by Sophia Paffenroth, Mississippi Today August 21, 2023 The vaccine with the poorest track record in the U.S. has its worst uptake in Mississippi. Nearly 20 years after the first FDA-approved HPV vaccine was introduced to the public, Mississippi has one of the highest...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today August 21, 2023 Dr. LouAnn Woodward will continue to lead the University of Mississippi Medical Center, one of the state’s largest employers and its only academic health science center, for another four years. Trustees on the...
Mississippi Public Broadcasting and the University of Mississippi’s Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction will host an in-person event to launch an exciting new video series for families with young children: “Mind in the Making.” The event will take place Aug....
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today August 20, 2023 The issue of abortion is in a kind of limbo in Mississippi despite the state being viewed as perhaps the most staunchly anti-abortion state in the nation. Many state politicians like to make that claim. Because of...
The sound of helmets and pads after school in a sweltering stew of August heat can only mean one thing – it’s high school football time in central Mississippi. It’s also preseason for the rapid-response team of orthopaedic surgeons and other health care specialists at...
Final attendance for the 2023 Mississippi Book Festival will top 6,700 as thousands of book lovers heard from more than hundreds of authors in panel discussions and conversations at the State Capitol and Galloway Methodist Church. Over a three-day period, the...
A longtime university educator is the new head of Mississippi State’s Department of Building Construction Science. Syed M. Ahmed comes to MSU from South Dakota State University, where he served as head of the Department of Construction and Operations Management...
Atmos Energy was proud to join Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley and local leaders this morning in Pontotoc to celebrate the final phase of an expansion project for natural gas service in Northeast Mississippi. This project, which began in...
In consultation with the Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), Governor Tate Reeves today signed a proclamation initiating a partial statewide burn ban, effective immediately. The following 40 counties will be under...
By Douglas Carswell “Woke” radicals love to undermine America at every opportunity. They try to rewrite history in order to demoralize and disorientate the United States. Cultural Marxism is able to thrive in that vacuum where there was once good civics education....
William Harreld’s care began with intrauterine surgery in Texas to mend an open neural tube, but after birth, he receives treatment from doctors a short drive away at Children’s of Mississippi. The spina bifida clinic inside the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower offers...
Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership invites you to join us on Wednesday, August 30, at 8:30 a.m. for a discussion on safety in the city of Jackson. GJCP is focused on promoting interests beneficial to businesses and the entire metro area region. With nearly half of...
In recognition of September as Attendance Awareness Month, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is sharing information to promote school attendance and reduce absenteeism. MDE’s Every School Day Counts – Attend to Achieve campaign highlights the...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today August 17, 2023 The Mississippi Division of Medicaid removed another 22,000 Mississippians from its rolls in July in the second wave of disenrollments after the end of pandemic-era protections. That brings the agency up to 51,967...
After a two-year hiatus, East Mississippi Community College is reinstating FlexFactor, a learning program that encourages students to pursue science, technology, engineering and manufacturing, or STEM, fields. The FlexFactor program requires students to work in small...
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Symphony Orchestra announces its 104th season, opening October 3, 2023 and offering a concert a month throughout the academic year. Season tickets are now on sale at usm.edu/symphony. Individual tickets begin sales Sept. 5....
Mississippi State University now offers students new ways to combine multiple interests with two additional College of Arts and Sciences degrees. Begun this semester, a new concentration in entertainment technology has been added as a Bachelor of Science in...
The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce is now seeking nominations for their annual Aline Doherty Citizen of the Year award. This award is presented to a resident or business owner of Long Beach, who through the commitment to the community and through the spirit of...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today August 15, 2023 Over 20 new sheriffs and three new district attorneys are expected to take office next year following last week’s primary elections, and that number could grow after runoff elections later this month and the November...
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today the results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP), which show student achievement reaching an all-time high in mathematics, English Language Arts (ELA), science and U.S. History....
