This year’s Starlight Gala will be held on Saturday, April 29 from 7 until 11 p.m. at the Pass Christian Yacht Club. The gala is a grand party that includes live and silent auctions for fantastic items – trips to Europe, a table for 10 at the Bacchus Ball, cochon de...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today April 6, 2023 Delta State University students, faculty and alumni welcomed their new president, Daniel Ennis, on Thursday with a procession of plastic-wrapped gift baskets, a notebook signed by faculty members, local pottery and a...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in partnership with the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Federal Depository Insurance Corporation (FDIC), is hosting a series of regional economic development workshops on the “Path to Prosperity” in Mississippi,...
WHO: Pass Christian Historical Society WHAT: Luncheon-“Whiskey, Women and War” with Brian Altobello WHEN: Monday, May 22nd at 12 pm WHERE: Pass Christian Historical Society, 201 East Scenic Drive, Pass Christian, MS 39571 DETAILS: The Pass Christian Historical...
by Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today April 6, 2023 Natalie Gunnells had finally secured some assistance from Mississippi’s political class for her 23-year-old son Patrick, who has severe autism. No sooner had she started receiving relief from the state’s Medicaid agency...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today April 5, 2023 When the Mississippi Community College Board unanimously selected Kell Smith as executive director earlier this year, it discriminated against a more-educated Black applicant who had worked at the agency longer,...
Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) Vice President of Administrative and Student Services Dr. Steven Jones was recently selected for the Aspen Rising Presidents Fellowship. Nationwide, only 35 individuals were selected for the 2023-2024 class, and Jones is only...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today April 5, 2023 Tammie Mullins last saw her mother 45 years ago when she was 3 years old. Family members told her and her younger sister Christi that Tonya Mullins was missing and, if she were able to come home to them, she would. Over...
Reminder: Oakdale Elementary PTO will be collecting items to donate to tornado recovery tomorrow (Thursday) during school hours. Volunteers will be loading items into a truck in the school parking lot starting at 7:00am during car drop off and again in the afternoon...
To help address hunger in our community, and in celebration of National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day on April 2, Merit Health is donating more than 1,500 jars of peanut butter (and other nut butters) to Mississippi Food Network. All of that peanut butter was donated by...
Leadership Gulf Coast (LGC) has opened applications for the Class of 2024. Leadership Gulf Coast (LGC) is a program geared to teach our present and emerging leaders to understand real problems and opportunities in our community and to create a communication network...
The Mississippi Braves and Diamond Baseball Holdings will donate $1 from every ticket sold (online or box office) from this weekend’s opening series against the Biloxi Shuckers at Trustmark Park. In addition, the Atlanta Braves Foundation has agreed to match the...
By nduff Student Government Association, volunteering Keep Mississippi Beautiful has announced that the Delta State Student Government Association’s Big Green Event has been selected as a winner of an annual award and will be recognized at KMB’s 2023 Annual Awards...
Six 7-12th grade Mississippi teachers have been named 2022-23 state-level finalists for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The PAEMST program is the nation’s highest honor for teachers of mathematics, science,...
Posted in Mississippi Attractions, Sights & Landmarks by Daniella DiRienzo Covered bridges are a charming relic of the past. Unfortunately, there aren’t many left. In fact, aside from those located on private property, there’s only one covered bridge in...
By: Van Arnold Holden Hewes, Ryan Theriot, and John Michael Travers, College of Business and Economic Development (CBED) students at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), claimed national honors recently at the National Collegiate Sports Sales Championship...
Commissioner Willie Simmons, Central Transportation District; and Dr. Elayne H. Anthony, President, Jackson State University will announce a multiuse sidewalk improvement project for pedestrian and bicycle traffic along Lynch Street between Dalton Street and...
By: Aspen Harris Mississippi State’s Department of Physics and Astronomy again is hosting its annual Physics Summer Camp for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD, for those age 14 and older. The free, residential camp will be held June 5-9 on the Starkville...
by Sara DiNatale, Mississippi Today April 4, 2023 Destiny Miles of Clarksdale felt more alone than ever. She was pregnant. She had just ended a toxic relationship with the baby’s father. And she felt lost about the idea of parenting. “At the beginning of my pregnancy,...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today April 5, 2023 Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and any state senator with an opponent for reelection this year can expect to field lots of questions and campaign-ad jabs about the Senate killing a measure to restore voters’ right to...
