Hills News
Lafayette High School’s Kate Riddle selected as 2023-24 State Board of Education junior student representative
The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected Kate Riddle of Lafayette High School in the Lafayette County School District in Oxford to serve as the high school SBE junior student...
University Awarded New NIDA Contract
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded the University of Mississippi a new five-year contract and $2 million work order for the cultivation of marijuana and related materials for research....
Hush Aerospace locating operations in Tupelo
Unmanned aerial systems designer and manufacturer Hush Aerospace is locating operations in Tupelo. The project represents a corporate investment of $13.975 million and will create 80 jobs. Hush...
State Sen. McLendon faces Alabama DUI charge
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today June 12, 2023 Mississippi state Sen. Michael McLendon, R-Hernando, faces a driving under the influence charge in Alabama, Baldwin County Chief Deputy Anthony...
Prison education programs are primed to take off in Mississippi. Here’s what one class looks like.
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today June 9, 2023 In the back of the Alcorn County Correctional Facility, a regional prison in the top-right corner of Mississippi, is an ice-cold trailer. It’s new. And...
ICC’s Bowers selected as Transfer Partner Representative for PTK Regional Advisory Board
Jenny Bowers of Tupelo, English instructor at Itawamba Community College, has been selected as Transfer Partner Representative of the Phi Theta Kappa Mississippi/Louisiana Regional Advisory Board...