by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today April 30, 2023 A new Siena College/Mississippi Today poll, conducted April 16-20, illustrates the complexity and internal conflict of the state’s electorate. Take, for instance, one of the biggest issues of the 2023...
By Mika Hartman “Our children are worthy of EQUITABLE SPACE in this world. This is non-negotiable.” -Heather Avis of The Lucky Few Podcast This week my family had the honor of using our voices for needed change. We traveled to Washington D.C.; alongside National Down...
National Foster Care Month is an initiative of the Children’s Bureau that seeks to increase national awareness of foster care issues. Southern Christian Services is joining in the effort to raise awareness for this year’s theme: “Strengthening Minds. Uplifting...
IT’S ALL ABOUT ELVIS! Mark your calendar. The Tupelo Elvis Festival is around the corner and you’re invited to join us for all the hip-shaking good times. The festival happens June 7-11, 2023 in Downtown Tupelo, MS. All festival events are held at the...
Retired Hinds Community College baseball coach George McQuitter of Jackson was inducted into the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges Sports Hall of Fame on April 25. McQuitter coached baseball with much success as head coach at what is now the...
Governor Reeves declared April 30 – May 6, 2023, Hurricane Preparedness Week for the State of Mississippi. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency urges citizens to prepare for the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Last year, there were 14 named storms, eight of...
Mississippi Boychoir will hold its 28th annual spring concert at St. Philip’s Episcopal church on May 12, 2023 at 6:00 pm. The audience will be entertained with music from several genres including popular songs, sacred music, spirituals, and more! Admission is free,...
Show off your skills at the Mississippi Children’s Museum’s (MCM) second annual SUPER-lympics on Saturday, May 6. Step inside MCM’s SUPER-lympic Village for a competition consisting of hands-on, educational games promoting both physical and mental...
by Ben Williams and Linsey Ewing Once every ten years or so since the early 1980s, Opera Mississippi has returned to Johann Strauss II’s popular and hilarious operetta Die Fledermaus! (or…The Bat Gets Even!). This decade’s entry, on Saturday, April 22,...
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today that six Mississippi students have been named 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholars semifinalists. The program honors the nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. The semifinalists are: Madison...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today April 27, 2023 Hinds County sheriff candidate Marshand Crisler has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly soliciting bribes and giving ammunition to a convicted felon, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. The...
The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Gulf Park Campus is about to get an upgrade, precisely a $2.5 million upgrade, thanks to Mississippi lawmakers. The grant comes from a bill that will award $50 million in BP settlement funds to various Mississippi Gulf...
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today April 27, 2023 The white woman at the center of the Emmett Till saga, Carolyn Bryant Donham, has died. Megan LeBoeuf, chief investigator for the Calcasieu Parish coroner’s office, confirmed Donham’s death. The 88-year-old was...
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) will begin accepting a new round of applications for its Wild Hog Control Program (WHCP) on Monday, May 1. The application period will...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today April 26, 2023 The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s TEAM Clinic has long been one of the few medical spaces in Mississippi that aims to serve the LGBTQ community. Its co-founder, Dr. Scott Rodgers, has described the...
ERDCWERX, in partnership with Jackson State University (JSU), has kicked off its Technology Commercialization Fellowship Program, a pilot initiative designed for recent college and university graduates to gain experience in patent licensing and technology transfer....
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today April 24, 2023 Within the past several weeks, at least four people have been detained after routine check-in appointments at the Pearl U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office, local advocates say. The most recent was Carthage...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today April 25, 2023 Gov. Tate Reeves’ partial veto of five projects totaling $3.9 million in a larger bill containing hundreds of projects costing about $372 million appears to have come with a warning. The warning is that any legal...
By Shad White Recently, my office instructed Mississippi universities to report how much they are spending on so-called “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI) programs. That was enough to send liberal columnist Bill Crawford into a tailspin. Crawford claims I’m on a...
From honing athletic skills and discovering academic interests to diving into the pool and launching a new business, summer camps at Mississippi State meet a wide variety of interests. The university’s newest catalog of 2023 camps may be viewed online...
