The Roberts-LaForge Library has been selected as one of 240 libraries to participate in Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities, an American Library Association (ALA) initiative that provides community engagement and accessibility...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today June 14, 2023 Donna Echols had just returned to her north Jackson home from her eldest son’s fairytale wedding in the Bahamas and expected to greet the groom’s father who had stayed behind to watch the house and her pets. What she...
by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today June 2, 2023 Democratic 2nd District U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson and his Louisiana counterpart are requesting data about the massive layoffs at Ochsner Health System to ensure Black workers and other minorities were not...
The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected Kate Riddle of Lafayette High School in the Lafayette County School District in Oxford to serve as the high school SBE junior student representative for the 2023-24 school year. Charlie Frugé, the 2022-23 SBE...
The United States Air Force invites the American public to join on June 27 to observe flyovers of our air refuelers above communities across the country and around the world, honoring 100 years of aerial refueling excellence. The flyover beginning from Key Field Air...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded the University of Mississippi a new five-year contract and $2 million work order for the cultivation of marijuana and related materials for research. The five-year contract denotes the university’s eligibility to apply...
By: Anne Summerhays James Meredith, an American civil rights icon, is partaking in a 200-mile walk against crime across the state of Mississippi as he celebrates his 90th birthday. Meredith is on what he calls his “third and final mission,” a walk to raise the level...
by Pam Dankins, Mississippi Today June 14, 2023 Mississippi State University will lead an archaeological excavation of Prospect Hill, a former 5,000-acre plantation in Jefferson County, June 18-28 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in collaboration with the Archaeological Conservancy...
Being a dad involves a definite fact. Your kid craves and needs your attention. Some do more than others, but make no mistake, every child from your loins needs you to want to spend time talking and being together. To know what he enjoys, and also to be very aware...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today May 18, 2023 Another health care facility in Mississippi is in danger of shutting its doors. KPC Promise Hospital in Vicksburg, a 35-bed long-term care facility, has leased space at Merit Health River Region’s main campus since 2018....
FEMA and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency want survivors of the March tornadoes to know that free help remains available for legal needs related to the disaster. Survivors with unmet legal needs can call the special Disaster Legal Services (DLS) hotline...
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson invites the media to attend a press conference addressing local food opportunities and the resources available to the public through the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. The press conference will...
Mississippi State students preparing for elementary education careers are learning to teach reading through exemplary preparation methods, earning MSU and its College of Education an A+ rating from the National Council on Teacher Quality. The NCTQ today [June 13]...
By Douglas Carswell Why is economic output per person seven times higher on one side of the US-Mexico border than on the other? Why is the average Canadian twelve times richer than the average Moroccan, despite having similar size populations? We are often invited to...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today June 13, 2023 Southern Miss fans didn’t want it to end, not the Super Regional, not the season, not the final 5-0 defeat to Tennessee, and – most of all – not the coaching career of gentleman and head coach Scott Berry. Joyous...
Unmanned aerial systems designer and manufacturer Hush Aerospace is locating operations in Tupelo. The project represents a corporate investment of $13.975 million and will create 80 jobs. Hush Aerospace will establish a state-of-the-art facility for the assembly,...
By Bob Garver Few blockbuster franchises are as reviled by critics as “Transformers.” The 2007 original and its 2009 sequel “Revenge of the Fallen” both have special places among the worst movies of all time. Later sequels weren’t exactly improvements (though 2018...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today June 12, 2023 Brielan Terrell sat a few rows behind the other boys in the auditorium at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The 18-year-old leaned forward, listening intently, as Eric Lucas Jr., a fourth-year medical student,...
Lt. Col Adam Marsh, Commander, United States Army Recruiting Battalion Baton Rouge. I am an American Soldier. In honor of the U.S. Army’s upcoming birthday, June 14th, 1775, I wanted to share my Army Story. I was born in New Orleans, La, but I was raised in Ocean...
The latest Mississippi Writers Trail marker was unveiled today in Greenwood. The marker, located at the Rail Spike Trail on Johnson Street in Greenwood between Fulton Street and Howard Street, memorializes the artistic contributions of playwright, scholar, and civil...
