Pines News
Despite bipartisan support, Scott Colom’s federal judicial nomination still stalled in Senate
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...
State climatologist, MSU professor: Drought severity could go either direction this winter, better or worse
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...
Supreme Court puts a hold on Willie Jerome Manning execution date
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...
Mississippi, MSU recognized for success in expanding access to K-12 computer science education
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,...
Willie Jerome Manning is ‘sentenced to die for a crime he did not commit,’ his attorneys say, as they fight state efforts to set an execution date
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...
MSU scientists study effects of supplemental feeding on chronic wasting disease
As wildlife researchers continue studying the spread of chronic wasting disease, a fatal infectious disease threatening North America's deer populations, scientists in Mississippi State University's...