by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today May 25, 2023 The Jackson metro area’s only inpatient hospice facility closed its doors at the end of April. The nonprofit Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland offered 30 to 40 inpatient beds available for people who needed hospice services...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today May 24, 2023 Mississippi’s already lackluster employment numbers would be impacted more than most states if Congress does not raise the debt limit to pay the nation’s bills. If there is a long-term lapse in the nation’s ability to...
The School of Media and Communication in The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) College of Arts and Sciences has earned continued accreditation with a unanimous vote from the reaccreditation committee of the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and...
Several Itawamba Community College staff members received awards from the College Public Relations Association of Mississippi, which were presented during this week’s conference in Oxford. They include: Itawamba Community College – Grand Award for “2022 ICC...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today May 23, 2023 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward in finding a solution for flood control in Jackson and will hold two public meetings in the city on Wednesday to present new details and listen to residents. The Corps...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today May 23, 2023 The Mississippi Hospital Association shrinks again as several hospitals dropped out of the state trade organization this week. Ochsner Health System and North Mississippi Medical Center recently left the association. Merit...
Holmes Community College hosted Mississippi’s first statewide memorial service for fallen EMTs, paramedics and other Emergency Medical Services professionals on May 25. The event, held in the McGowan Workforce Training Center on the Ridgeland Campus, recognized 132...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today May 25, 2023 Ole Miss slugger Kemp Alderman won the 2023 Boo Ferriss Trophy as Mississippi’s most outstanding college baseball player, as chosen by Major League scouts and college coaches. As is almost always the case in these...
by Tyler Wheat The Mississippi Governor’s School (MGS) returns to Mississippi University for Women’s campus June 4-17. Fifty-five scholars from 36 school districts in the state will participate in the tuition-free residential honors program that offers unique creative...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today May 22, 2023 Mississippi’s two leading candidates for governor want to chip away at state tax rates, but they have drastically different proposals on which taxes should get axed. Who, exactly, their respective tax cut proposals would...
by L Sherie Dean The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA) is pleased to announce the Board of Commissioners’ appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Rosa M. Beckett. Ms. Beckett brings extensive background and experience within the aviation and...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today May 24, 2023 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brandon Presley called Tuesday for a new investigator to scrutinize Mississippi’s massive welfare scandal and continued to hammer Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’ lack of support to reform...
Adventure awaits at The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Marine Education Center (MEC) this summer along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Various week-long summer camps are offered for 1st-12th graders in a variety of different themes and activities....
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today May 24, 2023 The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees has once again selected Academic Search, an executive headhunting firm, to help it find the next president of a public university in Mississippi. This time, the board...
Entergy Mississippi is awarding eight economic development organizations with grants that will help boost their marketing, strategic planning, and site readiness goals through the Excellerator Competitive Communities program. The program, now in its seventh year,...
MDEQ is warning Jackson residents of a substantial sewer break in Northeast Jackson that intensifies a long-issued water contact advisory for an area creek. MDEQ’s Office of Pollution Control received and responded to a sewage related complaint this afternoon from a...
By: Gabriela Shinskie Hurricane season is upon us and now is the time to prepare for the unexpected, especially when living along the Gulf Coast. Dr. David Holt, Associate Professor of Geography in the School of Coastal Resilience at The University of Southern...
BY EDWIN B. SMITH The University of Mississippi is set to host both Girls and Boys State for the first time ever. The American Legion-sponsored events will bring hundreds of high school juniors to campus in May and June for a week of activities designed “to develop...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today May 22, 2023 A federal judge will continue to block House Bill 1020 from becoming law in a lawsuit challenging the legislation’s creation of a separate court district within Jackson. U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate held a...
The Board of Directors of the Mississippi Wildlife Heritage Foundation have announced the 2023 Outdoor Hall of Fame inductees. The six honorees will be celebrated at an in-person Meet & Greet from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. with an induction ceremony following at 6:00...
