Updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines are available now, and locations currently offering the updated COVID-19 vaccine can be found on vaccines.gov. The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) recommends the updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines for all individuals...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today October 1, 2023 The shroud of mystery has been removed on why Gov. Tate Reeves opposes expanding Medicaid. It is not a matter of cost. The governor simply does not support expanding Medicaid to provide health care coverage for...
by Pam Dankins, Mississippi Today September 29, 2023 Hospitals must give a 30-day notice about closure or the discontinuing of services, under a Mississippi State Department of Health proposed rule. News of the proposed change came after Mississippi Today sought...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today September 29, 2023 About a decade of “emergency-style budgeting” at Delta State University has all but maxed out its credit and created an $11 million hole that is poised to be an unavoidable existential threat. Fixing the budget...
by Anna Wolfe and Matt Laslo, Mississippi Today September 29, 2023 The U.S. Senate on Friday voted to confirm the appointment of Todd Gee to run the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of Mississippi, which is overseeing what officials have called the...
The Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi inaugural Quality Forum was held Friday, September 29th in Flowood. Comprehensive Quality Model (CQM) Hospital teams from across the state came together to share healthcare quality best practices, identify common quality...
By Mika Hartman Happy October! To all our extra amazing friends, Happy Down Syndrome Awareness Month! This month has all the feels to mommas like me. We celebrate this month with hope, we take this time to teach others who are not on this journey, we count our...
Marty Cooper played point guard on a very successful high school basketball team in Ohio. Although he wouldn’t get an opportunity to play college ball, his work ethic and passion for the game would lead him to become one of the most successful coaches in the...
by Pam Dankins, Mississippi Today September 27, 2023 Mississippi’s suicide rate in 2021 reached its highest level in 20 years, based on the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System....
Mississippi State’s commitment to providing quality educational opportunities to all learners, no matter which season of life they are in, has earned the university membership in the Age-Friendly University Global Network through 2028. AFUGN member institutions...
Mississippi State scientists are reaching for the stars to successfully maintain healthy soils on earth, developing a high-tech tool with potential to aid farmers around the world. Along with 11 other academic institutions, Mississippi State is receiving $300,000 from...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today September 26, 2023 Most school districts only used the state’s new telehealth program a few times in the 2022-23 school year, but program administrators say they are working to increase participation and have already seen positive...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today September 28, 2023 Only 8% of Mississippi school districts got a D or F on this year’s accountability grades, an even smaller percentage than last year. The grades, released Thursday by the Mississippi Department of Education, are the...
The day begins with a lunch/reunion for members of the Golden Anniversary Class of 1973 at 11 a.m. in Mabry Memorial Cafeteria. To reserve a lunch ticket, class members should contact the Alumni Relations office at mmcleod@eccc.edu or call 601-635-6303. A campus-wide...
In recognition of her outstanding contribution to the field of educational public relations and her continued dedication to East Central Community College, Harriet Vickers Laird of Starkville has been selected the college’s 2023 Alumna of the Year and will be...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today September 26, 2023 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brandon Presley called for fully funding public schools and increasing teacher pay as he laid out his education policy priorities in a Monday town hall. Presley, who is challenging...
The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) 2023 State Arts Conference, Presented by The Westin Jackson, will take place on October 11 and 12 at the Westin in Jackson, Mississippi. “We have a full schedule of rich must-see content paired with carefully curated...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today September 28, 2023 In another attempt to insert local voices into the fixing of Jackson’s water system, city advocate groups filed a motion this week to intervene in the federal environmental lawsuit. Two local groups – The People’s...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today September 28, 2023 Incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said last week he is eager to have debates with his Democratic challenger Brandon Presley and that his campaign was working with Presley’s to make them happen. But a...
The landscape in Washington, D.C., is a stark contrast to Will Gilmer’s everyday view. His 600-acre farm in Sulligent, Alabama, with 400 cattle and row crops grown to feed them is the reason he traveled to the nation’s capital. Gilmer has been vocal about...
