by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today May 1, 2023 Laurel native Ralph Boston, a three-time Olympic long jump medalist and surely one of the most accomplished athletes in Mississippi history, died April 30 at his home in Peachtree City, Ga., following a massive stroke...
Posted in Mississippi Nature by Daniella DiRienzo Of all the waterways in Mississippi, none are quite as intriguing as the Pascagoula River – and that’s because it sings. That’s right; for hundreds of years, visitors to the river have described a mysterious humming...
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Physical Plant Department will host a job fair on Wednesday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The job fair will take place in the Trent Lott Center on the Hattiesburg campus. “We are a people-first organization, and we...
The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Gulf Park Campus is about to get an upgrade, precisely a $2.5 million upgrade, thanks to Mississippi lawmakers. The grant comes from a bill that will award $50 million in BP settlement funds to various Mississippi Gulf...
National Geographic has selected Alcorn State University journalism student and Pass Christian High School graduate Joy Thornton as one of its scholarship program recipients. Thornton, a junior mass communications major, is one of seven students selected as National...
Enviva Inc. (NYSE: EVA), the world’s leading producer of sustainably sourced woody biomass, issued a statement today thanking the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s (MDEQ) permit board for unanimous approval for the construction permit of Enviva’s...
