Marty Cooper played point guard on a very successful high school basketball team in Ohio. Although he wouldn’t get an opportunity to play college ball, his work ethic and passion for the game would lead him to become one of the most successful coaches in the...
by Pam Dankins, Mississippi Today September 27, 2023 Mississippi’s suicide rate in 2021 reached its highest level in 20 years, based on the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System....
Mississippi State’s commitment to providing quality educational opportunities to all learners, no matter which season of life they are in, has earned the university membership in the Age-Friendly University Global Network through 2028. AFUGN member institutions...
Mississippi State scientists are reaching for the stars to successfully maintain healthy soils on earth, developing a high-tech tool with potential to aid farmers around the world. Along with 11 other academic institutions, Mississippi State is receiving $300,000 from...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today September 26, 2023 Most school districts only used the state’s new telehealth program a few times in the 2022-23 school year, but program administrators say they are working to increase participation and have already seen positive...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today September 28, 2023 Only 8% of Mississippi school districts got a D or F on this year’s accountability grades, an even smaller percentage than last year. The grades, released Thursday by the Mississippi Department of Education, are the...
In recognition of her outstanding contribution to the field of educational public relations and her continued dedication to East Central Community College, Harriet Vickers Laird of Starkville has been selected the college’s 2023 Alumna of the Year and will be...
The day begins with a lunch/reunion for members of the Golden Anniversary Class of 1973 at 11 a.m. in Mabry Memorial Cafeteria. To reserve a lunch ticket, class members should contact the Alumni Relations office at mmcleod@eccc.edu or call 601-635-6303. A campus-wide...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today September 26, 2023 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brandon Presley called for fully funding public schools and increasing teacher pay as he laid out his education policy priorities in a Monday town hall. Presley, who is challenging...
The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) 2023 State Arts Conference, Presented by The Westin Jackson, will take place on October 11 and 12 at the Westin in Jackson, Mississippi. “We have a full schedule of rich must-see content paired with carefully curated...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today September 28, 2023 In another attempt to insert local voices into the fixing of Jackson’s water system, city advocate groups filed a motion this week to intervene in the federal environmental lawsuit. Two local groups – The People’s...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today September 28, 2023 Incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said last week he is eager to have debates with his Democratic challenger Brandon Presley and that his campaign was working with Presley’s to make them happen. But a...
The landscape in Washington, D.C., is a stark contrast to Will Gilmer’s everyday view. His 600-acre farm in Sulligent, Alabama, with 400 cattle and row crops grown to feed them is the reason he traveled to the nation’s capital. Gilmer has been vocal about...
East Central Community College has announced members of the 2023 Homecoming Court who were selected during elections held recently on the Decatur campus. Court members include (from left) freshman maids Madelynn Cook of Little Rock and Union High School, Miriam Prince...
Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson appointed Hayes Patrick as deputy commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) on September 1. Patrick served as executive director of the Mississippi Agriculture and...
By Bob Garver Outside of what you see on the posters, the “Expendables” movies have never been particularly ambitious. Sure, it was great that the action stars of previous decades like Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jet Li, Bruce Willis,...
by Taylor Vance September 27, 2023 For the first time in Mississippi’s history, a runoff election could determine the outcome of the governor’s race. For more than a century, the state’s 1890 constitution required candidates for statewide office to accomplish...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today September 25, 2023 The U.S. Department of Education has placed Mississippi’s public university system under a form of oversight that restricts the flow of federal financial aid dollars and hinders the creation of new academic...
District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that Ne’Tron Lambert, 25, of New Iberia, Louisiana pled guilty to two counts of Aggravated Driving Under the Influence Causing Injuries and was sentenced to serve fifteen years in the Mississippi Department of...
The Study Committee on Foreign Purchase of Farmland in Mississippi held its second meeting at the State Capitol on September 27. The Mississippi Legislature created this Study Committee through House Bill 280, 2023 Legislative Session, for the purpose of studying the...
