by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today October 29, 2023 The views of the candidates for governor — Republican incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves and Democratic challenger Brandon Presley — are as different as night and day on fully funding the Mississippi Adequate Education...
Get ready for an unforgettable night of music and nostalgia as Pablo Cruise, the legendary band known for their amazing harmony vocals and infectious grooves, takes the stage at Delta State University’s Bologna Performing Arts Center (BPAC) on Thursday, November 2,...
Global automotive technology company PACCAR is expanding its operations in Columbus. The $209.4 million investment represents two projects that will create a total of 100 jobs. PACCAR is an industry leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of premium...
Major League Baseball sits at an all-time low with just over 6% of its players being African-American, a drastic and continual decline from 35 years ago, when the percentage of African-American participation, was hovering around 18% (+/-). In an attempt to attract...
by Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today October 29, 2023 Welcome to The Homestretch, a daily blog featuring the most comprehensive coverage of the 2023 Mississippi governor’s race. This page, curated by the Mississippi Today politics team, will feature the biggest...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today October 27, 2023 Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann told Mississippi business leaders Thursday he wants to make the state’s 15 two-year colleges tuition free. Speaking at the annual Mississippi Economic Council’s Hobnob event, designed to...
by Taylor Vance and Devna Bose, Mississippi Today October 25, 2023 Less than two weeks before the Nov. 7 statewide election, top Democratic leaders are continuing to pound the drum on Mississippi’s hospital crisis and the need for state officials to expand Medicaid...
Mississippi Boychoir is pleased to announce its upcoming 5K-10K-Fun Run – Be the Light – to be held Saturday, November 4, 2023 at the Flowood Nature Trail, 4077 Flowood Drive, Flowood. Registration packets will be available at 7:30 a.m. with the race...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today October 26, 2023 It felt more like church than a health summit at moments inside Duling Hall on Thursday. The Better Health Summit, hosted by the poverty-focused nonprofit Together for Hope and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action...
If you’d like to learn about the rapidly growing new strategy in Mississippi that’s connecting high school graduates with rewarding futures, the new AccelerateMS website at coaches.acceleratems.org is a perfect starting point. As the state’s lead...
The farm of the future is being created at Mississippi State University. MSU officials on Thursday [Oct. 26] officially opened the Agricultural Autonomy Institute, the nation’s first and only interdisciplinary research center focused on autonomous technologies...
The holiday classic “Amahl and the Night Visitors” comes to The University of Southern Mississippi’s Mannoni Performing Arts Center Auditorium for two performances only – Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. Presented by The University of...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today October 26, 2023 Incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves told business leaders Thursday that Mississippi is thriving, but that would change if voters don’t reelect him in two weeks as out-of-state, radical liberals would take...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today October 26, 2023 Three former Mississippi Department of Corrections staff members who pleaded guilty to hitting and kicking an inmate while the person lay on the ground and striking the individual with a pepper spray canister in 2019...
A two-fingered robotic arm reaches toward a fluffy white cotton boll in a field. The device pulls in the lint from the boll and then moves on…grabbing another, and then another. This new “end-effector,” developed by Mississippi State University...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today October 26, 2023 The Louisiana Catholic nonprofit primed to purchase the Gulf Coast’s Singing River Health System will not be moving forward with the deal. Singing River and Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System announced...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today October 26, 2023 Gov. Tate Reeves’ campaign says a cease-and-desist letter from a solar energy company had nothing to do with changes made to a campaign advertisement that accused Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brandon Presley...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today October 24, 2023 When U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn was elected in 1992, he became the first African American elected to Congress from South Carolina in nearly a century. Clyburn, considered a Democratic kingmaker and one of the most...
Jessica Vann of Jackson is back doing what she loves – spending time with her family, working as a customer service representative and fishing along the reservoir – after receiving an advanced treatment option for epilepsy. Vann didn’t qualify for traditional...
The Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) has been recognized for its planning work for the second consecutive year with two awards presented by the Mississippi Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA Mississippi). APA Mississippi’s Chapter Awards...
