By Aliyah Veal, Mississippi Free Press A 10th-grade Jay Rushing stood in front of the Fannie Lou Hamer statue in Ruleville, Miss., alongside other students participating in the Emmett Till Interpretive Center’s inaugural class of its summer youth program, organized...
Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) officials are finalizing plans to repair several steel girders on the westbound U.S. 80 bridge over the KCS railroad between Marquette Rd. and Interstate 20 in Brandon. Officials closed the inside lane of the bridge...
By: Van Arnold University of Southern Mississippi professors Dr. Wei Wang and Dr. Chris Croft recently provided economic impact assistance to Topgolf on a project that brings the unique recreational venue to central Mississippi. Wang (Hospitality and Tourism...
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) invites you to grab your fishing poles and enjoy a fun day at Trace State Park! MDWFP Fishing rodeos are a great opportunity for youth to get into fishing. There will be goodies given out at the...
WHAT: With the passage of H.C.R. 60 by the Mississippi House of Representatives and the State Senate declared Mississippi the home of Southern Soul Music. Mississippi stands unparalleled in its historical contribution to American music. Among these musical treasures,...
Medgar Wiley Evers posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Evers, a World War II veteran and civil rights leader, was assassinated on June 12, 1963, in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Mississippi. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest...
