TEC, a leading rural broadband provider, has completed construction on the most recent project in Scott County. This undertaking extends Gigabit-speed internet coverage by an estimated 46 miles, providing connectivity to more than 550 customers. TEC was one of the 386...
As we embark on a new school year, WM would like to remind the public that safety is our number one priority year-round, especially at this time of year when children will be at bus stops and on the road heading back to school. There are two vehicles that some...
by Bobby Harrison and Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today August 8, 2023 Republican Gov. Tate Reeves handily defeated two GOP primary challengers Tuesday, officially setting up what is expected to be a bitter and expensive November general election campaign against...
by Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today August 9, 2023 Incumbent Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann defeated state Sen. Chris McDaniel and another Republican challenger in Tuesday’s GOP primary. Now facing only a little-known political newcomer in...
By Kara Kimbrough “Don’t go, summer!” The headline from a food magazine at the checkout line couldn’t have been more direct: Big, bold red letters practically leapt off the page as I unloaded my cart. Despite a silent acknowledgement that the...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today August 7, 2023 A Jackson-based LGBTQ+ organization is withdrawing its volunteer support from this year’s Mississippi Book Festival due to the addition to a panel of former Vice President Mike Pence, a current Republican presidential...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today August 7, 2023 In the year since Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch received exclusive responsibility to prosecute law enforcement-involved shootings, her office has moved forward on only a fraction of the nearly 50 cases. To...
Point Eight Power announced their newest location to open at Port Bienville Industrial Park in July. To get the new site up and running, Point Eight Power will conduct a second job fair in Picayune to fill new jobs in Hancock County. The job fair will be held on...
by Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today August 8, 2023 Voters across Mississippi will flood polling places today to select their favored candidates in numerous statewide and local primary elections. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. When votes tallies are counted...
by Adria R. Walker, Mississippi Today August 7, 2023 Earlier this year, Amanda Bell and her family planned a visit to Nanih Waiya. Located in southern Winston County between the Crystal Ridge and Bogue Chitto Choctaw communities, the Nanih Waiya mound is “the...
By Bob Garver Bad news, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” fans, new installment “Mutant Mayhem” gets the Ninja Turtles all wrong. You know how the characters are usually voiced by adults that make you forget that the characters are even supposed to be teenagers? This...
Dr. Tyler Towles has joined Delta Research and Extension Center as an entomologist focusing on bollworm control strategies in Mississippi cotton. “New technologies for bollworm control don’t come to market very often so protecting what we currently have at hand is ...
Methodist Rehabilitation Center in Jackson recently named Rev. Maxine Bolden as its new chaplain. An ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, Rev. Bolden serves as chaplain of Tougaloo College—the first female and only the second alumnus to serve in her alma...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today August 4, 2023 After months of inaction on claims of widespread campaign finance violations this election cycle, Attorney General Lynn Fitch says she’s investigating a PAC run by lieutenant governor candidate Chris...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today August 4, 2023 Lexington’s former police chief, the department’s members and the city are facing a second lawsuit, this time for the alleged unlawful arrest and jailing of a Jackson Public Schools officer in 2021. Javarius Russell,...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today August 4, 2023 Current presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence will come to Jackson on Aug. 19 to speak at the Mississippi Book Festival, according to the festival’s website. The event’s website notes that Pence...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today August 4, 2023 A three-judge panel of the United States 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of certain felonies, saying it is unconstitutional because it inflicts...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today August 3, 2023 In 2013, then-state Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, said he opposed Mississippi expanding Medicaid because there was no guarantee the federal government would continue to pay for the program. “Knowing that the...
Officials gathered in Madison to break ground on a local project that calls for the construction of 1.3 miles of new two-lane roadway from Parkway East to U.S. Highway 51. Reunion Parkway will eventually connect I-55, U.S. 51 and Bozeman Road. It will provide a...
BY TINA H. HAHN The University of Mississippi is working to add faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and develop curriculum for a new degree major in environmental studies, thanks to a major gift from alumnus Steven B. King, of St. Louis. His $1.3 million...
