The Mississippi Children’s Museum (MCM) Partners to host holiday family fundraising event, A Very Merry Night, on Saturday, Nov. 18 from 6- 8:30 p.m. A Very Merry Night is the premiere holiday event, which will take place on the opening night of MCM’s...
MSPHI received $956,312 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the first year in the five-year Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. The REACH funding will help MSPHI work with communities to improve health, prevent...
by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today November 9, 2023 Two days after Mississippi Today reported an inmate’s claim he was not receiving proper medical care at South Mississippi Correctional Institute, the prison transported him to an appointment with a specialist, the...
The Teachers College at Western Governors University (WGU)’s School of Education will mark American Education Week (Nov. 13-19, 2023) by announcing its WGU Loves Teachers and Become a Teacher scholarship programs for current and future education professionals who wish...
Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03), joined by Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to honor the service and sacrifice of America’s veterans on Veterans Day, 2023. Veterans Day was originally called Armistice...
WHEN: Thursday, November 16 at 1:30 pm WHERE: Mississippi Children’s Museum – 2145 Museum Blvd, Jackson, MS WHAT: A celebration of 100 Magnolias planted at the LeFleur’s Bluff Education and Tourism Complex (LBC). The LeFleur’s Bluff...
Reedy Press is pleased to announce the release of our newest guidebook, 100 Things to Do in Mississippi Before You Die, by Dori Lowe and Brandi Perry. Mississippi may be the best kept secret around. From spellbinding architecture to some of the best culinary...
By Bob Garver Last month, I wrote about “The Exorcist: Believer” actually working pretty well as a taut kidnapping thriller until the requisite demon possession stuff kicked in. Now comes “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” which has the opposite problem: the...
Mississippi State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is celebrating 120 years of teaching, research and service with events for alumni, faculty, students and staff. CALS kicked off its anniversary celebration with a recent homecoming reception for alumni...
The young lady had gigantic dreams. Visions of becoming a movie star filled her daydreams constantly. From the very first movie she saw as a child, and was entranced as the female lead lit up the big screen. She wanted to be her. Family ties, college degrees, being...
That special time of the year when children and youth are wide-eyed awaiting their gifts from families — and Santa — is nearing. However, some children and youth across Mississippi are possibly looking at a holiday season without gifts. That’s where, for more...
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today November 8, 2023 The Justice Department is now investigating the city of Lexington and the Lexington Police Department. “No city, no town and no law enforcement agency is too large or too small to evade our enforcement of the...
A new Cadillac is prowling the streets of Mississippi State University, but it is providing more than just a cool ride to a team of MSU students. MSU’s EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge team officially unveiled its new Cadillac LYRIQ on Tuesday [Nov. 7] at the...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today November 7, 2023 Concerns about poor recordkeeping, inadequate accountability and the possible “unintended” use of restricted dollars led a member of the Jackson State University Development Foundation board to quietly resign earlier...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today November 7, 2023 Chancery Judge Dewayne Thomas on Tuesday night extended voting in all Hinds County polling precincts until 8 p.m., giving voters in the state’s most populous county an additional hour to cast ballots in a crowded...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today November 7, 2023 Mississippi’s seven statewide offices down-ticket from governor were contested Tuesday night, but all seven incumbent Republicans easily won reelection. Republicans also easily held legislative supermajorities...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today November 7, 2023 Hinds County problems in Mississippi’s statewide general election on Tuesday caused what, in technical legal terms, is known as a mess. Numerous precincts in Hinds County reportedly ran out of ballots, or of...
by Taylor Vance and Julia James, Mississippi Today November 7, 2023 Republican Gov. Tate Reeves was reelected Tuesday, defeating Democratic challenger Brandon Presley in a tight race that political experts around the country had closely eyed for weeks as a potential...
HD Hyundai Construction Equipment North America today announced expansions in Mississippi and Kentucky to the dealership territory of Taylor Construction Equipment. Taylor Construction Equipment, a Division of the Taylor Group of Companies, Louisville, Miss., joined...
By Kara Kimbrough Thanksgiving is a couple of weeks away, but believe me when I say, you need to claim dibs on the turkey BEFORE the day arrives and here’s why. The game is not over when the turkey has been whittled down to a toothpick-like state. There are several...
