by Julia James, Mississippi Today August 2, 2023 The Harrison County School Board approved a change to its dress code policies last month that requires students to dress according to the gender they were assigned at birth, the Sun Herald first reported. Multiple...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today August 2, 2023 Pamela Grimsley was in a race against time to help her only child, Nathan Cox, get out of jail. It was a year ago that the west Tennessee resident learned from a family member that he was detained at the Alcorn County...
The inaugural school year for the SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy began on Thursday, August 3rd in Canton. The 2023-2024 school year opens with kindergarten and first grades. Provost Kristen Williams serves as the instructional and operational leader of the...
Apelah, a Mississippi-based non-profit provider of specialized foster care and in-home care services, is seeking individuals and families throughout Mississippi who will open their homes to help care for the growing number of children in need of foster care. More...
The online application for the new Nurse Retention Loan Repayment program opens Friday, August 4, 2023. Early career nurses may apply online at www.msfinancialaid.org/NULR/. The Nurse Retention Loan Repayment Program was created in 2023 by the Mississippi Legislature...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today August 2, 2023 Incumbent Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann’s campaign far outraised his main opponent, longtime state Sen. Chris McDaniel in the home stretch before Tuesday’s primary. Hosemann continued his call for an...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today August 2, 2023 A Tupelo defense attorney recently subpoenaed Lauren Smith, a candidate running for the state Legislature, to testify in a criminal case involving a Democratic member of the Tupelo City Council for allegedly violating...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today July 28, 2023 A former corrections officer at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility could face prison time for punching an inmate and striking them with a canister of pepper spray. Jessica Hill pleaded guilty Thursday to using...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today August 1, 2023 Instead of potentially closing, the Coahoma County Health Department is moving to a nicer, newer home. The move to a building at the local hospital will preserve public health care in Clarksdale, the heart of the...
Austin Jenkins is the newest addition to the Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission (HCPHC) team, as the Airport Director for Stennis International Airport. Jenkins will start with HCPHC on July 31, 2023. “After conducting a regional search, we are ecstatic to add...
During a hospitalization two years ago, Old Town Presbyterian Church’s Clerk of Session and Treasurer Dana Nelson happened upon a YouTube video of Bay St. Louis’ The King’s Kitchen that piqued her interest. Upon her recuperation, Dana contacted the...
On Thursday, August 3, 2023, The Hinds County Youth Court along with Families as Allies a back-to-school Family Resource Academy this Thursday, August 3rd, from 3 to 5 p.m. at 940 East McDowell Road in Jackson. This event is for all Hinds County families, not just...
Mississippi State University has a longstanding history of sending Bulldogs to the front lines of federal cybersecurity efforts, and that tradition will continue as MSU receives $4.1 million over five years from the National Science Foundation to renew its CyberCorps:...
By Bob Garver The other half of this summer’s “Barbenheimer” phenomenon, “Oppenheimer” did so well in its second weekend that it gets a full review all its own. Sure, it came in a distant second to “Barbie” both weekends, but with an estimated $174 million at the...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today July 13, 2023 Attorney General Lynn Fitch wants to ensure Mississippi authorities are allowed to investigate and gather information on abortions performed out of state on Mississippi women. Fitch, Mississippi’s first-term...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today July 28, 2023 Delta State University President Daniel Ennis met Thursday with the school’s marching band students in the wake of revelations that the recently hired band director had mocked trans people and agreed pro-LGBTQ+...
A new group of U.S. Army Engineer and Research Development Center (ERDC) retirees were celebrated for their contributions and enshrined into the agency’s most esteemed collective in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Dr. Alfred Cofrancesco, Patti Duett, and Dr. William Grogan...
By Mika Hartman This morning, I am writing this from the seventh floor of the Marriott in Orlando, in the quiet of my room; however, this weekend has been anything but quiet. The theme surrounding this years National Down Syndrome Congress Conference was “Dreams do...
By Kara Kimbrough You don’t need to watch the 24-hour weather reports with the gloom-and-doom reports of this being the “hottest summer on record.” We get it…it’s HOT! And along with that no-brainer knowledge comes the fact that turning...
TEC, a leading rural broadband provider, has broken ground on a project in Simpson County. This undertaking will extend Gigabitspeed internet coverage by an estimated 67 miles, providing connectivity to more than 680 residential and business customers. TEC was one of...
