By: Jeremy Pittari Mississippi continues to make historic strides in its K-12 education system. This week, the Mississippi Department of Education announced that the dropout rate fell to 8.5 percent during the previous school year while the high school graduation rate...
by Vickie King A hint of fall touched the leaves in trees surrounding the swampy area traversed by Beaver Creek Road on Choctaw land in Neshoba County. Mitzi Reed cruised along in her Jeep, keeping an eye out for invasive plants and wildlife. Reed is also on the...
By Phil Hardwick An economic developer would probably tell you that the ideal business is one that is headquartered in the local community, sells a high-value product or service worldwide and then deposits receipts in a locally-owned bank. A community developer might...
If you’ve already deviated from your health resolutions for 2024, the Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health invites you to attend their FREE Health and Wellness Fair. The event will be held at Word and Worship Church from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday,...
By Frank Corder James “Jimmy” Herzog has been appointed as the Lieutenant Colonel and Director of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI), per Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell. Herzog has three decades of experience in law enforcement. Since...
Dawn Barham, a National Board-Certified music educator serving in the state’s public school system for 35 years, has been appointed to the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television Board of Directors. Gov. Tate Reeves appointed Barham to serve as a secondary...
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Gulf Park Ambassador Series opens the spring semester series with an on-campus solo piano recital performed by Dr. Ellen Elder, Associate Professor of Piano at USM. Dr. Elder will present solo piano works spanning three...
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today the 2022-23 school year graduation and dropout rates, showing an all-time high 89.4% graduation rate and a decreased 8.5% dropout rate. Rates are based on students who entered ninth grade for the first time...
The Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) recovered stolen property, with an estimated value of $66,400, in Sharkey County last week. On December 16, 2023, The Sunflower County Sherriff’s Office took an initial report of two farm trucks...
By: Frank Corder Frank Neville has been announced as the new President at Millsaps College. The Millsaps College Board of Trustees made the announcement on Wednesday, unanimously naming Neville as its 12th president following an extensive national search. The Board...
Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission (HCPHC) is excited to announce the newest member of the HCPHC team Amber Hinton, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Amber will be responsible for the management and supervision of all financial administration, including...
The Choppin It Up Barbershop Series: A Black Men’s Health Awareness Event is scheduled for Sunday, January 28, 2024, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Barbers, Inc., Barbershop, located at 5344 North State Street, Jackson, MS. The Choppin It Up Barbershop Series is dedicated to...
Meridian Public School District is excited to announce Shelton Gandy as the new head football coach of the Meridian High School Wildcats. Gandy’s hiring was approved by the MPSD Board of Trustees during their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, Jan. 18. “We are...
by Molly Minta Due to icy roads and freezing temperatures, Mississippi universities across the state are moving classes online, with one school asking students to delay moving onto campus until the weather improves next week. As of Thursday, the state’s only...
By Bob Garver Of all the pop culture institutions to be cancelled, ended, or otherwise shut down by the pandemic in 2020, the permanent closure of the “Mean Girls” Broadway musical was perhaps the one that disappointed me the most. I’m not sure why it...
Christy Colburn Griffith of Amory, recipient of Itawamba Community College’s Mississippi Humanities Teacher Award for 2024, will present “Music: A Uniquely Human Experience,” Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. in the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium at the Fulton Campus....
Brickell Williamson had an adventurous spirit that carried her all over the world during her years as a flight attendant – but family and friends already knew that, and they loved her for it. What they found after her death in November at age 66 was a mindful spirit...
Most Valuable Player. Depends upon the perspective and opinion of the person watching the game. Does he believe that it should be the player who scored the most points? Or is he of the opinion that the MVP can be a player who kept successfully setting up the offense...
Surrounded by family and friends, Maj. Gen. Thomas L. James of Petal, Mississippi, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, at the Mississippi National Guard armory in Hattiesburg. It was at this same armory that James took his initial...
The winter storm impacting travel in north Mississippi has forced the Natchez Trace Council of the Boy Scouts of America to reschedule the Jan. 16 Distinguished Citizen Dinner honoring University of Mississippi Head Baseball Coach Mike Bianco and Mississippi State...
