By Bob Garver I’ve been referring to this movie as “Hunger Game of Thrones.” It’s a prequel to “The Hunger Games,” but the influence of a certain HBO fantasy series is pretty apparent with the casting of Peter Dinklage and the “Song of Ice and Fire”-like subheading....
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today November 22, 2023 A private, for-profit Texas-based organization is seeking to reopen St. Dominic Memorial Hospital’s behavioral health beds in Jackson, according to state Health Department records. Oceans Healthcare has applied to...
Seems like I am noticing a trend – and not a healthy one. As a whole, our nation is losing the ability to pronounce some words. In fact, people seem to have forgotten some words exist in the English language. Phrases like, “Thank you,” “Thanks so much,” “I...
By: Gabriela Shinskie The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) has named Dr. Reginald Blaylock the new Director of the Thad Cochran Marine Aquaculture Center (TCMAC) located at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL) Cedar Point site in Ocean Springs, Miss....
William Carey University mourns the passing of President Emeritus Dr. Tommy King, whose wisdom guided the university for more than 15 years – overseeing explosive growth in student enrollment and visionary expansions in programming and infrastructure. “Dr....
The season of giving took an unexpected turn for The Salvation Army last night when our facilities fell victim to a heartless break-in reminiscent of a classic Dr. Seuss tale. The Grinch, it seems, chose the day before Thanksgiving to unleash his mischief on our...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today November 21, 2023 The Delta State University faculty senate called on the dean of the liberal arts college to immediately resign last week in a no-confidence vote, citing a failure to advocate for faculty and an ineffectiveness in...
By Kara Kimbrough For the first time in six months, give or take a few pleasant days, it’s finally cool enough to venture outdoors and enjoy the best of Mississippi’s wide open spaces, natural beauty and colorful fall foliage. There’s no way I can narrow down each and...
MGCCC’s team of NASA NCAS scholars have successfully completed both Mission One and Mission Two and are awaiting notification of whether they have been accepted into Mission Three. If chosen, the six students from all three of MGCCC’s campuses will have the...
50 million Americans will take to the roads for the long Thanksgiving weekend this year, says the American Automobile Association (AAA). AMR, Mississippi’s busiest ambulance service, urges drivers to put safety first in their holiday driving. Ryan Wilson, operations...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today November 17, 2023 The same day the governing board of Mississippi’s public universities appointed one of its own to lead Jackson State University, a lawsuit filed in federal court by a former female vice president alleges she was...
WHAT: Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce will host its 2023 Pre-Legislative Briefing WHEN: Wednesday, November 29, 2023. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast and networking, with the program beginning at 8:00 a.m. WHERE: Golden Nugget Biloxi – Grand Ballroom....
As wildlife researchers continue studying the spread of chronic wasting disease, a fatal infectious disease threatening North America’s deer populations, scientists in Mississippi State University’s Deer Lab are sharing how certain management practices,...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today November 20, 2023 Ole Miss and Mississippi State will play football for the 118th time Thursday in Starkville. The weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, a slight chance of rain and a football-friendly 50 degrees at...
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today November 20, 2023 On Monday, the mother of Dexter Wade finally got to tell her son goodbye. The 37-year-old man, who had been battling mental illness, wandered across I-55 on March 5 when an off-duty officer driving a Jackson...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today November 17, 2023 The third-party manager of Jackson’s water system introduced a proposed new tiered billing system on Friday that would raise rates for most in the city and reduce bills for low-income residents. The change...
By: Rachel Vanderford The University of Mississippi Medical Center is the first institution in the state to offer patients operations assisted by the new Da Vinci SP surgical system. The addition of this state-of-the-art technology will provide patients with improved...
Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission staff, local officials, and industry representatives gathered for the groundbreaking of the new Port Bienville Railroad Storage Yard on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at the McDonald Business Center in Bay Saint Louis. The...
by Erin Jordan, The Gazette, Madeline Heim; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest, Mississippi Today November 20, 2023 When the U.S. Department of Agriculture denied Albert Johnson Sr.’s application for a farm loan in the mid-1980s,...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today November 19, 2023 With Mississippi’s general election in the rearview mirror, some conservative groups and politicians are calling for legislation in the upcoming 2024 session to send public money to private schools. The...
