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Delta State University to fly flags at half-staff in memory of Professor Emeritus Bucky Brooks

Delta State University to fly flags at half-staff in memory of Professor Emeritus Bucky Brooks

by Mississippi Monitor | May 18, 2026 | Delta

By: Nathan Duff, Delta State University Communications     Delta State University will fly the university flag at half-staff on Saturday, May 16 in memory of Burrow P. “Bucky” Brooks Jr., Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, who passed away May 2,...
Civil Rights Leader Medgar Wiley Evers Receives Posthumous Honorary Degree at Mississippi College School of Law Spring Commencement

Civil Rights Leader Medgar Wiley Evers Receives Posthumous Honorary Degree at Mississippi College School of Law Spring Commencement

by Mississippi Monitor | May 18, 2026 | Capital/River, Uncategorized

  The Mississippi College School of Law today (May 15) hosted its Spring Commencement, where university leadership presented a posthumous Honorary Doctor of Laws degree to the family of Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers. During the ceremony,...
“Gentleman Judge” Tom Lee to retire after over 40 years on the federal bench

“Gentleman Judge” Tom Lee to retire after over 40 years on the federal bench

by Mississippi Monitor | May 18, 2026 | Capital/River

By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune     Senior U. S. District Judge Tom S. Lee, 85, will assume inactive status and no longer hear cases in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi as of June 26. Chief U. S. District Judge...
Judge blocks release of discovery materials in Jackson bribery case against Owens, Lumumba, Banks

Judge blocks release of discovery materials in Jackson bribery case against Owens, Lumumba, Banks

by Mississippi Monitor | May 18, 2026 | Capital/River

By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune     A federal judge has issued a new protective order limiting the release of discovery material in the case bribery case against Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, and...
Major Highway Expansions Planned for Central Mississippi

Major Highway Expansions Planned for Central Mississippi

by Mississippi Monitor | May 15, 2026 | Capital/River

  Mississippi Transportation Commission Chairman Willie Simmons and Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) Executive Director Brad White announced two major expansion projects today, one on I-55 in Madison County and the other on State Route 25 in Rankin...
Ole Miss study links teen depression with higher substance use rates

Ole Miss study links teen depression with higher substance use rates

by Mississippi Monitor | May 15, 2026 | Hills

By: Clara Turnage, Magnolia Tribune       Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. adolescents experienced depression between 2021 and 2023, and those teens were significantly more likely to use substances such as alcohol, marijuana and opioids, according to a new national...
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