On March 5, 2024, twenty-four seventh graders and twenty-four eighth graders from twelve area schools gathered to compete in the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics Middle School District Math Tournament at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson...
Daylight savings time on Sunday morning is a good reminder to test smoke alarms and talk to your family about what to do if there is a fire. “So far, there have been 29 fire deaths in 2024,” said State Fire Marshal and Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney. “In 17 of...
Governor Reeves declared February 11-17, 2024, Spring Severe Weather Preparedness Week in Mississippi. Last year, Mississippi had 61 confirmed tornadoes, including one EF-4 and two EF-3 tornadoes that touched down during the March 24th outbreak. That storm system...
Mississippi Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Andy Gipson will participate in a blessing ceremony for the first Safe Haven Baby Box to be placed at a Mississippi hospital today, Wednesday, January 24, at 1:00 p.m. at the Simpson General Hospital in Mendenhall....
by Julia James Gov. Tate Reeves’ office says Mississippi won’t participate in a federal summer food program for children because of his desire to reject “attempts to expand the welfare state.” But officials at the state’s welfare agency that Reeves...
A Book Report by Beth Woodmansee for the Friends of the Richland Library First printed in 1895, Henry Van Dyke’s, The Story of the Fourth Wise Man, evokes the mystique of the ancient Middle East. Van Dyke relates in the preface that he doesn’t know from where the tale...
