Zacchaeus’ Tree Adoption Ministry will host their next adoption and foster care class on Wednesday, September 6th from 6:00p-7:00p in room 207 at Crossgates Baptist Church located at 8 Crosswoods Rd, Brandon, MS 39042. The class is free to attend and Crossgates...
The Mississippi State University community continues to mourn the death of a sophomore student from Madison who died on campus over the weekend. MSU officials and law enforcement agencies, including Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt, are investigating the death of...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today August 27, 2023 Based on Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’ campaign rhetoric and how he spends his campaign funds, it is reasonable to think he believes transgender issues are the state’s No. 1 problem. A Reeves campaign commercial is...
“The Gift of Life,” a collection of paintings by 94-year-old Virginia Jackson of Verona, is currently on display in the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center Gallery at the Itawamba Community College Fulton Campus. The show includes Jackson’s acrylic paintings of landscapes...
Mississippi State University is investigating an anonymous suspicious device threat Friday night [Aug. 25]. There were no injuries reported. Out of an abundance of caution, MSU swept impacted areas, observed all safety precautions, and updated students. The threat was...
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today August 28, 2023 Award-winning historian Tim Tyson swears he heard admissions regarding Emmett Till’s lynching and another racial murder. Admissions that weren’t recorded. Admissions that no one else heard. Admissions that he began...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today August 27, 2023 Shuwaski Young, the Democratic nominee for secretary of state, announced on Sunday that he intends to withdraw his candidacy from the general election. Young said he recently suffered a “hypertensive crisis,” which...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today August 27, 2023 Republican Rep. Mac Huddleston, a veteran lawmaker who represented Pontotoc County in the state House, died on Sunday, according to several state lawmakers and an obituary posted online. He was 79. Huddleston died...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today August 27, 2023 There was every reason to believe Jackson State football would regress badly after Deion Sanders took his glitzy show — and many of the Tigers’ best players — off to perform in the Rocky Mountains at Colorado. Not...
Dr. Steven Reed of Southern Eye Care of Clinton recently became the first Mississippian to be elected President-Elect of the American Optometric Association (AOA). Reed has served on the AOA Board of Trustees since 2016 and previously served as the president of the...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today August 25, 2023 The office of Attorney General Lynn Fitch is asking the full U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn an earlier decision that Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of felonies is...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today August 24, 2023 A program aimed at increasing doctors in rural Mississippi communities isn’t effective enough, a new report from the state auditor’s office says. As health care worker shortages continue, the program’s success could be...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today August 25, 2023 Coronavirus cases appear to be rising in Mississippi again. There were 121 hospital admissions for COVID-19 in the state during the week ending on Aug. 12, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and...
Mississippi State researchers are using a $1.6 million National Science Foundation grant to study nitrogen conversions in nature and how agriculture can continue to access the important element in the face of increasing environmental stressors and upheaval. The...
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid has named Dr. Laurence Dennis, an internal medicine physician from Booneville, to serve as the agency’s Chief Medical Officer. In his new role, Dr. Dennis will be responsible for medical policy and the clinical strategy for...
The Study Committee on Foreign Purchase of Farmland in Mississippi held its first meeting at the State Capitol. The Mississippi Legislature created this Study Committee through House Bill 280, 2023 Legislative Session, for the purpose of studying the purchasing,...
The Mississippi Department of Education will host 10 regional literacy meetings beginning Sept. 12, for families of students in kindergarten through third grade. All meetings are from 6 – 7 p.m. and no registration is required. Locations include Cleveland, Columbus,...
Itawamba Community College is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a special event planned for Oct. 14, beginning at 6 p.m. at the West Hall of the Cadence Bank Conference Center in Tupelo. “Throughout the past 75 years, our college has grown into a thriving hub of...
The Mississippi Lottery is turning up the heat in the final drawing of the Summer of Fun promotion, with one lucky entrant in the Monday, Aug. 28, drawing driving away with $10,000 and a very cool 2023 Nissan Titan Pro-4x truck from Gulfport Nissan. Second prize is...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today August 24, 2023 Parents requested nearly 680 religious vaccine exemptions in the first weeks they were available in Mississippi, something health department officials said has slowed in recent weeks. In April, a federal judge ruled...
