheriff worked for the department for nearly eight years, serving as the...
Quality Beverage is expanding its operations in Lowndes County. The project is a $10.25 million corporate investment that will create 31 new jobs. Quality Beverage is a leading private-label manufacturer of dispensed beverage concentrates, syrups and sweeteners for...
Standard disclaimer for any and all “PAW Patrol” media: I am not the target audience for “PAW Patrol.” The target audience for “PAW Patrol” is young children and only young children. This is not a “fun for all ages” property that adults can enjoy as much as kids. At...
Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center, 528 Bloom Street, Jackson, MS 39202, will present the quilting exhibit titled, “Freedom” by Ravin J. Lovett, October 5-November 30, 2023. Lovett, a local art therapist and quilter, last solo show was in 2009 at...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today October 4, 2023 Five days ago, 23-year-old Swede Ludvig Aberg (pronounced oh-bear for reasons only Scandinavians would understand) was in Rome, playing Ryder Cup golf in front of the world. He and teammate Victor Hovland needed...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today October 4, 2023 The Jackson Public School District introduced a plan Tuesday night to close 16 schools due to declining enrollment. The district lost about 8,500 students between the 2015-16 and 2022-23 school years, nearly a third of...
She finally looked up from her computer and stretched her neck after several hours of working nonstop. As she glanced around the room, she noticed the blinds were still open on the window of her home office, giving her a clear view of the falling evening twilight....
Four Mississippi State administrators and faculty members are selections for the 2023-2024 Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows. Established in 2008, the professional development program has worked to identify, prepare and...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today October 2, 2023 Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Michael Watson said he’s cut red tape for businesses, worked with lawmakers to make elections more secure and will push for major campaign finance reform if reelected....
On Saturday October 14, Cleveland will experience a partial solar eclipse. Delta State University’s Wiley Planetarium is hosting Eclipse Fest during the next two weeks, in preparation for the event. Solar physicist and planetarium director Dr. Maria Weber will...
Bands from across the Mid-South will participate in Itawamba Community College’s Tomahawk Marching Band Championship, Oct. 14, at Eaton Field/Butch Lambert Stadium at the Fulton Campus. Competition will begin at 10:15 a.m. The event will provide an opportunity for...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today September 29, 2023 The entire U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will rule, again, on whether Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of certain felonies is unconstitutional. The decision of the 5th Circuit to hear...
Mississippi State is honoring World War II veterans, including a number of former students who gave all they had to defend freedom around the world in the early 1940s. The university unveiled a new WWII monument outside Nusz Hall, home of the G.V. “Sonny”...
By Kara Kimbrough It’s fall, a sign that we can begin dreaming of cozy evenings gathered around the table filled with hot dishes of our favorite comfort foods. Or maybe we’re curled up before a crackling fire cradling a hot, steamy bowl of comforting...
Itawamba Community College has joined the College Cost Transparency Initiative, a coalition of more than 360 higher education institutions that have voluntarily committed to follow a set of principles and standards that ensure transparency, clarity and understanding...
Amtrak customers now have a smoother, brighter and more accessible journey with the completion of a $3.4 million project at the Yazoo City station. The Amtrak City of New Orleans travels daily between New Orleans and Chicago, with a stop at Yazoo City, in the heart of...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today October 2, 2023 Over the weekend, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate, who about10 months ago made Ted Henifin the new face of Jackson’s drinking water system, gave Henifin the keys to the city’s sewer system as well....
