Dr. Tyler Towles has joined Delta Research and Extension Center as an entomologist focusing on bollworm control strategies in Mississippi cotton. “New technologies for bollworm control don’t come to market very often so protecting what we currently have at hand is ...
Methodist Rehabilitation Center in Jackson recently named Rev. Maxine Bolden as its new chaplain. An ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, Rev. Bolden serves as chaplain of Tougaloo College—the first female and only the second alumnus to serve in her alma...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today August 4, 2023 Lexington’s former police chief, the department’s members and the city are facing a second lawsuit, this time for the alleged unlawful arrest and jailing of a Jackson Public Schools officer in 2021. Javarius Russell,...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today August 4, 2023 Current presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence will come to Jackson on Aug. 19 to speak at the Mississippi Book Festival, according to the festival’s website. The event’s website notes that Pence...
Officials gathered in Madison to break ground on a local project that calls for the construction of 1.3 miles of new two-lane roadway from Parkway East to U.S. Highway 51. Reunion Parkway will eventually connect I-55, U.S. 51 and Bozeman Road. It will provide a...
BY TINA H. HAHN The University of Mississippi is working to add faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and develop curriculum for a new degree major in environmental studies, thanks to a major gift from alumnus Steven B. King, of St. Louis. His $1.3 million...
