The Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) has requested equipment and personnel from other states to combat wildfires due to the extended drought. The MFC has exceeded its current workforce capacity under lengthy drought conditions and has assembled wildfire response...
More than 50 years after he set foot on the Hattiesburg campus as a University of Southern Mississippi (USM) student, Dr. Joseph S. Paul’s special kinship with his alma mater will come full circle when he is inaugurated as the University’s 11th president...
Who: Andy Gipson, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce What: Second Meeting of Study Committee on Foreign Purchase of Farmland in Mississippi When: Wednesday, September 27, 2023; 10:00 a.m. Where: Room 113,...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today September 25, 2023 Gov. Tate Reeves, after months of inaction, has unveiled a plan he says will turn Mississippi’s health care crisis around. However, even some health care experts were stumped by how the Governor’s proposed reforms...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today September 25, 2023 Students applauded, cried and jumped with excitement at the news that Mississippi’s first charter high school was approved Monday afternoon. The school, Clarksdale Collegiate Prep, has been approved to open in the...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today September 25, 2023 Mississippi State and Southern Miss men’s basketball teams will play an exhibition game this fall, and tornado victims in the Mississippi Delta will benefit. The game will be played at USM’s Reed Green Coliseum...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today September 24, 2023 In 2002, during the 83-day special session, the longest in state history, members of the Mississippi Medical Association were out in full force in favor of legislation to provide health care providers more...
On October 5, Mississippi State’s South Mississippi Branch Experiment Station in Poplarville will reach a historical milestone of showcasing the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station’s research and outreach in ornamental horticulture....
The Mississippi Farmers Market will host the Great Mississippi Peanut Boil 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 30. The Market will feature complimentary quart-sized bags of boiled peanuts from Rogers Farms in Collins and roasted peanuts provided by the...
by Pam Dankins, Mississippi Today September 25, 2023 Almost half of Mississippi pharmacists are not readily storing and selling naloxone, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Mississippi. More than 40% of Mississippi pharmacies do not...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today September 22, 2023 As Gov. Tate Reeves announced his plan to save Mississippi’s rural hospitals, the state hospital association’s longtime leader prepared for his last day at the organization. Tim Moore, who’s led the Mississippi...
Itawamba Community College ranks first in the state in full-time enrollment increase and in the top three in overall enrollment increase, according to figures recently released by the Mississippi Community College Board. With fall enrollment at 5,034 at the end of the...
by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today September 21, 2023 A dozen years after the Department of Justice first sent Mississippi a letter detailing shortcomings in its mental health system, the state may have finally beaten the federal agency. A federal appeals court ruled...
by Pam Dankins, Mississippi Today September 20, 2023 Mississippi ambulance providers fear a collapse of emergency medical services is on the horizon, partly as a result of hospitals discontinuing services and, in some cases, closing. The crisis has caused a decline in...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today September 21, 2023 After being criticized for months by his Democratic opponent for not having a plan to address Mississippi’s health care crisis, Gov. Tate Reeves on Thursday unveiled what he called “sweeping Medicaid...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today September 21, 2023 The creation of a separate court system in Jackson is valid, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled Thursday, but appointing judges who would work alongside elected judges in the Hinds County Circuit Court is...
The University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing is expanding its Oxford offerings to include a traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at the University of Mississippi next year. The UMMC School of Nursing has been awarded a $750,000 grant...
by Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today September 20, 2023 After two terms as lieutenant governor and nearly one as governor, Tate Reeves on Thursday is expected to make his first major proposal to address Mississippi’s health care crisis. Reeves is...
District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Samuel Lamar Taylor, 52, was convicted by a Rankin County jury on September 20, 2023, of one count of sexual battery and one count of gratification of lust. Taylor served as a music teacher for over 25 years at...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today September 21, 2023 Tyree Irving sued the Mississippi Democratic Party this week, claiming he was improperly ousted in July after 46 members of the party’s 80-member executive committee voted to remove him from his post. The...
