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....
Mississippi State University’s Department of Sustainable Bioproducts will host the Wood Magic Science Fair next Monday [Sept. 18] through Friday [Sept. 22]. Approximately 4,000 third- and fourth-graders from across the state will be on campus for WMSF to learn...
A recent investigation by the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) into stolen property from a farming operation in Coahoma County, Mississippi, led to the recovery of equipment with an approximate value of $4,000 in Shelby County, Tennessee. On...
By Kara Kimbrough Finally…fall is on the horizon! In 10, give or take a few, days, it’ll “officially” be time for hot apple cider, cozy sweaters, soup bubbling on the stove and pumpkin spice lattes. I was going to mention the smell of burning...
Relativity Space, the preeminent 3D printed rocket company, has signed an enhanced use lease agreement (EULA) on the vertical test stand at the A-2 complex within NASA’s historic Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi. The agreement marks the first time a...
The Mississippi Air National Guard’s 172nd Airlift Wing is scheduled to host a base-wide domestic operations exercise September 13th at Allen C. Thompson Field. The exercise will begin at 9 a.m. and is expected to last until the end of the duty day. The exercise will...
Helping K-12 students understand the importance of agriculture and career possibilities is the focus of a $485,000 grant received by Mississippi State from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, or NIFA. The four-year...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today September 11, 2023 A financially struggling Delta hospital received another bit of bad news: its application for a federal designation that would bring in more money has been initially denied. The regional Centers for Medicare and...
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is offering a unique program that provides students a better understanding of the blue economy via the study of uncrewed maritime systems (UMS). The Uncrewed Maritime Systems Tier 1 Certification Program will be held Oct....
Over two-thirds of the state of Mississippi is experiencing drought conditions due to the high temperatures and little to no rainfall. According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, nearly 70 percent of the state is experiencing dry conditions with 36 percent...
Members of the Mississippi State University Weed Science Team garnered first place in the National Weed Science Contest for their precise efforts in Team Sprayer Calibration. Competing against teams from across the United States and Canada, MSU’s team was comprised...
The Itawamba Community College Continuing Education Department has scheduled several sessions for Preparing for the ACT during the 2023 fall semester. All meet on Saturdays from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Math and science sessions include Oct. 21 and Dec. 2. English and reading...
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) will host esteemed Mississippi authors Rick Cleveland and Neil White for special presentations next week on the Hattiesburg and Gulf Park campuses. Cleveland and White will...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today September 8, 2023 An active duty Army staff sergeant is accusing an Indianola police officer already under investigation in a separate case of tasing him, choking him and pointing a gun at him while handcuffed in December 2022,...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today September 10, 2023 The Democratic gubernatorial campaigns of Brandon Presley in 2023 and Jim Hood in 2019 appear to be on the same trajectory. Both campaigns were rocked during the dog days of summer with public polling showing...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today September 6, 2023 The State Board of Election Commissioners voted Wednesday to allow the Mississippi Democratic Party to replace its candidate for secretary of state after its previous nominee, Shuwaski Young, announced he was...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today September 7, 2023 The Mississippi Department of Education has voided some state test results at 12 schools across the state due to concerns that staff helped students cheat on the exams. The Mississippi Academic Assessment Program...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today September 7, 2023 Veteran state Rep. Nick Bain, R-Corinth, admitted defeat late Wednesday in his House District 2 reelection effort, becoming the seventh incumbent legislator to lose thus far in this year’s election cycle. Bain,...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today September 7, 2023 Brandon Presley, the Democratic nominee for governor, on Thursday called on his political rival, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, to remove himself from any major decisions involving his administration’s ongoing effort...
