by Kate Royals, Debbie Skipper and Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today March 25, 2023 Tornadoes ripping through Mississippi Friday night left at least 25 dead, dozens injured and a trail of destruction throughout the Delta and into the state’s northern region. Four...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today March 26, 2023 Legislative leaders, negotiating a state budget during the final days of the 2023 session, said they intend to provide funds to help with recovery efforts from Friday’s tornadoes that tore a path of death and...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today March 24, 2023 The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees is moving ahead with the search for the next president of Jackson State University without first accounting for what went wrong with Thomas Hudson’s presidency....
Anna Coker Smyly, a Mississippi State University doctoral candidate specializing in plant and soil science, won first place for her presentation at the 2023 Rice Technical Working Group (RTWG) Conference hosted in Hot Springs, Ark. The RTWG is a multistate research ...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today March 23, 2023 A group of Jackson community leaders on Wednesday panned the federally appointed manager of the city’s water system over a number of issues, including a lack of collaboration and transparency, the firing of an...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today March 24, 2023 Some school districts in Mississippi are worried about the financial and legal ramifications of a bill which would allow them to arm employees as a school safety measure. Senate Bill 2079 would create a “School Safety...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today March 23, 2023 The Senate on Thursday let a measure that would restore voters’ right to sidestep the Legislature and put measures on a statewide ballot die without taking a vote. “After yesterday, I spoke to my colleagues...
The drive to save live oak trees situated on the corner of 4th Street and Jeff Davis Avenue continues. On Saturday, March 4, those in favor of saving two aged oak trees perched at the site of a proposed boutique hotel development at the corner of 4th Street and Jeff...
Alicia King Thornton of Tupelo, Surgical Technology program director at Itawamba Community College, has been selected as a member of the board of directors for the Mississippi Association of Surgical Technology for a two-year term. A native of Verona, Thornton is a...
An ongoing investigation led by agents with the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) resulted in the arrests of Gary “Bubba” Louis Mills, Jr., Melville Dewitt Curtis III and Kyle Joseph Siebenmorgen. Mills is charged with receiving stolen...
Trustee Tom Duff, President of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, appointed Trustee Steven Cunningham to serve as chair of the Board Search Committee for the search for the 13th President of Jackson State University. Committee members will...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today March 23, 2023 Superintendents from across the state are visiting the Legislature this week with a message: Please support fully funding our schools. Senate leaders introduced a plan earlier this month to give an additional $181...
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has named 61 schools the state’s first Military Star Schools. This designation recognizes schools that have made a significant commitment to supporting military families and children of service members. Gov. Tate...
The Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health has been selected as a statewide finalist for Sales and Marketing Professionals’ Mississippi Pinnacle Awards. Dr. Sandra Melvin will be honored at an awards gala at Lake Terrace Convention Center Tuesday, April 11...
Long Beach School District is proud to have all five schools earn the designation of Mississippi Military Star School. The inaugural group of 61 schools from 12 districts in Mississippi is being honored by Governor Tate Reeves and Mississippi’s State Superintendent of...
Itawamba Community College’s Fashion Tribe will present its spring show, “POP!,” Apr. 5 at 7 p.m. in the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium at the Fulton Campus. It will feature 60 models. Those participating in the show are Riley Ray, Reese Cantrell, Kyla...
By Jasalyn K. Lucas Recently, four strong-hearted students strutted their confidence and compassion as they pursued to become one of the highest rankings on campus. CCC Tigers Brittany Stewart, of Greenville, MS, and Vinterrious Hunt, of Kosciusko, MS, entered their...
by Sarah Fowler, The New York Times, Mississippi Today March 23, 2023 On an abandoned golf course, overgrown with shrubs and saw grass, you can hear the rushing water from 100 yards away. Near Hole 4, past the little bridge and crumbling cart paths, what looks to be a...
By James Carskadon Mississippi State University’s Erika Womack has been confirmed as the State Chemist by the Mississippi Senate. With Senate confirmation on March 23rd, Womack will continue to lead the Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory, a state agency housed on...
Mississippi is headed to Hattiesburg to help Sales and Marketing Professionals (SMP) honor the marketing, sales, and public relations efforts of exceptional practitioners. SMP is announcing statewide finalists for the black-tie gala slated for April 11 at The Lake...
