Raytheon, an RTX business, broke ground today on a 17,000-square-foot expansion of its Consolidated Manufacturing Center in Forest. The project is a $50 million corporate investment and will create 100 high-skill jobs over the next five years. Raytheon will construct...
Commercial and industrial building modernization service provider OSB Services LLC is moving its headquarters from Memphis to Olive Branch. The project is a $9.2 million corporate investment and will create 116 jobs. OSB Services provides commercial and industrial...
Mississippi University for Women is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to the Great Colleges to Work For® program. The university has been recognized for 11 consecutive years and placed on Honor Roll eight times. “This recognition is a...
A signature event of Mississippi Public Broadcasting and MPB Foundation – Mississippi Antique Showcase – will be held Oct. 13-14, at the Gulf Coast Community College Hospitality Resort Management Center in Biloxi. This is an opportunity for people to visit the Gulf...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today September 14, 2023 More than 16,000 Mississippians were dropped from Medicaid in August during the latest round of the agency’s disenrollments. The pandemic-era federal regulations that prevented state Medicaid agencies from...
Whatcha say? Jason Derulo arrives in Starkville on October 20 to fill the downtown streets with the sound of his biggest hits for Mississippi State’s Bulldog Bash. The Haitian-American singer-songwriter and dancer has delivered an ongoing series of smash singles...
by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today September 13, 2023 Mississippi’s infant mortality rate reached a five-year high in 2021, according to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The death rate of babies under one year of age rose...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today September 13, 2023 As early as this week, four temporary judges could be appointed to the Hinds County Circuit under House Bill 1020. U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate read an abbreviated opinion from the bench Wednesday finally...
District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced today that three Canton men have been convicted for their part in a murder for hire plot that ended in a shootout on Highland Colony Parkway at the Renaissance roundabout. Dondre Blackmon and Corrie Ollie were both convicted...
By Bob Garver “The Nun II” is the ninth film in the “Conjuring Universe,” a franchise tied to the adventures of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, but it is the third in the series chronologically. Demon-in-a-nun’s-habit Valak (Bonnie Aarons) has made...
Presented in partnership with Islamic Relief, Day of Dignity is a national event dedicated to making a profound impact on the lives of individuals experiencing homelessness or residing in low-income households. Join us for this noble cause as we provide essential...
After starting the season with two wins at home, Mississippi State fans are primed for the SEC opener as football hosts the No. 14 LSU Tigers at Davis Wade Stadium on Saturday [Sept. 16], while also welcoming “SEC Nation.” With an 11 a.m. kickoff for the...
by Arthur Allen, KFF Health News, Mississippi Today September 14, 2023 Everyone over the age of 6 months should get the latest COVID-19 booster, a federal expert panel recommended Tuesday after hearing an estimate that universal vaccination could prevent 100,000 more...
by Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today September 12, 2023 Gov. Tate Reeves, running for a second term this year, is traveling the state vowing he’ll continue to block Medicaid expansion, a policy that would provide health coverage to at least 200,000 working...
The longest-running, live, in-woods equipment demonstration in the South—the Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show—will be held Sept. 22 and 23 at Mississippi State’s John W. Starr Memorial Forest. The event is hosted by Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show, Inc., and...
Ever sit around and wonder ‘Just what is the difference between fear, dismay or panic?’ Well, now that you have brought up the subject, let me give you my illustration of the differences. Fear – when you have a tiny baby in your care. You are totally responsible for...
Jackson State University alum, entrepreneur, contractor and philanthropist Richard Bradley will serve as Grand Marshal of JSU’s homecoming Parade on Saturday, Oct. 14, in downtown Jackson, kicking off at 8 a.m. This year’s homecoming theme is “Thee Legacy Continues.”...
By: Annie Oeth The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is on the rise in Mississippi and nationwide, prompting infectious disease experts from the University of Mississippi Medical Center to encourage taking precautions to limit the spread of the virus as well as...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today September 12, 2023 Nearly every game we watch leaves us with some sort of lasting impression. So here’s what I will remember most about Ole Miss’s 37-20 victory over Tulane, other than the fact that the final score was absolutely...
By Douglas Carswell Last week I was in Little Rock, Arkansas to learn about something called the LEARNS Act. The brainchild of Arkansas 47th governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, this bold new approach to education across the river is drawing a lot of national attention....
