by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today August 7, 2023 A Jackson-based LGBTQ+ organization is withdrawing its volunteer support from this year’s Mississippi Book Festival due to the addition to a panel of former Vice President Mike Pence, a current Republican presidential...
Point Eight Power announced their newest location to open at Port Bienville Industrial Park in July. To get the new site up and running, Point Eight Power will conduct a second job fair in Picayune to fill new jobs in Hancock County. The job fair will be held on...
by Adria R. Walker, Mississippi Today August 7, 2023 Earlier this year, Amanda Bell and her family planned a visit to Nanih Waiya. Located in southern Winston County between the Crystal Ridge and Bogue Chitto Choctaw communities, the Nanih Waiya mound is “the...
Dr. Tyler Towles has joined Delta Research and Extension Center as an entomologist focusing on bollworm control strategies in Mississippi cotton. “New technologies for bollworm control don’t come to market very often so protecting what we currently have at hand is ...
Methodist Rehabilitation Center in Jackson recently named Rev. Maxine Bolden as its new chaplain. An ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, Rev. Bolden serves as chaplain of Tougaloo College—the first female and only the second alumnus to serve in her alma...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today August 4, 2023 Lexington’s former police chief, the department’s members and the city are facing a second lawsuit, this time for the alleged unlawful arrest and jailing of a Jackson Public Schools officer in 2021. Javarius Russell,...
