A new class of more than 1,400 Mississippi State graduates is ready to change the world, President Mark E. Keenum told their family and friends at fall commencement ceremonies on Friday [Dec. 8]. “It’s incredible to think about how each and every one of...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today December 5, 2023 More than a year after President Joe Biden nominated Scott Colom to fill a vacant federal judicial seat in north Mississippi, the prosecutor’s nomination still appears stalled in the U.S. Senate. Fresh off winning...
State Climatologist and Mississippi State University Professor of Meteorology Mike Brown said he’s never wished for a tropical storm in the Magnolia State—until this year when the drought, in recent months and weeks, became so severe he thought rain from a...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today November 30, 2023 Weeks after the state asked to set an execution date for Willie Jerome Manning, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled Thursday that it will not schedule one until it considers his petition for post-conviction relief....
The state of Mississippi and Mississippi State University’s efforts to expand access to K-12 computer science education are being recognized on the national stage. During Code.org’s annual CSEdCon, Mississippi was recognized for leading the nation in...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today November 27, 2023 As the state seeks to set his execution date, Willie Jerome Manning continues to maintain his innocence, challenging a double-murder conviction that his attorneys say was based on unreliable evidence, including the...
